Salary: $5,925.03 - $7,571.54 Monthly
Location : McMinnville, OR
Job Type: Regular Full-Time
Job Number: BH26-092
Department: Health and Human Services
Division: Health & Human Services (All Divisions)
Opening Date: 09/10/2026
Closing Date: 10/1/2026 3:00 PM Pacific

PLEASE NOTE: Salary is dependent on experience. Yamhill County typically hires between steps 1-4
Yamhill County has one regular full-time position for a Behavioral Health Forensics Specialist (QMHP/Master's Level Clinician) in Adult Behavioral Health. In this position you would be responsible for providing a range of clinical services to community members in the criminal justice system; providing compassionate and person-centered care to those with severe and persistent mental illness. In this position you will be accountable for court related responsibilities connected to Aid and Assist and Mental Health Court, Pre-civil Commitment Investigation, case management, creating and maintaining community partner relationships, individualized care and case planning, in office crisis services and acting as a back-up to other Forensic Behavioral Health Clinicians on the team.

This position may be filled as either an Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician or a Behavioral Health Clinician, depending on experience and credentialing.

Please see classification specifications below for details.

Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician Salary: $6450 - $8171/month (DOE)

Behavioral Health Clinician Salary: $5925 - $7571/month (DOE)

The Benefits:

Yamhill County offers generous employee benefits:

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8-hr day).*
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) - 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $89.02/month for PPO or $0/month for HMO during current plan year 2025-2026. *

Additional benefits for HHS employees:

• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.*

*Subject to the (7/1/2023 - 6/30/2026).

The Qualifications:

Required

A MSW or master's degree in a social services field from an accredited school is required in addition to:

Behavioral Health Clinician:

• One year of experience as a Human Services Specialist I.
• Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.
• Must qualify as a QMHP or CADC to work in respective fields.
• May require licensing.

Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician:

• Three years post-master's experience.
• Active professional license in the state of Oregon as a Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP).
  • Or be a non-licensed QMHP with dual credentialing as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC I, II, or III).

Preferred

• Licensed Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC).
  • It is expected that the individual in this position will be eligible to become a CADC candidate and to complete the CADC I requirements within their first two years of hire.
• Must have an NPI number or be able to obtain one upon employment.

Successful completion of a background check is also required.

The Candidate:

Do you have a working knowledge of techniques specifically related to community mental health services? Are you able to understand the behavior of people under stress? Do you possess excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, to develop and maintain effective cooperative relationships with clients and their families, the community, physicians, law enforcement agencies, the courts, and public and private administrators? If so, you are the type of candidate that we are looking for.

It is crucial that you are dependable, organized, self-directed, detail-oriented, and possess courteous, professional interpersonal communication skills to promote a positive workplace among our team, your coworkers, clients, and the general public. The work you will do in this role will be challenging, but providing these services will be some of the most rewarding and impactful professional opportunities to benefit the life outcomes of people in our community. Apply today and join our amazing team!

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Minimum Experience and Training/Other Requirements
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Work Environment/Physical Demands
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Health Coverage - Group medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage is available for the entire family. For the 2025-2026 plan year, the County will pay 97% of the monthly premium and employees will pay 3% ($89.02 per month) for the PPO Base Plan. With this plan, employees are eligible for a $125 a month contribution into an HRA VEBA account. Buy-up plans are also available. The employee premium for the HMO plan is $0.00, with the HMO plan employees are not eligible for the HRA Veba Account.

Retirement - PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) contribution is 100% employer funded, which includes both contribution to PERS pension and IAP accounts (IAP contribution is 6% of salary).

Short-Term Disability - 100% County paid.

Life insurance - $10,000 for employee/$2,000 for spouse and children - 100% County Paid.

Vacation/Sick Leave - Flexible Earned Time (FET) is a combination of vacation and sick leave. To start, employees earn 13 hours per month, and future accruals increase based on years of service. After a year of service and depending on FET balance, employees may sell-back up to 40 hours of FET per year.