Crisis Evaluator - FT

Harmony Foundation, Inc.; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AllHealth Network seeks a Crisis Evaluator to conduct comprehensive crisis assessments, develop treatment plans, and coordinate care to connect clients with the safest and least restrictive level of care. This role thrives in fast-paced, high-acuity environments and emphasizes trauma-informed, recovery-oriented care.

You will perform crisis evaluations, safety planning, and referrals, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and funding sources to ensure appropriate services and support is

Qualifications

• Experience conducting crisis assessments and developing treatment plans.
• Ability to make clinically appropriate dispositions and referrals.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed, recovery-oriented care.
• Excellent collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and external resources.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough crisis assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Determine safest, least restrictive dispositions for clients.
• Provide crisis evaluation and safety planning.
• Perform clinical and behavioral assessments and develop recommendations.

Skills

Crisis assessment

Trauma-informed care

Clinical judgment

Care coordination

Funding source communication

Job description

At AllHealth Network, compassion, collaboration, and clinical excellence come together to support individuals during moments of acute behavioral health crisis. Our Crisis Response Team serves individuals whose lives are disrupted by mental illness, substance use, or behavioral disturbances, with a focus on safety, stabilization, and recovery.

As a Crisis Evaluator, you will provide comprehensive crisis assessments, clinical recommendations, and care coordination to ensure individuals are connected to the safest and least restrictive level of care. This role is ideal for a clinician who thrives in fast-paced, high-acuity environments and is committed to trauma-informed, recovery-oriented care.

What You'll Do

• Conduct thorough assessments in the facility for clients experiencing a crisis and develop comprehensive treatment plans based on client need
• Make clinically appropriate dispositions to the safest, least restrictive environment
• Provide mental health crisis evaluation and safety planning for clients experiencing a crisis. Evaluations may take place at AllHealth Network locations
• Conduct clinical and behavioral assessments, medical screenings, and evaluations for clients experiencing crisis, and develop clinical recommendations based on the client’s presentation.
• Make clinically appropriate referrals to the safest, least restrictive environment, to include safety planning when indicated.
• Complete crisis interventions with approved documentation coding.
• Complete screening and assessments for voluntary and mental health and substance use emergency holds; when necessary, initiate 27-65 mental health holds for clients requiring involuntary commitment.
• Obtain collateral information to ensure that crisis interventions consider the context of the client’s overall presentation
• Navigate the treatment needs of the client and make referrals to internal and external resources as appropriate, to include outpatient and inpatient services as well as shelters and other community resources.
• Perform professional interpretation and analysis of clinical data and assessments to formulate treatment recommendations and diagnosis, while involving social and professional supports in all aspects of client care, as appropriate.
• Communicate professionally and effectively with client’s funding source regarding clinical recommendations and requests for