Mental Health Therapist/ Clinical Supervisor - Mobile Crisis Response

Northern Pines Mental Health Center • Brainerd, MN

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About The Position

Northern Pines Mental Health Center is seeking a Mental Health Professional to join its Mobile Crisis Outreach team. The position is based in Brainerd, Minnesota, and operates throughout the six-county Region 5 service area: Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena counties. The role triages crisis calls, provides mental health assessments to evaluate immediate needs and crisis situations, and provides ongoing consultation to team members. Mobile Crisis Outreach staff work in teams with rotating shifts; some holidays and on-call shifts per month are required.

The position provides consultation and training to staff regarding crisis situations and assessments. It conducts immediate, face-to-face crisis assessments to identify emergency-service needs, determine whether behavior is a serious deviation from the recipient’s baseline due to a mental health crisis or emergency, and provide immediate relief. Based on assessments, the role determines whether crisis intervention or referrals are needed, provides short-term intensive crisis interventions, develops culturally appropriate treatment plans, and provides crisis stabilization services to help recipients return to their pre-crisis level of functioning.

The position also provides supportive counseling and skills training, collaborates with community service providers, educates recipients’ support networks about mental illness, and refers clients to additional mental health services. Travel is a function of the position, and the employee must be able to operate a motor vehicle and hold a valid driver’s license.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a behavioral sciences field.
• Independent provider license in Minnesota: LICSW, LMFT, LP, Psychiatric Nurse, or LPCC.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle and a valid driver’s license; travel is a function of the position.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation to staff regarding crisis situations.
• Train staff regarding assessments in crisis situations.
• Conduct immediate, face-to-face crisis assessments to identify emergency-service needs, assess deviations from baseline functioning caused by a mental health crisis or emergency, and provide immediate intervention to relieve distress.
• Determine the need for crisis intervention services or referrals based on crisis assessments.
• Provide prompt, face-to-face, short-term, intensive crisis interventions to help recipients cope with stressors, use available resources, avoid unnecessary hospitalization and loss of independent living, develop action plans, and return toward baseline functioning.
• Develop culturally appropriate crisis intervention treatment plans with clients and update them as necessary.
• Refer clients to additional mental health services or other resources.
• Provide crisis stabilization services, considering crisis assessments and intervention plans, determining the need for further assessment and referrals, and updating stabilization treatment plans.
• Provide supportive counseling and conduct skills training.
• Collaborate with other service providers in the community.
• Provide education regarding mental illness to recipients’ support networks.

Benefits

• Health, dental, disability, and life insurance, with additional voluntary options for spousal life, short-term disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness plans.
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid time off: full-time employees in years 1–3 earn 19 days (152 hours) per year, increasing with longevity.
• Nine observed holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and a Weather Float Day.
• Support for time off and a healthy work/life balance.
• Bereavement pay.
• Travel reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior