Mobile Crisis Response Therapist

Description

Provides quality mental health treatment services through a strength-based approach to clients experiencing a crisis in the community, in support of the client stabilizing from a psychiatric emergency, adapting to life situations, learning independent living skills, and preventing or reducing hospitalizations. This position requires working atypical, after business hours.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provides direct emergency treatment services to clients experiencing a psychiatric crisis in the community, where the psychiatric crisis is occurring.
• Provides direct emergency treatment services within all 7 counties, in person, and by tele-video when appropriate and/or necessary.  
• Coordinates care and treatment needs, consultations and follow-up with Mobile Crisis Response team members and Emergency Services team members.
• Conducts clinical intake assessments when needed in the community and/or in the office.
• Assists clients to identify, secure, and maintain community resources.
• Provides and coordinates necessary referrals and delivery of services among community agencies, hospitals, and within the organization to ensure that client is receiving necessary services.
• Completes critical incident debriefings when needed.
• Collaborates with other community service providers in order to achieve successful relationships and partnerships.
• Maintains accurate and complete records of all client services, as defined by state licensing agencies, funding agencies, and Mental Health Center standards and requirements. Submits progress notes, treatment plans, admission client status reports, timesheets, and all work-related paperwork in a timely manner and in acceptable format as determined by agency requirements.
• Attends professional workshops and seminars in order to maintain and improve professional skills and meet licensure/certification requirements.

Work Environment

This job operates largely in a community setting, but also in a professional office setting.  This role routinely uses standard office and mobile equipment such as computers, phones, printers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; handle objects; grasp and reach for items with hands and arms; manipulate hands and fingers; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 15 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  Language skills are required, including the ability to read, write, comprehend, and speak the English language.  This position also requires the ability to interpret written materials, write reports and business correspondence, and effectively present and respond to questions.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

40 hours per week. Some on-call evening and weekends required. 

Must work one of the following shifts: 

9:00 am - 6:00 pm

4:30 pm -12:30 am

Travel

Travel will take place to Morris, Wabaunsee, Osage, Coffey, Lyon, Greenwood, and Chase counties. Travel, at times, may take place outside of these 7 counties for various purposes.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Master’s Degree from an accredited school of social work, counseling, or psychology.

Preferred Education and Experience

Doctorate Degree in clinical psychology or related field; a minimum of one-year work experience in the human services field. LSCSW or LP licensure.

Licensure/Certification

Licensure as a master level clinician with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. 

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced environment;  ability to work after-business-hours; ability to have flexibility in assigned work hours;  the ability to drive distances in the light and dark; ability to work with persons with severe and persistent mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance abuse issues, especially those experiencing a psychiatric crisis; ability to work independently and as a member of a therapeutic team; possess demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to react effectively in a variety of human service situations; possess prior computer experience in Microsoft Office programs and basic computer fluency.

Salary : $74,109