Behavioral Health Emergency Services Clinician - Mobile Crisis Team

Milwaukee County Wisconsin•Milwaukee, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Emergency Services Clinician (BHESC) is a member of the Milwaukee Mobile Crisis Team, providing crisis intervention services to Milwaukee County residents experiencing a crisis. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the clinician provides crisis assessment, stabilization, linkage, and follow-up services by phone, face-to-face, in person, or in the community, seven days per week. On-site clinical supervision is provided to individuals with training licenses.

Requirements

Be a Wisconsin resident at the time of application.
Have a valid Wisconsin Driver’s License and be able to maintain it throughout employment.
Have a bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, or a related Human Services field.
Have at least three years of related work experience.
Be able to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 25 pounds.
Be willing and able to travel 50% of work time within the community.
Be willing and able to work irregular, unpredictable, or particularly long hours due to frequent overtime, weekend work, or shift rotation.
Be willing and able to have regular or frequent on-call availability.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, or a related Human Services field.
Applicable licensure for a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work.
Licensure as an LCSW, APSW, LPC, LPC-IT, LMFT, or LMFT-IT, or evidence of pursuing licensure in a related field.

Responsibilities

Conduct psychiatric and psychosocial assessments of youth and adults with significant mental health and co-occurring needs.
Regularly evaluate risk of danger to self or others, including suicidal and homicidal ideation, in children and adults.
Intervene in and manage acute mental illness crises in the community.
De-escalate, stabilize, and resolve mental health crisis events, including remaining with individuals in their community setting until they are stabilized and linked with other services when needed.
Reduce danger to self or others through therapeutic interventions, arranging immediate services, and connecting individuals with community services or supports until danger is eliminated and they are engaged in therapeutic services.
Implement plans of care using psychotherapeutic interventions related to crisis assessment and crisis-plan development.
Provide follow-up to ensure that plans of care are implemented and successful.
Consult and collaborate with Community Access to Recover Services (CARS), Wraparound Milwaukee, community hospitals, law enforcement, Behavioral Health Crisis Services, and other mental health professionals.
Provide community education about crisis management and mental health resource navigation.
Assist with transportation when appropriate.
Support other internal Behavioral Health Services Crisis Programs and provider networks, Department of Health and Human Services service areas, and telephone triage.
Participate in community engagement and outreach.
Perform other duties as assigned.