Crisis OnCall Clinician

Centerstone • Alton, IL

1d • $18 - $26 • 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• 403b retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off and ten paid holidays
• AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability (company paid)
• Employee Resource Groups
• Continuing education opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level