March 9, 2010
Clinical Manager
Intensive, Crisis & Community Based Services
Full Time/Full Benefits
Position Summary:
Participates as a member and provides clinical management of the Family Intensive Support Services (FISS) and all other Community Based Services Team, including Intensive Community Treatment Services (ICTS), CPO and Call Center to provide intensive specialized home and school based services for children, adolescents, and their families in need of stabilization and diversion away from psychiatric hospitalization, acute care and residential placement. Services are comprehensive, individualized, and are provided in home, educational, and other community settings. Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a rotating on-call schedule.
Education/Experience Required:
- Master’s level degree in psychology, social work, counseling or related field and a minimum of three years experience working with youth and families in the school, community or other related area. A minimum of three years post graduate experience providing clinical service to children and/or families in a mental health setting.
- Experience working with the case management model required.
- Licensure in psychology, social work, or other social service field required.
- Supervisory experience in a clinical setting required.
- Must be able to meet QMHP requirements under State of Oregon MHDD Division’s Administrative rules.
- Preferred experience with providing intensive in-home mental health services.
- Senior level experience requires 7 years post graduate experience providing clinical service to children and/or families in a mental health setting.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Bilingual/Bicultural capabilities preferred.
- Knowledge of the developmental needs of children birth to eighteen years old.
- Good understanding of and ability to use DSM IV Diagnostic categories.
- Knowledge of individual, family and group treatment strategies, including traditional and non-traditional treatment/service modalities.
- Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.
- Must value working in a multicultural / diverse environment.
- Ability to establish professional communication in English with clients and service providers both orally and in writing.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations in a variety of environments.
- Ability to maintain complete documentation for charting according to OAR and agency requirements.
- Ability to exercise tact, discretion, and judgment in working with a variety of people.
- Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries in working with others and in handling confidential information.
- Ability to remain calm and emotionally available in an environment serving severely traumatized and at-risk children and adolescents.
- Ability to work as a member of a coordinated team effort.
- Ability to work independently and seek out supervision as needed or required.
- Ability to accurately read, record and interpret information, including assessments, measures and diagnostic criteria in order to establish client/service provider strengths and needs.
- Ability to regularly attend and be punctual for scheduled work commitments and meetings and be in a condition suitable for assuming responsibilities of position.
- Manual/physical dexterity allowing for performance of routine office functions such as filing, copying, faxing, phone use, computer use, etc.
Other Requirements:
- Personal transportation allowing for frequent, regular travel within the Portland metropolitan area in a timely manner is required. A copy of a valid driver’s license for state of residency, proof of personal auto liability coverage must be provided, and a driving record meeting corporate driving requirements is required. Personal auto liability coverage at $100,000/$100,000 level is required and must be maintained. Any employee driving a personal vehicle for work-related purposes must complete the organization’s driving approval process prior to driving for work.
- Bloodborne Pathogens training is required on first day of employment.
- Must pass criminal history check.
- Personal transportation allowing for frequent, regular travel within the Portland metropolitan area in a timely manner is required. A copy of a valid driver’s license for state of residency, proof of personal auto liability coverage must be provided, and a driving record meeting corporate driving requirements is required. Personal auto liability coverage at $100,000/$100,000 level is required and must be maintained. Any employee driving a personal vehicle for work-related purposes must complete the organization’s driving approval process prior to driving for work.
- Bloodborne Pathogens training is required on first day of employment.
- Must pass criminal history check.
Salary/Benefits:
$20 - $23 per hour/DOE, Full Benefits
Application Procedure:
Email a cover letter and resume to jobs@morrisonkids.org and put job code “ATTN: CL-MGR" in the subject line of your email. Using this job code will insure that your email will be directed to the correct hiring manager. No phone calls please.
Alternative: Fax your cover letter/resume to Morrison Child and Family Services at 503.736.9759 “ATTN: CL-MGR"
To be considered for this position you must follow this application procedure and you must meet all position qualifications/requirements.
Position Open Until Filled
