Behavioral Health Specialist 2 - Qmhp

Initial Posting Date:

02/28/2024

Application Deadline:

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Agency:

Oregon Youth Authority

Salary Range:

$5,483.00 - $8,416.00

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Behavioral Health Specialist 2 - QMHP

Job Description:

OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY

Behavioral Health Specialist 2 - Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)

Albany - OAK CREEK YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Do you have a passion for providing counseling and guidance services to youth? Join Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)!

The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is currently seeking a full-time Qualified Mental Health Professionals (QMHPs) who is dedicated to delivering comprehensive mental and behavioral health treatment and services to youth at Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility. In this role, you will work closely with a diverse team of professionals, including contracted psychiatrists, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs), or psychologists, to create and maintain a supportive treatment environment within the assigned living unit. Your primary objective will be to foster a dynamic atmosphere that promotes the growth and development of youth, encouraging them to take responsibility, adopt healthy habits, lead productive lifestyles, and engage in socially acceptable behavior. Collaborating with the Living Unit Manager (LUM) and the unit Case Coordinator (CC), you will provide strong leadership within your assigned living unit, implementing and sustaining evidence-based interventions within a group living setting.

We are actively committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace where individuals from all backgrounds can thrive. We encourage applications from candidates who represent different races, ethnicities, genders, abilities, and identities, as we believe that a diverse team brings a wide range of perspectives and enriches our collective expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with contracted mental health professionals to provide comprehensive mental and behavioral health treatment and services to youth at Eastern Oregon Youth Correctional Facility.

• Create and maintain a positive treatment milieu within the assigned living unit, fostering an environment that supports youth development and facilitates positive change.

• Empower and guide youth through a rehabilitative and reformative process, promoting personal growth, responsibility, and socially acceptable behavior.

• Provide leadership within the living unit, working closely with the Living Unit Manager (LUM) and unit Case Coordinator (CC) to implement evidence-based interventions in a group living environment.

• Support and mentor youth, encouraging them to adopt healthy habits and a productive lifestyle.

Would you like to learn more about this position or how our application process works? Join our Recruitment team during our OYA Career Chat Sessions. We can assist you with all your application and agency questions!

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Additional Information:

• Multiple Positions: This recruitment may fill other vacancies.

• Open Until Filled: This recruitment will remain open until filled. We may close the announcement at any time when we have received an adequate number of applications. We cannot guarantee that we will consider applications received after this screening date. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.

• Representation: This position is represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU/OPEU).

• Relocation: may be paid up to $1500. Please contact Human Resources for further information.

• Starting Salary Expectations: $65,796 yearly to $75,864 yearly; based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity.

• Position Salary Range: up to $107,988 Annual Salary

• This position receives annual increases on anniversary date until the maximum of the salary range is reached.

• Upon PERS eligibility, employees will receive a 6.95% increase to their base salary and will pay the employee 6% contribution to PERS.

• Please save a copy of this job announcement for your reference, as it may not be available for you to view after the job closes.

NOTE: Please ensure you've provided a thorough and updated application as it pertains to the position for which you are applying. Your application materials will be used to determine salary based on a pay equity assessment. For further information, please visit the Pay Equity Project homepage.

Working Conditions: Must be able to work under the following condition with or without reasonable accommodations:

• All OYA locations are tobacco-free environments.

• Counseling and casework management is performed in a group living milieu. This may involve the treatment of emotionally unstable clientele and the danger of physical assault is present.

• Daily face to face contact with adjudicated youth and youth from the Department of Corrections who may exhibit hostile, aggressive or assaultive behavior. This position is expected to enforce rules and to restrain youth during crisis situations.

• May be subject to a hostage situation.

• Employees are subject to recall during facility emergencies.

• May deal with angry and hostile family members and visitors.

• Weekend, holiday, or evening work may be required.

• Stand-by, or on-call duty may be required.

• Travel to other OYA locations or to trainings throughout the state may be required.

• There is potential exposure to communicable diseases. The consistent and effective use of appropriate infection-control materials and techniques is required.

About Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility:

Oak Creek is one of nine Oregon Youth Authority Correctional Facilities. It holds the distinction as the sole facility that serves young women in Oregon. Located in the city of Albany within Linn County, Oak Creek serves approximately 50 female youth in the juvenile and adult justice systems. Like the seven facilities that serve males, Oak Creek houses youth who are adjudicated for criminal behavior in juvenile court, as well as youth serving sentences that originated in adult court from various jurisdictions. These youth have either been waived to adult court from juvenile court or by virtue of their age and severity of the criminal offense automatically remanded to adult court.

