Kitsap Mental Health Services Careers

Description

• 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.

• Receive and organize admission of referrals for residency to RS in consultation with the RS Supervisor and Recovery Case Manager.  Complete history review and appropriate intake interviews necessary to present the resident for admission to the RS clinical and administrative team. 
• Take a collaborative leadership role in leading the weekly RS clinical team meeting.
• Discuss and organize optimal approach for staff to maximizing value of the resident’s residential stay. 
• Support agency management of resources by cooperatively and creatively problem solving how best to use the residential resources of RS.
• Coordinate with the AOP treatment team’s implementation of treatment or recovery plans while resident is residing in Residential Services. Amend the KMHS Integrated Treatment Plan to reflect the resident’s goals for their stay at RS in a timely manner. Create an individualized Safety Plan with each resident as needed.
• Document in resident’s record observations, interventions and assessments of resident’s progress at RS to reflect relationship to the AOP care plan amendments.  Update RS amends as a resident’s condition or needs dictate in order to keep program staff and auditing entities informed of resident progress. 
• Contact and develop cooperative relationships with all collateral contacts that assist in development of the individualized residential plan including while acting as the resident’s psychosocial advocate to all parties involved directly or indirectly in the resident’s stay at RS. Be available to all involved as a resource for clinical care and mental health resources.
• Monitor and advise RS Manager and clinical team for when a resident is nearing the maximum benefit of RS and return to the community would be in the best interest of the client.  Assist Recovery Case Manager with developing a timely and supportive discharge of resident back into the community.
• Coordinate referrals for assessment to co-occurring disorder treatment programs when appropriate to the resident’s recovery readiness.
• Conduct regular group meetings each week for all residents who are appropriate.  Act as coordinator of all other resident groups, working in conjunction with the Peer Support Specialist, nurse and RS Manager.
• Assist in crisis de-escalation and stabilization of residents as appropriate, documenting such contacts daily.
• Provide psychoeducation and clinical guidance to non-clinical staff in regard to treatment of clients and utilizing best practices.
• Routinely assess resident and staff safety including potential for harm of self, others or to unit property.  Take timely and effective corrective action in accordance with established agency policies and practices.
• Maintain and submit records and documentation to meet the regulatory, agency and funding source requirements including timely and accurate authorization of admissions, as well as ensuring timely and accurate clinical documentation is provided to Utilization Review to ensure payment for residential stays.
• Regularly observe effect of current policies and inform RS Manager of deficiencies in the program, suggest special projects that may benefit unit and agency.
• Participate in QI activities, committees and special task forces as requested.
• Disclose limited resident information as is necessary to all individuals involved in the resident’s stay at RS in accordance to agency policy and training. Disclosures will adhere to HIPAA privacy and security standards and documented according to agency policy and procedures. Complete all required training and annual refreshers.

• Experience working with clients with a history of serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI).
• Experience with crisis models of care, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and co-occurring substance use disorders.

• Maintain a working knowledge of current trends in community mental health, including health care reform and automation of job tasks using computer technology.
• Experience with the theory and practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and co-occurring substance use disorders

• Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills.
• Communicates clearly and concisely.
• Computer skills - The ability to operate a personal computer, fax machine, printer, and copier proficiently.

• Ability to deescalate potentially volatile situations with clients.
• Ability to react quickly and perceive environmental stimuli accurately.
• Ability to assist in building positive working relationships with staff of all agency departments.