Crisis Stabilization Unit / Crisis Observation Unit ICS II - COMCARE

Sedgwick County; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 49,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift differential

Health benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Sedgwick County COMCARE seeks a Crisis Stabilization/Observation Unit clinician in Wichita to provide intensive, goal-directed services to clients with mental illness and substance use crises. This role supports CSU/COU/WCH operations and coordinates care with partners and families.

Responsibilities include case management, crisis stabilization, risk assessment, discharge planning, and transportation support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Valid US driver’s license without restrictions.
• Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle and pass background checks.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive, goal-directed services to COMCARE clients in crisis.
• Perform risk assessments to ensure client safety.
• Coordinate with partners and family to support treatment goals.
• Complete discharge planning and community transition support.
• Documentation of progress notes per guidelines.
• Provide transportation to appointments and activities.

Skills

Case Management

Crisis Stabilization

Risk Assessment

Collaboration

Driving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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Crisis Stabilization Unit / Crisis Observation Unit IC S II - COMCARE

Pay: $23.69 per hour | This position may be eligible for shift pay of $3.00 per hour for hours worked between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am.

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week; Varied shifts

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits .

Provide intensive, goal-directed, medically necessary services to meet the needs of members of the community and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) patients who have mental illness and substance use problems resulting in crisis stabilization.

Direct Service Provision

• Case Management using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or improve emotional and functional well-being.
• Provide crisis stabilization services to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis while they are in the Wichita Children’s Home (WCH), Crisis Observation Unit (COU), and Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
• Manage distraught or psychotic clients who are in need of structure; monitor gross psychological and physical functions of clients
• Familiarize clients with guidelines and procedures of the WCH, COU, and/or CSU
• Conduct risk assessments as needed to address safety of clients.
• Collaborates with community partners, caregivers, family members, physicians and other treatment providers on a regular consistently until client dismissal.
• Support consumer achieve treatment goals, coordinate with collateral contacts, medication education, crisis management, prompt client to complete daily living activities, monitor client one to one for safety or as needed.
• Complete discharge planning and support transition to the community or to higher level of treatment.
• Provide transportation to support client attendance in medical appointments and other therapeutic goal related activities to include development of community resources, employment or education access, social or consumer-run activities and related supports.
• Provide direct service to clients in responding to telephone calls on multiple crisis intervention phone lines while concurrently documenting calls.
• Address the immediate needs of walk-in/cop-in clients who present in the office with a psychiatric crisis.

Documentation

• Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed treatment and client response to treatment within set timelines.
• Complete documentation according to minimum Medicaid and agency standards for content and quality
• Completes call logs to ensure important information is available to other providers.

General Administrative Duties

• Identify sources of information needed to provide comprehensive mental health treatment and secure the necessary COMCARE consents to release information. Submit necessary referral forms to team supervisor for approval or assignment in Psych Consult
• Complete all necessary forms for admission and/or discharge for Crisis Stabilization Unit clients
• Ensure all needed documentation and forms are completed and up-to-date for assigned SCOAP clients

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or be equivalently qualified by work experience or a combination of work experience in the human services field and education, with one year of experience substituting for one year of education. If no degree is present applicant may substitute each one year of experience for one year of education. Per Sedgwick County policy, this is a driving level position that requires a valid US driver’s license without restrictions and current proof of automobile insurance. Must be able to safely operate a motor vehicle and meet driver qualification standards as set forth in Sedgwick County’s Fleet Vehicle Operation and Usage policy. Must have access to personal passenger vehicle to complete the driving duties of the position. Meet the specifications as outlined in the CMHC/CCBHC licensing standards and pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, adult abuse registry, and motor vehicle screens. Must complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.