Clinician - Adult Mental Health/Children's Mental Health/Parenting with Love & Limits

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is recruiting for Clinicians to fill permanent, temporary and limited service positions in the Division of Behavioral Health which includes services in children's mental health, adult mental health, and substance use disorders. Eligible employees are offered a competitive benefits package which includes excellent medical, dental and vision insurance; generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start; 11 paid holidays a year; participation in one of the Nation's best state retirement systems; multiple savings plans and optional 401K; life insurance; wellness programs; ongoing training opportunities; and more. Positions at some locations have the option to do a hybrid office/telework arrangement. There may also be an opportunity for student loan forgiveness.

 

Our Clinicians are used in several different settings and programs in the Department. The different organizational and geographical locations, roles and responsibilities are described in the following paragraphs.

Community Mental Health Programs: Clinicians typically receive mental health referrals and applications; conduct intake interviews; administer and interpret psychological instruments; conduct service assessments, assess for risk and safety issues per agency mandates and priority; counsel clients; coordinate with and initiate referrals to community partner agencies in accessing community-based services for clients; provide clinical consultation to agency staff, private service providers and other state and community partner agencies; testify in court; document all case activities and conduct designated exams and other forensic activities. Positions may specialize in services to children or adults.

There is strong emphasis on crisis services across the state. Clinicians will be required to have knowledge of brief resolution focused crisis intervention call response or mobile response which may require evening, night and weekend hours. 

Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) Program: 

Clinicians follow an evidence-based therapeutic family treatment model that combines group therapy with family therapy modalities. Clinicians provide services at least 3-4 evenings per week and often in the family home. The PLL program is a therapeutic model with well-defined guidelines and ongoing supervision, with emphasis being placed on engaging families quickly and giving them tools and skills to create new structure within the family system to help create lasting change. Adherence to fidelity of the PLL model is required. Other duties include conducting Motivational Interviewing calls and meetings, administering research assessment instruments, coordinating and conducting family team meetings, and documenting data on the PLL Dashboard Database. This position specializes in services to children from 10-17 years of age and their families. To learn more about Parenting with Love and Limits, click here: https://gopll.com/.

Clinician positions for community mental health are located only in the following areas: Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint, Kellogg, Lewiston, Moscow, Grangeville, Mountain Home, Boise, Twin Falls, Burley, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Salmon, Blackfoot, Pocatello, Preston, Caldwell, Nampa, Payette. Please indicate the specific community (ies) where you will accept employment on your application under Agency Questions. Failing to select a location you are interested in may result in not being included on a referred/hiring list for that location, even if you passed the exam.

This is an on-going announcement which means at the time applicants apply, we may or may not have an opening and this announcement may be used to fill current any future vacancies (permanent AND temporary positions) throughout the state. Those applicants that take and pass the exam to show they meet the minimum qualifications will be place on the eligibility list. When a position becomes available, a hiring/referred list will be created from the qualified applicants on the eligibility list. A hiring supervisor will then directly contact those applicants they wish to interview.