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Position Summary: The Vocational Mental Health Therapist (VMHT) for the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) serves clients with severe and persistent mental health challenges whose employability or job adjustment may be impaired by physical, mental, behavioral or other impairment conditions. The VMHT prepares adult clients for work activities and/or jobs in their communities by delivering counseling and case management services and partnering with the local business community to determine a job match and/or create customized employment. The VMHT maintains a client caseload following established treatment guidelines and agency policies and procedures by providing evidence-based therapeutic intervention that are individually matched to the needs of each client, provides referrals to other services and programs in the community as needed, and actively advocates on behalf of the client. Incumbents may be required to participate in an on-call schedule and/or perform work outside of normal business hours.
Minimum Requirements: One (1) years of experience providing mental health counseling services preferred Experience in job development for individuals with mental health disabilities.
Education/Licenses/Certifications: Bachelors Degree in a behavioral health related field or four years of experience working with people with disabilities or a combination of education and experience required Must obtain Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor registration upon hire Current Washington State Drivers License; and proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MHS Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle report from the appropriate state. May also require reliable vehicle for client transport.
Position Type: Full-Time Regular Full Time Employee: YesPrimary Shift: Day Work Schedule: Variable schedule, one weekend a month
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization.
Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital.
Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.
