Mobile Crisis Clinician - Full Time

The Sante Group • Timonium, MD

46d • $35 - $38

About The Position

Santé is seeking Full-time Mobile Crisis Clinicians to work day, evening, and overnight shifts and join our frontline crisis intervention team in Timonium, MD. As a Mobile Crisis Specialist, you will work as part of a police-based team, which includes partnering with a police officer to respond to behavioral health crises in the community. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with community partners, families, and other involved parties.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field of study.
• Current licensure in the State of Maryland (LMSW, LGPC, LCSW-C, or LCPC).
• A valid driver's license and current automobile insurance.
• You will be required to work one (1) summer and one (1) winter holiday per year.
• You will also be required to attend the Mandatory Safety Training Day once a year, which you will be given ample notice of in order to plan appropriately.
• Be reminded that the end of the work day may go beyond your scheduled shift in the event you are on a call that that extends past the end of shift.
• Ability to work a shift during the week both morning (6am to 2pm or 7am to 3pm) and evening shifts (2pm to 10pm or 3pm to 11pm) with some weekends.

Responsibilities

• Perform assessments and crisis intervention, including de-escalation, crisis planning, implementation, and treatment plans.
• Effectively communicate clients' needs while making internal agency or community referrals.
• Perform a diagnostic assessment
• Perform an on-scene assessment and treatment plan
• Educate individuals about mental health, substance abuse, available community resources, and the agency's services.
• Complete documentation in an accurate and thorough manner.
• Competently make decisions about the need for an emergency petition and/or alternative psychiatric evaluation
• Ability to complete an emergency petition and educate any appropriate party on the process
• Be able to address population of child, adolescent, adult, dual-diagnosis, co-occurring and elderly
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the medical implications when working with substance abuse consumers
• Work with families and involved persons to de-escalate the situation, make a crisis plan, and enlist cooperation with recommended treatment
• Provide accurate clinical information to family and involved persons related to recommendations and possibilities for treatment
• Work in a professional and collaborative way with police, fire and other community agencies when asked to do so.
• Provide consultation and coordination to ER staff, if ER evaluation is necessary
• Appropriately and effectively document clinical and non-clinical information, regarding consumers, using CRS procedures
• Participate in and complete all required trainings
• Provide education in the community about the agency and all components of CRS when needed
• Check work e-mail and EMR according to agency protocol
• Abide by all Federal, State and local confidentiality regulations (ie: HIPAA, 42CFR Part 2, etc)
• Comply with all mandatory reporting and duty to warn, according to Federal, State and local regulations

Benefits

• Monthly no cost supervision for clinical licensure.
• Smart, passionate, and engaged co-workers.
• Opportunities for training and development, including police-based trainings, and flexible work schedules with a variety of shifts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees