Kitsap Mental Health Services Careers

Youth Mobile Crisis Outreach Team Mental Health Care Provider - Full Time 
Hiring Range: $29.58 - $36.97 per hour

$3,000 (half first paycheck, half at 6mo)*

Benefits: 

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Coverage: Enjoy extensive health, dental, and vision benefits to support your well-being, with access to top-tier care and services.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Take advantage of up to 19 days of paid time off (PTO), plus 2 mental health days and 10 paid holidays in your first year, giving you the time you need to recharge and take care of yourself. (Pro-rated for part-time employees.)
• Company-Paid Life & Disability Insurance: We’ve got you covered with short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance, all provided at no cost to you, so you can feel secure in every situation.
• Student Loan Assistance & Professional Development: Benefit from student loan repayment assistance and a commitment to your growth with extensive training and development opportunities to advance your career.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Take control of your future with a wide range of investment options in our 403(b) plan. Depending on eligibility, you could also receive generous company contributions to help grow your retirement savings.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access confidential support through our EAP, offering resources for personal and professional challenges, including counseling, financial advice, and more.
• Pets Best Pet Insurance: Keep your furry family members healthy with comprehensive pet insurance for your cats and dogs, covering a variety of treatments and services.
• 2MorrowHealth Behavioral Change App: Improve your mental and physical well-being with free access to 2MorrowHealth, a powerful app designed to support healthy behavior changes and wellness goals.
• Home Support Services: Whether you’re buying, selling, or refinancing, we offer valuable resources to assist with your home journey, helping you navigate the process with confidence.
• Dynamic, Collaborative Team Environment: Join an incredible team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and support, where every voice is heard and every idea valued.

Kitsap Mental Health Services is hiring a Bachelor’s-level Mental Health Care Provider for you Youth Mobile Crisis Outreach Team. The Mental Health Care Provider provides a prompt and focused expert response to persons in crisis compassionately and efficiently in keeping with State and SBHO-mandated crisis services. Provide immediate crisis resolutions emphasizing stabilizing the crisis in the least restrictive way, facilitating access to mental health and substance use disorder services, and performing risk assessments and crisis interventions. The Mental Health Care Provider works with Peer Crisis Support Specialists, other Mental Health Care Providers, and Designated Crisis Responders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide crisis outreach services throughout Kitsap County working within a collaborative and supportive team environment with assignments requiring outreaches for community crisis interventions and assessments.
• In collaboration with DCR’s and CPC conduct face-to-face (FTF) assessments of individuals to determine their crisis and when appropriate provide warm handoff of clients to DCR’s that meet criteria for involuntary detention under criteria defined by the Involuntary Treatment Act (RCW Ability to quickly deescalate, interview, assess, and mediate in hostile and volatile environments with potentially aggressive patients while maintaining calmness, situational awareness, and clinical control of the situation
• Maintain and demonstrate an expert-level working knowledge of WA State ITA RCW 71.05, 71.34, and DCR protocols.
• Ability to quickly de-escalate, interview, assess, and mediate with potentially aggressive patients in hostile and volatile environments while maintaining calmness, situational awareness, and clinical control of the situation.
   

Minimum Qualifications:

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, social services, or a mental health field

EXPERIENCE: Experienced (minimum 5 years of job-related experience)

LICENSURE: Certified AAC with Washington State (The certified AAC credential requires a bachelor's degree in counseling or the social sciences and five years of supervised experience)

This position requires driving clients in a personal vehicle on behalf of the agency; therefore, the incumbent must meet agency driving requirements, including meeting the minimum age requirement of 21 years old, successfully completing a motor vehicle history check, possessing and maintaining a current, valid driver's license in the state of Washington, and having reliable, insured transportation.

Preferred Qualifications:

EXPERIENCE: Experience with youth in crisis intervention, crisis triage centers, acute inpatient units or substance abuse treatment centers or community outreach.

Capacity to work well with children and families.

*A sign-on bonus is a form of compensation for a new employee in addition to their established salary

Our recruitment processes are designed to prevent discrimination against our people regardless of gender identity or orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any aspect which makes someone unique.