Crisis Counselor - Associate License

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The Crisis Counselor provides comprehensive, short‑term crisis outreach services to youth, young adults, and families in King County experiencing a mental health or behavioral emergency. The role supports clients through a team approach – case managers, Parent Partners, and Youth Peers – to stabilize the initial crisis, provide intensive support, and link clients and families to ongoing formal and informal support systems.

This position is with the Y Social Impact Center, the social services division of the YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS), serving around 5,000 youth, young adults, and families each year in communities across King County, Pierce County, and other counties in Washington. The Center’s programs include homelessness prevention, housing, behavioral health, crisis response, foster care licensing, violence prevention, and employment.

Full‑time, Monday‑Friday 9‑5 with a rotating schedule to include occasional evening and weekend work.

• Membership to the YMCA of Greater Seattle for you and your household
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Retirement with generous employer contributions
• Free access to mental health resources
• Rapidly accruing paid time off (PTO)
• Full‑time employees qualify for a 50% discount, and part‑time employees qualify for a 25% discount, on eligible childcare services.

Associate License Compensation: $80,168.40 annually

• Work as part of a team to provide immediate, short‑term crisis intervention services to families in King County to prevent out‑of‑home care and psychiatric hospitalization for children and youth.
• Provide services in homes, schools and other community locations allowing for flexibility and creativity in the work.
• Provide short‑term individual and family stabilization services and resource linkage, including risk assessments, safety planning, parenting skills training, behavior management, de‑escalation training and brief counseling.
• Develop action plans to address priority needs and make treatment recommendations that are sensitive to the family's cultural, social, and mental health needs.
• Work with families to help them advocate with systems, access community resources, identify and utilize natural support and use effective problem‑solving techniques.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or related field; preferred current WA State Licensed Mental Health Counselor (affiliated), Licensed Social Work Associate Independent Clinical, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
• One or more years post‑graduate experience providing short‑term mental health services to youth and families from a broad range of cultures and social needs.
• Registered counselor in Washington.
• Training and experience in individual, family, and group treatment modalities.
• Strong engagement and relationship‑building skills.
• Ability to work in a team management approach.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to details, timelines, and follow‑through.
• Ability to meet with clients at home and in the community; proof of adequate vehicle insurance coverage is required, or ability to travel to areas without public transportation.
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule and work evenings and weekends.
• Prefer knowledge of, and previous experience with, diverse populations; ability to speak any language in addition to English may be helpful.
• Completions of required training within 30 and 120 days of employment.

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