Summary

The Mental Health Clinical Manager provides leadership for the mental health services delivered at School-based Health program sites including model of care, staff supervision, and clinical consultation; ensuring that quality care is provided and that care aligns with Neighborcare Health’s mission, vision, values and goals. The Mental Health Clinical Manager works in partnership and shared accountability with the School-based Health program’s Lead Team to develop and guide program direction and priorities, and achieve Neighborcare Health’s goals and follow its mission and guiding principles. This position may also maintain a clinical practice and provides prevention and intervention with a variety of therapeutic techniques, including evidence-based practices. This position would oversee emergency mental health crisis response.

Neighborcare Health offers a robust benefit package including Health, Wellness & Retirement benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, 18 days of Paid Time Off, 9-Paid Holidays, Retirement with Matching, Life & AD&D, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, & More! This position is eligible for the Staff Referral Program

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide direct supervision and clinical oversight including recruitment, hiring, orientation, retention, coaching and mentoring, discipline, training, and team building.
• Develop and manage mental health clinical practices and procedures in the School-based Health program and assure organizational policies and procedures are adhered to and in compliance with state licensure regulations
• Plan, initiate, and maintain quality standards for patient care; Monitor productivity standards, and provide counter-measures as needed.
• Provide leadership to ensure confidentiality and professionalism is maintained regarding mental health services; Assure integration with other Neighborcare Health activities, services, and sites as appropriate.
• Propose new and/or expanded scopes of services and discuss strategies in partnership with the Program Manager, School-based Medical Director, and other School-based Lead Team members.
• Provide oversight, accountability, strategies and monitoring for mental health clinical components of grants as well as input into operational components led by other lead team members; Provide or arrange for direct and group consultation on clinical cases and guide practice

Key Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Represents Neighborcare core values with integrity: Social Justice, Cultural Sensitivity, Community, and Excellence
• Excellent working knowledge of the practice of behavioral health, including mental health therapy strategies, psycho-pharmacology and evidence-based treatments for emotional and mental health conditions
• Demonstrated ability to partner with medical providers and implement team based care. Ability to instruct medical providers in behavioral health interventions
• Knowledge of and ability to partner on strategic and program growth efforts, including programming, systems development, improvement strategies and new service implementation
• Knowledge of and ability to manage, measure and track on mental health clinical quality; develop practice improvements to meet evidenced-based standards or program/organizational goals and influence systems change to improve outcomes
• Knowledge of community mental health resources; Experience working in a school setting

Education
Required: Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field, or PhD in Psychology

License/Registration/Certification
Required: LICSW, LMFT, LMHC, or Clinical Psychologist license

Experience
Required: 3 years of direct mental health clinician supervision

Our Mission
The mission of Neighborcare Health is to provide comprehensive health care to families and individuals who have difficulty accessing care; respond with sensitivity to the needs of our culturally diverse patients; and advocate and work with others to improve the overall health status of the communities we serve.

About our Service Commitments
Our service commitments were created by staff members, leaders, board members and patients. We use these as a guide and expectation for how we treat our patients and each other. You may learn more about our service commitments here, https://neighborcare.org/about-us/service-commitments/

• Serving patients
• Serving each other
• A warm welcome
• Caring
• Respect
• Working together
• Trusting Relationship

About us
For 50 years, Neighborcare Health has been caring for our neighbors with essential medical and dental care, counseling, outreach, health education and more in Seattle, Vashon, and our newest dental clinic in Olympia! Our purpose is to improve health by engaging, educating, and empowering people in the communities we serve. We are looking to hire the best talent to support our culturally diverse workplace and community.

Compensation

• The wage range for this position is minimum $114,920.00 up to $159,286.40 maximum.
• Compensation will be determined based on years of relevant experience.

Union: No

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)