Unique among the OYA facilities and unlike their male facility counterparts, is Oak Creek's capacity and challenge to address all aspects of a correctional facility. Stated another way, Oak Creek is the sole facility in OYA that engages in the functions of Intake, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Behavior Management, and Transition. While some OYA facilities may do most of the five functions listed above, no OYA facility aside from Oak Creek addresses all five areas as part of its ongoing practice.

ABOUT OYA

At OYA, diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than just words on a page. To meet our mission and live our values as an agency, DEI must be at the heart of all we do. We support cultural competence, develop teams and cultivate leaders in ways that are equitable to everyone, especially people of color, those who identify as LGBTQ+, or those from other marginalized communities. We are explicit and intentional as we identify resources that all our youth and staff need to grow and prosper. Our DEI work connects closely with our culture of positive human development, with safe and supportive environments where everyone is held accountable and connected to their community. The end goal is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.

If you are looking to join a team that values individual and cultural differences, with the opportunity to contribute to youth reformation by enriching our workforce with diversity, OYA wants to hear from you! People of color, women, and other members of historically marginalized communities are strongly encouraged to apply!

Please take a moment to watch this quick video about Oregon Youth Authority, our team and our culture bit.ly/work4OYA. For more information please visit www.oregon.gov/oya.

What's in it for You?

OYA values our employees. We believe that your time outside of the workplace is as valuable as it is inside the workplace. We offer a great work/life balance with flexible work schedules on most positions and a competitive benefits package, including low-cost, high-coverage health insurance, generous time-off, and a competitive retirement plan.

Discover more about working in Oregon state government by clicking here.

What We Are Looking For:

• A Bachelor's degree in nursing or occupational therapy AND licensed by the State of Oregon AND three years of progressively responsible experience related to the series concept; OR
• A Master's degree in psychology; social work; recreational, art, or music therapy; or behavioral health science AND two years of progressively responsible experience related to the series concept.

Special Qualifications:

Must be eligible to be a Qualified Mental Health Professional at the time of application.

NOTE: To be qualified as a Qualified Mental Health Professional you must have:

• Graduate degree in psychology; or

• Bachelor's degree in nursing and be licensed by the State of Oregon; or

• Graduate degree in social work; or

• Graduate degree in a behavioral science field; or

• Graduate degree in recreational, art, or music therapy; or

• Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy and be licensed by the State of Oregon:

AND

Education and experience which demonstrates the competencies to identify precipitating events;

gather histories of mental and physical disabilities, alcohol and drug use, past mental health services and criminal justice contacts; assess family, social and work relationships; conduct a mental status examination; document a multiaxial DSM diagnosis; write and supervise a treatment plan, conduct comprehensive mental health assessment; and provide individual, family, and/or group therapy within the scope of practice.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES/APPLICATION SCORING CRITERIA: In addition to your related work experience and education, we will use the attributes below as part of final scoring to advance those that qualify to the interview portion.

• Flexibility with changes in working environment

• Experience and values working in a team environment

• Establishes and maintains healthy boundaries

• Excellent Crisis Intervention Skills

• Experience to triage and prioritize workload

• Experience working with female youth population

How to apply:

1.Complete the application (we will not accept an attached resume in place of a completed application).

2.Complete questionnaire.

3.After you submit your application, be sure to respond to the public records request authorization. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are an employee, the public records request task will come to your Workday inbox.

4.If you are a veteran, the task to claim preference will come after the public records request question. Please do not attach your DD214/DD215/civil service preference letter to your application. We will ask you for your documents later in the process.

Additional Information:

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we are here to serve. OYA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be individualized based on merit, competence, performance, and business need.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law." The more diverse we are, the better our work will be.

Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process. For assistance regarding reasonable accommodation or for alternative format please contact OYA Recruitment at 971-345-1236. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

Pre-employment Checks:

In keeping with our mission, OYA will conduct a criminal record check, per OAR 416 Division 800, a driving record background check and a vulnerable population abuse and neglect check. Information obtained about an individual is confidential. An individual who refuses to consent to a criminal records/background check shall be disqualified from consideration in the position for which you applied. All applicants are subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as fingerprint based on criminal records check, pre-employment drug screening and/or education verification as required for the position.

In 2003 Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), the first federal civil statue focused specifically on addressing sexual violence in juvenile facilities, jails, prisons, and other facilities. In recognition of the rights, safety, and well-being of the youth we serve you will be asked specific questions about your background to ensure our hiring and promotion practices comply with the National PREA standards.

All positions in OYA will require the incumbent to serve as a "mandatory reporter" of child abuse.

Visa Sponsorship:

We do not offer Visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security's I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. OYA uses E-Verify to confirm that applicants are authorized to work in the United States.

Have Questions?: .

For questions about the job announcement, email HR Recruiter at OYAJobs@oya.oregon.gov