Mobile Crisis Response Therapist

Pillars Community Health•Berwyn, IL

1d•$52,000 - $60,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Pillars Community Health is expanding its Mobile Crisis Response team and hiring several new Therapists as the program continues to grow. This role participates in a rotating on-call schedule to provide crisis intervention to clients, assessing for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Crisis services are provided within the community and on-site for the crisis.

Requirements

Masters degree in Counseling, Psychology, Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or related degree.
Related experience should include work with adults, children and adolescents, crisis intervention, assessment, case management, brief treatment, and home and community-based interventions.
Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate with consumers, referrals sources, and other community providers is absolutely essential.
Must maintain a safe driving record and have current valid Illinois Driver's License.
Personal vehicle needed for transportation to/from home and community-based interventions.

Responsibilities

Provide crisis intervention services in person or by telephone to police, school and hospital personnel, and community residents dealing with crisis situations. This includes referrals as well as diagnostic assessment and crisis intervention treatment.
Conduct emergency on-site assessments of clients to determine the need for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
Assess and stabilize high risk individuals and/or families.
Provide on-site assessment within 60 minutes.
Provide crisis stabilization treatment using brief intervention and solution focus therapy for up to 30 days until situation has been resolved or client can be assigned to appropriate level of care or agency program.
Provides crisis stabilization which includes but is not limited to case management services that coordinate, support and advocate for client, psychoeducation and Brief Intervention treatment.
Participate in a rotation schedule with all other mobile crisis response therapists assigned to the team.
Provides additional time dedicated to crisis stabilization intervention and treatment.
Provide intensive outreach to engage clients who do not follow through with deflection appointments post crisis event.
Completes required documentation and maintains records in accordance with PCH policies and procedures.
Participate in PCH team, line of service, all-staff meetings and completes all required trainings.
Other duties as assigned.