Mental Health Specialist

Stars Behavioral Health Group•Yucca Valley, CA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Partner with us in making a positive change! Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare. Job Title: Mental Health Specialist II Division/Program: Yucca Valley: Morongo Basin Crisis Walk In Center Starting Compensation: 75,000.00 USD Per Year Working Location: Yucca Valley, CA Working Hours/Shift: Wednesday - Sunday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM How you will make a difference : This position assesses clients at start of treatment (reviews as needed), develops and maintains treatment plans, and conducts family collateral and discharge planning. Duties include discussing goals and objectives of proposed treatment plans and establishing a contract with the consumer. Interviewing consumers to team with mental health professionals in determining the needs of individuals or groups on a walk-in/telephone basis; respond to potential suicide or other emergency events. Visit clients, individually or as part of a team, in a variety of living situations, to help assess the mental health needs of individuals and families, observe progress, provide counseling, gather data, and report significant changes in the client's condition to designated professional staff. Division/Program Overview: · The Valley Star Crisis Walk-In Center (CWIC) is voluntary and offered on a 24/7 basis in an unlocked setting with a stay of up to 23 hours · Rapid mental health assessment and crisis intervention · All age groups – children, adolescents, adults, and older adults – who need immediate access to crisis mental health services. · The center provides important services to those in need of immediate crisis intervention and stabilization · Individuals admitted into the crisis stabilization unit will be provided with support and services to ensure their safe transition to the next level of care or back to the community. Learn more about SBHG at : https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/

Requirements

Valid California Driver’s License
Applicants must have attained the age of 18 years of age
Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or another related mental health field
Registered with the Board of Behavioral Science as an Associate
Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) or Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW)
First Aid certification from persons qualified by agencies including but not limited to the American Red Cross.

Responsibilities

assess clients at start of treatment (reviews as needed)
develops and maintains treatment plans
conducts family collateral and discharge planning
discussing goals and objectives of proposed treatment plans and establishing a contract with the consumer
Interviewing consumers to team with mental health professionals in determining the needs of individuals or groups on a walk-in/telephone basis
respond to potential suicide or other emergency events
Visit clients, individually or as part of a team, in a variety of living situations, to help assess the mental health needs of individuals and families, observe progress, provide counseling, gather data, and report significant changes in the client's condition to designated professional staff