Mental Health Therapist ; Underfill - Child and Youth

Are you interested in helping youth and their families live vibrant and healthy lives? Are you interested in being part of a positive and strength‑based team working together to provide quality behavioral health services to our community? If so, we have the job for you!

Our Youth & Family Services program in Salem is hiring a Mental Health Therapist to join our team. The prospective candidate will work in both our Children’s Outpatient Program and our Wraparound Program, providing individual and family therapy, conducting mental health assessments, Wraparound eligibility screens, case management, and clinical consultations. This is your opportunity to join a dynamic, diverse team that is dedicated to the Marion County Health and Human Services mission of creating a safe and welcoming environment where all people can access high‑quality health and human services.

We offer great benefits and LPC and LCSW licensure supervision.

• Mental Health Therapist 1: $29.54 – $39.58 / hr
• Mental Health Therapist 2: $35.83 – $48.00 / hr

Mental Health Therapist 2 – Provide assessments and treatment of individuals and families, including groups; provide crisis assessment and intervention services and related duties as required. Primary responsibility is to provide assessment and treatment services, crisis intervention, and treatment servicesارع, including intensive services, to individuals and their families with complex needs and diagnoses, and/or to develop and implement specific services in the community.

Mental Health Therapist 1 – Plans and carries out recreational, social and skills training activities; performs case management and counseling functions with consumers and their families; facilitates counseling and/or skills training groups; performs related duties as required. Primary responsibility is case management and counseling, without responsibility for developing and implementing specific programs in the community.

Received – Works under the supervision of a supervisor who assigns work, establishes goals, and reviews the results obtained for overall effectiveness.

Exercised – Supervision of others is not a responsibility of positions in this classification.

• Provides individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and transition‑age youth in Salem and surrounding communities.
• Provides intake mental health assessments, including screening for alcohol and drug issues.
• Documents services to meet contract, administrative rule and billing requirements, aiming for at least 10 hours per week to be scheduled with therapy, client support, committee work and approved training.
• Provides consultation, training and orientation regarding mental health and co‑occurring disorders treatment to team members, student interns and other professionals.
• Provides case management services to clients, assists clients and families with accessing community supports/resources and referrals for services.
• Provides services at various sites, so driving is required.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

In the event of an emergency, the employee makes a reasonable effort to report to work, may be required to perform duties outside of their regularly assigned duties, may be requested to work an extended or flexible schedule, and must complete Incident Command System 100 and 700 online or in‑person training.

Preference will be awarded to candidates who are LCSW, CSWA or eligible for LCSW. Qualified candidates will be…