Supported Housing Specialist (HS Associate/QMHA)

(HHS/Community Support Services)

Salary: $18.27- $21.14/hour, depending on experience

Yamhill County

Job #CS19-042

Our Community

Yamhill County has approximately 102,000 residents and is a very desirable place to live in the heart of the Willamette Valley wine country. Yamhill County is home to Linfield College and Chemeketa Community College in McMinnville and George Fox University and Portland Community College in Newberg. Yamhill County is centrally located in the Willamette Valley, within close proximity to the Oregon Coast, the Portland and Salem metropolitan areas, and the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Wide varieties of indoor and outdoor recreation opportunities are available. We have the benefits,

appeal and superior quality of life found in a small town community, while enjoying active social and cultural lifestyles found in larger metropolitan areas.

The Human Services Associate/QMHA

This is a regular part-time (18 hours/week) position for a Human Services Associate to work with individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring mental health and addictions challenges who reside in our crisis respite or supported housing programs and/or participate on the community-integrated work crews for treatment and rehabilitation purposes. Responsibilities include providing supportive counseling, individual and group skills training, rehabilitative janitorial work group supervision/skills training, some case management and coordination with treatment team providers, medication monitoring and training, charting, and documentation. Work shift will be Sundays and

Mondays from 11:00 AM to 8:30 PM.

The Benefits

This is a non benefitted, non-bargaining position.

The Qualifications

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a human services related field in addition to a combination of one year of work/relevant experience and two years’ post high school education, or a high school diploma and three years’ work/relevant experience in human services. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures the ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.