Clinician - Crisis Stabilization Unit (Saco)

Essential Functions

• Completes timely comprehensive assessment of individuals admitted to the Crisis Stabilization Unit.
• Collaboratively develops treatment plans and monitors progress of goals.
• Responsible for coordination of care with internal/external providers and natural supports.
• Provides clinical supervision and training to CSU direct care staff.
• Creates and implements comprehensive discharge/aftercare plan for each individual.
• Transports clients, when needed.
• Provides necessary information/communication to meet all requirements needed for managed care authorization of services and third party insurance reimbursement.
• Ensures proper releases and service agreements are acquired.
• Ensures documentation is timely and reflects medical necessity.
• Attends treatment team and service planning meetings when requested.
• Provides coverage to the milieu, as needed.

Knowledge and Skills

• Consistently use the skills of Motivational Interviewing.
• Demonstrates understanding of Peer Support.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with colleagues and the community and collaborates effectively within complex systems.
• Receives and understands professional feedback from supervisors and colleagues and implements supervisory suggestions for performance improvement.
• L-listens and responds to clients, family and colleagues in a sensitive and respectful manner.
• Recognizes signs of increasing clinical or situational risk and of escalating behavior and utilizes de-escalation and safety implementation techniques effectively.
• Recognizes variables underlying stressful situations, discerns methods to diffuse or contain them and quickly implements the most effective intervention.
• Provides crisis/risk assessments and develops/implements stabilization plans that are creative and specific to the persons served and their needs, and promotes health and growth with the goal of reintegration into the community.
• Manages multi-task situations and conflicting demands, copes with stressful situations, prioritizes projects and responsibilities, and meets critical deadlines.
• Maintains current knowledge in present practice area, i.e., attendance at required hours of organization educational programs and utilizes clinical supervision as a learning experience.
• Demonstrates ability to work with diverse populations and accepts differences in perspective and values.
• Communicates ideas and opinions in a clear and constructive manner, both verbally and in writing.

Education Requirements

• Master's degree in either social work, psychology, clinical counseling or other comparable mental health program.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• LCSW, LCPC or LMFT, Independent License preferred, conditional licensure considered.

Experience

• Minimum of two years relevant experience.

Additional Information

• Persons with lived experience in the Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse system are encouraged to apply.