What are the responsibilities and job description for the HRDI-Mobile Crisis-MHP position at Friend Health?
| POSITION SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT |
| The Mobile Crisis Mental Health professional will complete an emergency assessment, stabilization, and linkage to individuals in crisis to avoid more restrictive levels of care with the goal of immediate symptom reduction, stabilization, and restoration to the previous level of functioning within HRDI and externally. |
| POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES |
| • Must be available, a rotation determines, on a 24 hour basis, to intervene to crisis needs. • Works closely with community support treatment team triage. • Maintains professional working relationship with all referral agencies. • Develop plans to refer, link, and place individual with community based treatment and other needed resources. • Assists individuals by referring/linking, placing them with recreation, transportation, financial and medical entitlement, vocational rehabilitation services, as appropriate as needed. • Coordinates inter and intra-agency services. • Conduct outreach and case findings. • Determine eligibility and conduct comprehensive assessment of service needs. • Develop the comprehensive master Individual Treatment appropriate housing facilities, with the input of the client and/or family unit. • Review Individual Treatment Plan of clients regularly to assess effectiveness and need for specific plan elements, again with input of the client customer and/or family. • Monitor and evaluate all services provided to individual clients. • Responsible for locating appropriate housing facilities as needed. • Provide supportive counseling to individual client and/or family as needed. • Provide problem solving assistant to client and/or family as needed • Provide public education on services available and needs of the mentally ill as opportunities arise and/or as assigned by the Program director. • Participates in staff meetings scheduled by the supervisor. • Document all services provided in progress notes and must perform DIS billings of service on a timely basis. • Maintains appropriate credentials and pursues internal and/or external training and development opportunities. • Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor. |
| QUALIFICATIONS |
| • Bachelor’s Degree in related human services/social services field • Valid Driver’s License and vehicle required to travel • Two-three years experience in mental health setting preferred • Knowledge of utilizing DMS IV and ASAM criteria for purposes of assessing clinical diagnoses and appropriate client placement • Knowledge of medical needs and available resources to the psychiatrically disabled persons. • Working knowledge of Medicaid, Medicare, and managed care standards, and Illinois Division of Mental Health/ Division of Substance Use and Prevention rules and regulation. • Knowledge of appropriate record keeping procedures • Must be able to demonstrate and articulate a strong working knowledge of service delivery system serving the targeted communities and the targeted population. Sensitivity to multi-cultural differences. Must be skilled in working with indigent populations and/or facing mental illness. • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure continuous improvement in all service areas & relate well to people of all socioeconomic groups • Knowledge of computers and applicable software • Excellent clinical skills, written and verbal communication skills, commitment to quality care. • Commitment to agency philosophy and excellent interpersonal skills. |
| WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT: |
| • Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment or out in the community. • Moderate physical activity. May require physical effort including lifting to 10-15 pounds and some extended periods of standing or walking. • Limited physical effort required. • Limited exposure to physical risk. • Valid Driver’s License and vehicle required |
