Mobile Crisis Clinician - Daytime Stabilization & Care

The Guidance Center; Bern (KS); On-site; USD 87,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

KPERS Retirement System

Aflac

Life Insurance

Legal Shield

ID Theft Insurance

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

The Guidance Center, a Community Mental Health Center serving Kansas, invites a Crisis Clinician (Daytime) to join a collaborative interdisciplinary team. The role includes crisis assessment, brief psychotherapy, and coordinating with other agency programs through a 2-person mobile crisis team.

Minimum 40 hours/week, Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM–5 PM, with a competitive salary ($86,919–$92,069) and benefits such as medical, Dental, Vision, KPERS, and insurance options.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work, Clinical Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy or Professional Counseling, and licensure by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as a LMSW, LMLP, LMFT, LPC, LSCSW, LCP, LCPC OR LCMFT by the first day of employment
• Required: One year of experience working in a residential or crisis stabilization unit providing services to clients in acute and crisis situations and supervising clinical staff
• Preferred: one year experience with the Kansas system of community-based mental health care and associated evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assessments of clients to justify placement in the Crisis Stabilization Center.
• Provide brief psychotherapy and motivational interviewing for new consumers, as needed.
• Coordinate and promote integration of the program with other agency programs to enhance client outcomes.
• Manage program performance to ensure medically necessary services are provided in the quality and quantity needed to promote client stabilization.
• Respond across Leavenworth, Atchison and Jefferson County as part of a 2-person team, providing mobile crisis interventions to a variety of individuals in crisis.
• Work additional hours when needed to complete the required work.
• Ensure that all clinical services provided are following clinical guidelines of The Guidance Center and regulatory bodies
• Provide documentation (i.e., clinical notes, reports, other professional products, and grant reports) which complies with TGC’s Quality Improvement standards and the requirements of all funding sources.
• Organize work to meet performance expectations and Center requirements
• Maintain effective and cooperative working relationship with TGC staff as well as referral sources and community partners.

Skills

Clinical assessments

Crisis intervention

Motivational interviewing

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in social work/psychology/counseling

Job description

The Guidance Center, a Community Mental Health Center serving Kansas, invites a Crisis Clinician (Daytime) to join a collaborative interdisciplinary team. The role includes crisis assessment, brief psychotherapy, and coordinating with other agency programs through a 2-person mobile crisis team.

Minimum 40 hours/week, Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM–5 PM, with a competitive salary ($86,919–$92,069) and benefits such as medical, Dental, Vision, KPERS, and insurance options.