Mental Health Professional-Adult Beaumont: Salary Range $40,707-$44,482 / Annually

About the role

The Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) is a key member of the treatment team who provides direct care skills training, rehabilitative services, and coordination of care to individuals assigned to their caseload. They perform assessments and develop recovery plans in a person-centered, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate manner.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside care coordinators, nursing, medical providers, licensed professional counselors, and peer providers as part of the treatment team.
• Complete assessments, identify progress, needs, barriers, goals, and objectives, and develop recovery plans with clients.
• Provide skills training, case management, and care coordination to assist in accessing needed services and supports.
• Perform crisis assessments, clinical assessments, and determine needs, strengths, barriers, preferences, and abilities.
• Absolutely necessary to interact with other consumers, referral sources, outside agencies, and family members to determine needs and actions to be taken.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in social, behavioral, or human services or is a registered nurse.
• Degree and/or certification required (if applicable).
• Driving required: Yes.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Appropriate written and verbal communication, including proper spelling and grammar.
• Skilled in the use of computer technology, particularly with Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiarity with any electronic medical record is a plus.
• Ability to learn to write progress notes, assessments, brief mental status exams, memos, letters, various complex reports, and other documents according to agency standards.
• Acquires and uses new skills as the job requires.
• Comfort interacting with individuals of diverse cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds and with social service, healthcare, educational, and criminal justice organizations.
• Ability to work with considerable latitude and exercise discretion and independent judgment.
• Ability to complete all job requirements in a timely manner.

Other Requirements or Conditions

• Current State of Texas Driver License or if you live in another state, must be currently licensed in that state.
• Liability insurance required if employee will operate personal vehicle on Center property or for Center business.
• Must be insurable by Center's liability carrier if employee operates a Center vehicle or drives personal car on Center business.
• Must complete all training requirements in month in which they are due.
• May be required to provide on-call duties.
• Availability of a personal vehicle for business use may be required.
• Work may take place within clinic-office or community settings (schools, nursing homes, emergency rooms, clients' residences, shelters etc.) and may involve interactions with agitated or disruptive individuals.
• May be responsible for providing group services and/or crisis services as needed.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Must successfully pass all background screens as required by the state.

Education and Experience

• Education and experience required: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in social, behavioral, or human services or is a registered nurse.
• Degree and/or certification required (if applicable).

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Primarily M-F, 8-5, with some extended hours.