Native Services Provider-Oregon State Hospital
Core
Provide spiritual and native services, including ceremonies, counseling, and cultural practices, to forensic inpatient and residential patients.
Role type
Senior Native Services Provider (Spiritual Care & Cultural Facilitation)
Builds
Spiritual ceremonies, counseling sessions, and cultural programs for patients
Domain
Forensic mental health + Indigenous spiritual practices
Required skills
Indigenous arts and crafts facilitation, smudge and sweat lodge ceremony leadership, talking circles facilitation, individual and group counseling, cultural competency, tribal leadership collaboration, mental health crisis intervention
Preferred skills
Training from a native elder, experience with severe mental illness, experience in secure environments
Technologies
Management information systems for scheduling and records
Responsibilities
Meet with patients to identify spiritual and cultural needs; facilitate ceremonies and counseling; consult with treatment teams; document service progress; mentor and supervise volunteers; develop and implement spiritual service programs.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC