Mental Health Professional Youth

Job Description

Job Announcement
Position: Youth Mental Health Professional Open: 10/12/2026
Location: Bagley/Bemidji, MN Close: Until Filled
Pay: $49.18/DOQ Benefits: Full Status: Full-Time
Position Summary:
This is a fully experienced professional position; applicants must be licensed by their professional board to qualify. Mental Health Professionals have responsibility for independently providing a variety of mental health services for individuals, families, and groups. They are required to be culturally responsive in the development of diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, identification of appropriate treatment methods, crisis intervention and response, and utilization of a variety of applied psychotherapeutic techniques.
The purpose of the Youth Services Mental Health Provider is to deliver effective mental health treatment to young individuals facing co-occurring mental health and substance use challenges within the Youth Services program.
The Youth Services Program offers compassionate, team-based treatment to instill hope and improve the quality of life through the recovery process. The Mental Health Provider within the Youth Services context emphasizes the significance of mental health in overall well-being. Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, the Youth Services Mental Health Provider shares expertise on the complexities of co-occurring disorders and the journey to recovery. These professionals offer both individual and group therapy to youth in the program and frequently collaborates within the youth services setting. Engaging in team meetings and staffing, this provider ensures a collaborative, ethical, and effective approach to clinical care for all youth in the program. As a member of the treatment team, this clinician will actively participate in assessments, diagnoses and treatment, education, and consultation, and provide support to department operations.
Positions Outcomes:

• Identify psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues.
• Diagnose psychological, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
• Develop and implement treatment plans and therapeutic processes.
• Help clients define goals and plan action to achieve personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment.
• Meet with individuals, families, and groups in clinics, homes, schools, and community settings to develop client centered service plans.
• Cooperates with professionals from other disciplines in the development of team and collaborative diagnoses and treatment programs.
  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Knowledge of principles, techniques and trends in counseling, psychotherapy, substance abuse and various treatment modalities.
• Knowledge of biological, behavioral, and environmental aspects of emotional disturbances, mental health disability, and substance abuse.
• The scope and activities of Tribal, public, and private health and child welfare agencies and other available community, tribal, country, state, and federal resources.
• Tribal laws, Tribal codes, and ability to work within those laws.
• Ability to follow agency policies, rules, and procedures.
• Ability to develop clear and comprehensive case records and documentation.
  Qualifications:
• Experience: Two years of professional experience working in psychology, mental health counseling, psychotherapy, or related social services field.
• Education: Master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Professional License: Possession of a current license to practice in one of the following fields: psychology, clinical social work, clinical counseling, or marriage and family therapy.
• Qualified applications must have possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid Minnesota Driver's License, pass a criminal background check, be free of chemical or alcohol abuse problems for at least two years and have knowledge of traditional systems of healing.

Mail Applications to:
White Earth Tribal Council
Attention: Personnel
P.O. Box 418
White Earth, MN 56591
Download Applications at: www.whiteearth.com
EEO with Native Preference
A Drug Free Workplace – Tests for alcohol and illegal drug use may be required prior to and during employment
Background Checks performed