Crisis Clinician: Mobile Crisis Response Team - Per Diem - 6968

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Job title: Crisis Clinician

Employment type: Per-Diem

Scheduled hours: Per-Diem

Program/Location: MCRT

About the program: Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT)

24/7 crisis triage and mobile crisis assessment. Telephone triage and mobile crisis interventions at home, court and other community settings are available. Assessments are provided to determine level of risk, linkage to appropriate community services, or to evaluate whether there is a need for hospitalization. Interventions are provided to assist individuals to remain safely in the community and to engage in treatment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides mobile crisis assessments and interventions at home, court and other community settings are available.
• Assessments are provided to determine level of risk, linkage to appropriate community services, or to evaluate whether there is a need for hospitalization. Interventions are provided to assist individuals to remain safely in the community and to engage in treatment.
• Connects clients at risk to ongoing agency clinical services and supports.
• Maintains documentation in compliance with agency and program standards.
• Participates in staff meetings, supervision, trainings and other meetings as assigned.
• Additional duties as required.

Qualifications

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral health field.

Experience

Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and experience as a psychotherapist working with people with addiction and/or mental health disorders and/or serious emotional disorders. Relevant experience to program model to which individual is assigned.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

LCSW or other license to practice psychotherapy in State of CT preferred. License eligible required. (All staff who have their MSW and are practicing clinical social work must be licensed, with either the LMSW or LCSW. MSWs who are not licensed will be not allowed to work for CHR until their license is obtained. Recent graduates may work as long as they have a valid Temporary Permit which allows the holder to practice as a master social worker and is valid for 120 calendar days after the date the master’s degree was awarded.)