Mobile Crisis Outreach Clinician (Clinician II)

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The Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) is looking for a Mental Health Clinician to provide mobile mental health crisis services during business hours Monday through Friday. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Team is part of JCMHC’s Emergency Services Division, is made of crisis case managers and licensed clinicians, and is based out of the Mission office but geared toward work in the community. The goals of MCOT include: ensuring the emergent mental health needs of Johnson County residents are met, resolving emergency situations by providing brief and intensive services, reducing clients’ needs for hospitalization and law enforcement interaction when possible, and supporting client connection to services including but not limited to mental health care.
Johnson County Mental Health provides hope and promotes recovery through the Strengths Perspective by treating people with dignity and respect and starting with people’s strengths in mind. We believe everyone has a story, every individual has value, and people strive for success. It is important for the qualified candidate to model these values and understand each characteristic within the nature of mental health crisis work.
The qualified candidate will have a strong desire to provide intensive crisis intervention services to the community, be well versed in suicide and safety assessments, be willing to strongly advocate for the best interests of the clients we serve and have a strong passion for Public Service. We are always looking for great candidates - this position will remain open until filled.

For questions, please reach out to Amanda Schwegler at Amanda.Schwegler@jocogov.org.

The primary responsibilities for this position include:

• Provide mobile and in-office crisis interventions, clinical assessments, and care management to a wide variety of individuals in crisis;
• Triage and determine appropriate next steps for walk-in clients to the Mission office;
• Assess risk and develop effective safety and/or crisis stabilization plans with clients when indicated, referring to higher level of care when needed and diverting to maintain client safely in their home communities when possible;
• Complete clinical assessments primarily for the purposes of crisis intervention and JCMHC diagnostic intakes, but also as needed for state hospitalization screening;
• Collaborate with JCMHC teams and other community agencies, including law enforcement, to advocate and partner for individuals’ needs; collaborate with other providers in the development and implementation of services for clients.
• Collaborate effectively with other members of MCOT, providing clinical support and interventions for case managers as needed;
• Complete and submit timely and thorough clinical documentation to agency standards;
• Maintain the utmost confidentiality of both agency and client matters.

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Addition Counseling, or other Human Services field and Kansas Behavioral Sciences licensure* at the master’s level in the area of focus are required. Requires a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record. Applicants who meet KSBSRB licensure requirements may be considered if Kansas licensure is obtained by time of an employment offer and licensure is pending confirmation at the time of employment application.
Kansas Behavioral Sciences license at the clinical level and one year of experience in the area of focus is preferred.

Kansas Behavioral Sciences license at the clinical level and one year of experience in the area of focus is preferred.

All County employees may be called upon to assist other departments in a declared emergency situation.