Co-Response Crisis Clinician South Region

Center for Human Development, (CHD), is currently looking for a 1st Shift Co-Response Crisis Clinician (Master’s Level, Licensed or Licensed Eligible) to join our team. The Co-Response Clinician is a member of the CHD Mobile Crisis Team and regionally embedded within South Hadley, Belchertown, Granby, MA Police Departments.

Your role as co-Response crisis clinician

You will support Police Departments’ speedy and efficient response to behavioral health calls and follow-ups. The Clinician provides services as a member of both the CHD Adult Mobile Crisis Intervention (AMCI) and Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention (YMCI) programs, and the conjoined CBHC Outpatient Clinic and Crisis Stabilization Programs.

• Co-response clinicians will provide crisis triage, evaluations, disposition recommendations, follow up interventions, stabilization planning, and referral planning for immediate resources.
• Clinicians will assess needs, determine least restrictive level of care, and arrange treatment transition and engagement.
• They will know and be able to recommend and/or utilize the breadth of internal agency and external community resources in intervention planning.
• Evaluations will occur in the communities served and expected to be in a wide variety of settings.
• The clinician will have space in the Police Departments to conduct evaluations, team-build with PD staff, and to be available as quickly as possible to support PD.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling, Social Work or related field. LCSW, LICSW or LMHC license is required. Experience with individual, family and group therapy, crisis intervention, and substance use preferred. Bilingual English/Spanish individuals encouraged to apply. Ability to pass a driving record and background screen.

Success factors

• Enthusiastic and passionate about the work they do.
• Self-Directed, quick learner.
• Strong written skills and experience with Electronic Health Record Management.
• Must be able to demonstrate high level of skill in therapeutic engagement of diverse clients, hold fidelity to evidence-based practices that match the presenting problem, and good diagnostic skills.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Take advantage of a competitive rate of $31.25/hr. First shift available, ongoing schedule to be determined by the department. Differential provided for Bilingual (English/Spanish) speaking candidates.