Licensed Mobile Crisis Clinician

Center for Human Development (CHD); Chicopee (MA); On-site; USD 4,408,000 - 5,235,000; Full time

Job summary

Center for Human Development (CHD) in Chicopee, MA seeks a Licensed Mobile Crisis Clinician to join a 24/7 mobile crisis and crisis stabilization program serving adults and youth. The role includes crisis assessments, care coordination, safety planning, and brief interventions in person or via telehealth.

Open to full-time and part-time clinicians. Requires a Master’s degree in a related field, strong communication, EHR skills, reliable transportation, and the ability to pass a CORI check.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mental health counseling, social work or related field.
• Proficient in verbal and written communication.
• Ability to utilize a computer and EHR systems.
• Access to reliable transportation.
• Able to pass a CORI and driving background check.

Responsibilities

• Engage clients on-site or via telehealth in behavioral health crisis.
• Perform crisis assessments and care coordination; ensure safety and plan discharge as appropriate.
• Maintain professional knowledge and apply appropriate treatment methods per standards of care.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Computer literacy

EHR competence

Reliable transportation

CORI/driving background clearance

Education

Master’s degree in mental health counseling or social work or related field

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Job description

Licensed Mobile Crisis Clinician Job Category: Clinical Requisition Number: MOBIL006107 Full-Time Chicopee, MA 01020, USA Seeking Licensed Clinicians to work in a team environment providing care to adults and youth in CHD's CBHC Adult or Youth Mobile Crisis. These programs offer 24/7 support, assessment, care coordination, and follow up to those clients experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. All CBHC Programs are located in one location and integrated highly to treat individuals and families throughout the care continuum. Open 7 days per week, with the intention of offering the right service at the right time, all shifts are available. Oriented to offering a continuum of care across all services, the right candidate will be dynamic, curious, and Person-centered And Demonstrate Initiative.

Job Responsibilities

Clinician works to engage on-site, or in some cases over telehealth, clients in behavioral health crisis. They will work to establish crisis assessments, care coordinators, maintain safety of client and others collaborate with family or other community supports as identified by client, offer timely and appropriate interventions, and plan discharge to appropriate levels of care. Clinician knows and updates a body of clinical knowledge used to gather and analyze client problems. Clinician knows, maintains and uses a set of treatment methods which are appropriate to the diagnosis and which are consistent with accepted practice standards for the field of social work or mental health counseling. Clinician learns and follows practices for the protection of personal health information and reports any breaches of such practice immediately. Clinician interacts with colleagues, supervisors and helping professionals outside of CHD on behalf of the client and communicates in a professional manner to support the client's treatment goals. Clinician will attend external agency meetings, clinic staff meetings, and periodic trainings as required and attends regular individual supervision meetings. The clinician fulfills the mission and the core values of the agency, and represents these values to clients and community contacts.

Minimum Qualifications

Clinician holds a Master's in mental health counseling, social work or related field. Proficient in verbal and written communication. Able to utilize a computer and become competent in the use of an electronic health record. Access to reliable transportation. Be able to pass a CORI and driving background check.

Job Types & Salary

Full-time, Part-time. Salary: $35.10/hour

About CHD

At CHD, Center for Human Development, Care Finds a Way: The Center for Human Development (CHD) provides a broad range of high quality, community-oriented human services dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and protecting the dignity and welfare of people in need. CHD has partnered with the state of Massachusetts to increase access to urgent behavioral health care through our new outpatient behavioral health clinic and crisis services. Gateway, CHD's new Community Behavioral Health Center in Chicopee, provides an outpatient behavioral health clinic 24/7 mobile crisis services Crisis stabilization for youth and adults in person and via telehealth. Our CBHC program delivers these services as an alternative to hospital emergency departments. It also offers respite, outreach, medication management, and peer-level support to ensure that your family member is taken care of on every level.

Qualifications

Education Required Masters Of Science Or Better. Licenses

Certifications Preferred NPI Number

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities