Crisis Specialist Float - Level ll

Responsibilities

• Assure that the following basic principles of crisis intervention underlie delivery of these services:
  • Assistance must be easily accessed and immediately available.
  • Crisis should be viewed in systems terms, suggesting the need to involve significant others to resolve the precipitating event, if possible.
  • Crisis services should focus on the present and reduce stress and tension.
  • Medication may be a necessary strategy to reduce stress.
  • Active intervention including advocacy, supportive guidance, and identification of adaptive responses are generally required to resolve the crisis.
• Provide crisis/emergency services and consultations to identified Ozark Center patients at the specified hospital of their choice when requested.
  • This includes Ozark Center patients who have been admitted to a medical floor and whose current case manager is unavailable.
  • Specialist shall provide crisis/emergency services and consultations to identified Freeman ED patients at the hospital when requested.
    • This includes patients who have been admitted to a medical floor.
  • Provide therapeutic intervention services for Urgent Behavioral Solutions.
• Knowledgeable in involuntary detention laws and procedures and consults with the area Mental Health Coordinator and/or Community Behavioral Health Liaison.
• Crisis Specialist shall report to the Crisis Services Supervisor for program specific supervision and shall be under the administration of the Director and Assistant of Crisis Services.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Crisis Specialist will meet any of the following educational and experience requirements:
• A master’s degree in behavioral health meeting the criteria as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) as outlined by Missouri Department of Mental Health, having completed a clinical practicum/internship and one (1) year of experience in behavioral health, is preferred.
• A Qualified Addition Professional (QAP) as outlined by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
• Experience is considered as a combination of direct work experience, approved graduate-level education, and/or graduate-level clinical internship.
• One (1) year experience in crisis intervention work is preferred.