Mobile Health Social Worker

Join the Team that Brings Care to the Streets

At Central City Concern, our Mobile Health Services Team takes healthcare beyond clinic walls...meeting people where they are. From encampments and sidewalks to community events, our team provides compassionate, on-the-ground care for Portland’s most vulnerable neighbors experiencing homelessness, poverty, and addiction.

We’re seeking a Mobile Health Social Worker who’s ready to make an impact by combining clinical expertise with street outreach. In this unique role, you’ll provide behavioral health assessments, brief therapy, crisis intervention, and care coordination right in the field; whether that’s under a tent, beside our mobile van, or in a makeshift shelter. You’ll help connect clients to housing, healthcare, recovery, and hope.

This position is part of a multidisciplinary mobile team, medical providers, outreach staff, and behavioral health clinicians working side-by-side to bring integrated, trauma-informed care directly to those who need it most. Every day is different, every encounter meaningful.

If you’re passionate about health equity, skilled in engaging people with complex needs, and thrive outside the traditional clinic setting, this is your opportunity to truly meet people where they’re at and walk with them toward recovery and stability.

Be part of the team redefining access to care.

Location: Mobile Office near Morrison Bridge in East Portland

Schedule: Tuesday-Friday 8:00am-6:30pm (Saturday, Sunday, & Mondays off) *full time (40hr) 4 day a week position

Salary Ranges from: $65,000- $124,000 *This range is influenced by professional experience, licensure/certifications, and internal equity.

Minimum Qualification

Must meet qualifications for:

• QMHP-R or QMHP
• LPC-A or LPC
• LMFT-A or LMFT
• CSWA or LCSW
• LCSW HIGHLY preferred.
• Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor (CADC) certification preferred.
• STRONG Preference to those who have experience in Care Coordination
• One-year clinical experience in relevant setting preferred.
• Master’s degree in relevant field required
• Experience with depression, depression treatment, as well as, prior exposure to brief, structured counseling techniques (eg. CBT or PST) preferred.
• Experience with SPMI, trauma, depression, as well as, prior exposure to brief, structured counseling techniques preferred.
• Must be willing to become a Directors Designee if available from Multnomah County, within 6 months of hire.
• Knowledge of system navigation, working with unhoused community and with SUDs
• Must have current CPR certification at time of hire.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, TB Test, and background check. This includes clearance by the DHS Background Check Unit.
• Must possess a current driver’s license and qualify as an Acceptable Driver as designated in Central City Concern’s Fleet Safety policy. Must pass an initial driver training within 60 days of being an approved driver and continued recertification training. If driving a personal vehicle, you must maintain vehicle insurance coverage of a minimum of one hundred-thousand / three-hundred thousand in personal auto liability coverage.
• Must adhere to agency’s non-discrimination policies.
• Ability to effectively interact with co-workers and clients with diverse ethnic backgrounds, religious views, political affiliation, cultural backgrounds, life-styles and sexual orientations, and treat individuals with respect and dignity.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Provide outreach in camps, shelters and other community-based locations.
• Conduct assessment and clinically indicated interventions including referral, care coordination and direct care as clinically indicated for mental health, substance use, physical and psychosocial needs.
• Assist these clients in identifying and accessing appropriate behavioral health and social support services within CCC and in the community
• Conduct assessment and recommendations for interventions for participants experiencing of psychiatric/mental health emergencies and initiate arrangements for continuing care or referral to appropriate facility.
• Provide behavioral health triage and crisis intervention services to patients experiencing acute difficulty with mental health issues, including suicide assessment, defusing hostility, and disposition planning.
• Engage delivery of patient centered, trauma informed services.
• Respond to consultation requests and warm handoffs from providers. Coordinate and facilitate communication between patient, primary care provider and PMHNP as well as other CCC and community providers to support patients’ treatment plans and goals.
• Participate in outreach activities necessary to offer services and engage participation in a non-coercive manner. Escort clients to meetings and appointments as necessary.
• Participate and facilitate as needed in community care conferences and staff meetings in order to facilitate longer term connections to and engagement in care.
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