QMHP MHSS

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title QMHP

Salary Range

$28-$35

Job Summary

Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) — Mental Health Skill-Building Services

Location: Tidewater/Hampton Roads, Virginia (Norfolk • Virginia Beach • Chesapeake • Portsmouth • Suffolk • Hampton/Newport News)
Employment Type: Contractor/PRN
Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

We’re seeking a mission-driven Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to deliver Mental Health Skill-Building Services (MHSS) to adults in community settings across the Tidewater area. You’ll provide person-centered, recovery-oriented, and trauma- informed supports that help adults increase independence, maintain stability in the community, and reduce hospitalizations.

General Accountabilities

Key Responsibilities

Provide face-to-face skill-building interventions in the community and within and around the home when appropriate (e.g., ADLs/IADLs, medication management education, coping skills, transportation training, budgeting, and community integration).

Conduct intake screenings, strengths-based assessments, person-centered ISP development, and ongoing service plan reviews.
Deliver structured sessions aligned with medical necessity and Medicaid/insurer guidelines; maintain service intensity and caseload expectations.

Coordinate care with CSBs, MCOs, primary care, housing providers, probation/parole, and natural supports; participate in treatment team and case conferencing.
Monitor risk, crisis-plan proactively, and respond to crises using least restrictive interventions; complete mandated incident reporting.

Document all contacts timely and accurately in the EHR (progress notes, ISPs, discharge summaries within (NOTEABLE) meeting DMAS/DBHDS/MCO standards. Track outcomes (hospitalizations, housing stability, employment/education linkages, functional gains) and contribute to quality improvement.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Registered with Virginia DBHDS as QMHP.
Bachelor’s degree in human services (e.g., Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Special Ed, Human Services) or equivalent per DBHDS criteria.
One (1)+ year relevant experience providing behavioral health services (community- based preferred).
Valid Virginia driver’s license, reliable insured vehicle, and ability to travel throughout Tidewater.
Ability to pass background checks, (fingerprinting and Central Registry) exclusion screening, and meet TB, CPR/First Aid requirements.
Strong writing/EMR skills; professionalism, cultural humility, and commitment to trauma-informed care.
Preferred Qualifications

Experience with MHSS, serious mental illness (SMI), co-occurring substance use, justice-involved populations, and housing/benefits navigation.
Familiarity with Medicaid (DMAS/MCO) documentation standards, service authorization, and utilization management.

Work Environment

Schedule & Work Environment

Flexible scheduling with a mix of daytime/early evening hours to meet member needs; some weekends as needed.
Field-based role with travel across assigned Tidewater localities.
What Success Looks Like

Members/clients achieve measurable gains in independent living skills, medication adherence, symptom self-management, and community tenure.
High-quality, compliant notes submitted within agency timelines.
Strong collaboration with community partners and positive member satisfaction.

We are a community based non-profit mental health clinic in Portsmouth. We are looking to hire a QMHP for our MHSS Program. We want to hire people that enjoy working with people and being apart of a team. We hire 1099 contractors, who are QMHP-T and QMHP. Come join a team of professionals.

Company Description

We are a community based non-profit mental health clinic in Portsmouth. We are looking to hire a QMHP for our MHSS Program. We want to hire people that enjoy working with people and being apart of a team. We hire 1099 contractors, who are QMHP-T and QMHP. Come join a team of professionals.