Crisis Service Clinician

Bobit Business Media; Nebraska; On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Alliance Rehabilitation Services in Nebraska is seeking a Crisis Services Clinician to respond to mental health and substance use crises in home, office, community settings and via telehealth. The role includes crisis line support, mobile crisis response, crisis psychotherapy and stabilization across the service area.

Responsibilities include triage, safety planning, comprehensive assessments, care coordination, and thorough documentation.

Qualifications

• Current licensure in good standing in Nebraska as a mental health professional (PLMHP/LMHP) is required; LIMHP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-home, office, community-based and telehealth crisis responses.
• Conduct triage assessments and safety planning as part of crisis intervention.
• Complete crisis psychotherapy sessions for individuals and/or families.
• Provide intake and ongoing assessments with preliminary diagnoses and care recommendations.
• Develop crisis safety plans and connect clients to appropriate resources.
• Document clinical activities thoroughly within required timelines.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Motivational interviewing

Trauma-informed care

Communication skills

Education

Nebraska licensure (PLMHP/LMHP)

Job description

Community Allianceis an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Company Community Alliance Rehabilitation Services

Summary

At Community Alliance, we believe in the potential of recovery for all individuals with a mental health and substance use challenges, and we dedicate our resources to support the journey of each individual we serve. The Clinician for the Crisis Services will provide in-home, office, community-based, and telehealth responses to individuals experiencing mental health and substance use crises. Crisis services include a behavioral health crisis line, mobile crisis response team, crisis psychotherapy, and crisis stabilization.

Crisis services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days per year and are available throughout the CCBHC service area inclusive of the five counties of Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington and to persons who live 45 miles of Community Alliance.

The Crisis Services clinician will provide safety interventions, screenings, clinical consultations, assessments, evaluations, planning, and crisis counseling.

Staff are required to work their assigned schedule but may be asked to shift/alter this in response to high workflow time periods.

Duties Include

TheCrisis Service Clinician is responsible for direct services with clients and their families including but not limited to safety/crisis assessment/intervention; evaluation/assessment; clinical consultations to other staff; home & community-based services; coordination with case and care management; brief intensive therapies; record keeping; as well as collaboration with other professionals, team members, and related community services

• Conduct triage assessments and provide crisis management and safety interventions as needed.
  • Provide clinical triage assessment and safety planning as needed when peer staff answer crisis line calls, or peers completing intakes need clinical support and expertise.
  • Complete crisis psychotherapy sessions with individuals and/or family members; total of 2 sessions per episode of crisis without an IDI necessary. May occur as part of the triage assessment or safety planning with individuals via telephone, in the office, or the community.
  • Provide clinical triage assessments for individuals to support the mobile crisis response staff via tele-health/telephone when clinical support and expertise are needed; respond and provide clinical assessments in the community as part of the mobile crisis team when it is determined a clinician needs to be on scene with the team for the client intervention.
• Conduct intake or ongoing comprehensive assessments; provide a preliminary diagnosis; provide recommendations for ongoing services based on level of care criteria.
• These assessments may be in person or via telehealth to cover the designated service area.
• Assess and implement crisis safety plans that include immediate tasks for crisis management and connection to clinically indicated resources and services.
• Complete clinical documentation thoroughly within required timelines to ensure appropriate and ethical care. Respond to any feedback or revisions in a timely fashion to ensure ongoing compliance with agency and regulatory standards.
• Maintain contact and provide follow-up with individuals and families requiring this service including phone and home visit support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current licensure in good standing in the State of Nebraska as a mental health professional (PLMHP, LMHP) required, LIMHP preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in working with individuals with mental illness, co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, community rehabilitation, and/or integrated primary and behavioral healthcare.
• Knowledge of signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use disorders.
• Knowledge, training, and/or experience in effectively working with individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.
• Demonstrated clinical decision-making skills appropriate for client’s care and safety.
• Demonstrated ability in utilizing motivational interviewing and principles of recovery to deliver results-oriented, trauma-informed, and person-centered care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to connect, communicate, and effectively work with people from diverse cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, educational, and professional backgrounds, and ability to maintain effective working relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and good driving record.