Crisis OnCall Clinician

Centerstone•Alton, IL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides emergency crisis intervention and consultation services to clients, families, community partners and referral sources. This includes providing crisis assessments, crisis stabilization, and crisis intervention in a community settings, by telephone, and video to recipients in crisis and facilitating appropriate linkage and referral to on-going services.

Requirements

Master's degree required.
LSW, LMHC-A, LMFT-A, LCAC-A required

Nice To Haves

Effectively communicate via written, verbal, in person and virtual methods.
Knowledge of the criminal justice system as it affects adolescents.
Knowledge of community geographical awareness and of community and agency resources.
Skilled in customer service techniques

Responsibilities

Performs pre-screenings for both the state operated hospital and private psychiatric hospitals to determine the need for either voluntary or involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions.
Provides follow-up appointments when it is clinically appropriate to the service recipient and provide brief therapy until an appropriate referral has been completed for on-going treatment or no further services are indicated.
Provides crisis assessment of substance abusing individuals at the emergency room of a local community hospital, local police department, school, jail, or other neutral sites, and facilitate appropriate linkage and referral to on-going services.
Provides emergency mental health consultations with physicians, law enforcement officials, school officials, and other community and/or state agency representatives in an effort to resolve mental health crisis regarding residents in our service area.
Facilitates crisis transportation through EMS or other professional transport services when needed to aid in resolving crisis situations and link with appropriate crisis resources.
Assists management when assigned by mentoring and working alongside new staff and/or interns to model and provide instruction on emergency processes, protocols, and services.
Assists service recipient in making safety and discharge plans and provide follow up services as assigned.