Therapist, Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team (Mobile)

AltaPointe Health•Mobile, AL

About The Position

Responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities: Provides rapid crisis intervention and assessment to individuals, using face-to-face or telephone response, when calls come into Access to Care or the Intensive Care Coordinator as appropriate Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation Collaborates with Access to Care as needed Establishes and maintains regularly scheduled, and as needed, contact with the other AltaPointe programs to optimize appropriate dispositions and outcomes Leads in the initiating and implementing the services of the Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team Provides services in the community, consumer’s homes, etc. Effectively determines the level of response needed in crisis situations Provides appropriate follow-up and referrals after a crisis Educates families on de-escalating crisis situations, including but not limited to, safety plans Follows up with consumers that are in AltaPointe Children’s Outpatient Programs who may be decompensating or at high-risk. Travels to consumers’ homes to ensure medication compliance as needed Utilizes appropriate communication methods to ensure appropriate communication with individual consumers’ treatment teams Assist in securing emergency medical services or law enforcement services if needed Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer as needed Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM 5 diagnosis as needed Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer and families, as appropriate Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan as needed Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members, law enforcement, emergency medical services, court personnel and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services Advocates on behalf of the consumer to secure community resources Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning or movement to a less restrictive environment Adheres to professional code of ethics Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent specific competencies Supervision and Consultation: Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement Actively works to enhance clinical skills Clinical Record Keeping: Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy Learns and utilizes Avatar electronic health record appropriately Documents in detail the resolutions of crisis situations and linkage to appropriate follow up sources.

Requirements

Master’s degree in a mental health discipline with 2 or more years’ experience working with psychiatric disorders or crisis situations.
Knowledge in child/adolescent specialty, outlined below, to be attained within (6) six months of employment.
Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the child/adolescent population
Basic knowledge of the nature of addiction for referral purposes
Knowledge of cultural diversity
Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and interventions common to acute psychotic consumers, as well as, to non-violent crisis intervention practice
Knowledge of psychiatric rehabilitation principles
Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to children/adolescents with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders
Knowledge of AltaPointe services and continuum of care
Knowledge of appropriate services codes and billing procedures
Knowledge of community resources

Responsibilities

Provides rapid crisis intervention and assessment to individuals, using face-to-face or telephone response, when calls come into Access to Care or the Intensive Care Coordinator as appropriate
Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
Collaborates with Access to Care as needed
Establishes and maintains regularly scheduled, and as needed, contact with the other AltaPointe programs to optimize appropriate dispositions and outcomes
Leads in the initiating and implementing the services of the Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team
Provides services in the community, consumer’s homes, etc.
Effectively determines the level of response needed in crisis situations
Provides appropriate follow-up and referrals after a crisis
Educates families on de-escalating crisis situations, including but not limited to, safety plans
Follows up with consumers that are in AltaPointe Children’s Outpatient Programs who may be decompensating or at high-risk.
Travels to consumers’ homes to ensure medication compliance as needed
Utilizes appropriate communication methods to ensure appropriate communication with individual consumers’ treatment teams
Assist in securing emergency medical services or law enforcement services if needed
Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer as needed
Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM 5 diagnosis as needed
Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer and families, as appropriate
Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan as needed
Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members, law enforcement, emergency medical services, court personnel and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
Advocates on behalf of the consumer to secure community resources
Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning or movement to a less restrictive environment
Adheres to professional code of ethics
Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent specific competencies
Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed
Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
Actively works to enhance clinical skills
Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy
Learns and utilizes Avatar electronic health record appropriately
Documents in detail the resolutions of crisis situations and linkage to appropriate follow up sources.