Co-Response Crisis Clinician South Region
About The Position
Center for Human Development, (CHD), is currently looking for a 1st Shift Co-Response Crisis Clinician (Master's Level, Licensed or Licensed Eligible) to join our team. The Co-Response Clinician is a member of the CHD Mobile Crisis Team and regionally embedded within South Hadley, Belchertown, Granby, MA Police Departments. YOUR ROLE AS CO-RESPONSE CRISIS CLINICIAN: You will support Police Departments' speedy and efficient response to behavioral health calls and follow-ups. The Clinician provides services as a member of both the CHD Adult Mobile Crisis Intervention (AMCI) and Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention (YMCI) programs, and the conjoined CBHC Outpatient Clinic and Crisis Stabilization Programs. Co-response clinicians will provide crisis triage, evaluations, disposition recommendations, follow up interventions, stabilization planning, and referral planning for immediate resources. Clinicians will assess needs, determine least restrictive level of care, and arrange treatment transition and engagement. They will know and be able to recommend and/or utilize the breadth of internal agency and external community resources in intervention planning. Evaluations will occur in the communities served and expected to be in a wide variety of settings. The clinician will have space in the Police Departments to conduct evaluations, team-build with PD staff, and to be available as quickly as possible to support PD.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling, Social Work or related field
- LCSW, LICSW or LMHC license is required
- Ability to pass a driving record and background screen
Nice To Haves
- Experience with individual, family and group therapy, crisis intervention, and substance use preferred
- Bilingual English/Spanish individuals encouraged to apply
- Enthusiastic and passionate about the work they do
- Self-Directed, quick learner
- Strong written skills and experience with Electronic Health Record Management
- Must be able to demonstrate high level of skill in therapeutic engagement of diverse clients, hold fidelity to evidence-based practices that match the presenting problem, and good diagnostic skills
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide crisis triage
- Provide evaluations
- Provide disposition recommendations
- Provide follow up interventions
- Provide stabilization planning
- Provide referral planning for immediate resources
- Assess needs
- Determine least restrictive level of care
- Arrange treatment transition and engagement
- Recommend and/or utilize the breadth of internal agency and external community resources in intervention planning
- Conduct evaluations
- Team-build with PD staff
- Be available as quickly as possible to support PD
Benefits
- CHD is a PSLF qualifier and MA-Repay qualifier
- Paid Major Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off / Vacation
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Fitness & Education Class Discounts
- Employee Wellness Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
