CRT Clinician

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Involves identifying, assessing, stabilizing, and safety planning with individual and families with the goal of reducing imminent risk and increasing coping skills and functioning.
• Works alongside law enforcement, treatment providers and other partners as members of a multi-disciplinary team devoted to linking individuals and families to the appropriate treatment.
• Ideal candidates assist in diverting individuals from emergency departments, jails and maintaining individuals in their home and communities.
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations, using evidence-based tools, for individuals experiencing an acute psychiatric emergency in various community settings.
• Develop effective safety/crisis intervention plans that are client-centered and support strong therapeutic partnerships with clients and families.
• Coordinate immediate placement and follow-up services with community providers using the strength-based, Wrap-Around philosophy.
• Function as part of an interdisciplinary team as well as develop and maintain effective relationships with other community professionals.
• Provide care/support to families that demonstrates cultural awareness and respect of their cultural beliefs, customs, and norms.
• Refer individuals and families to resource specialist services which provide coordination with other agencies and service providers to meet SDoH needs.
• Document in Julota all assessments completed, interactions with individuals and families, and any other pertinent information or information required in the CRT process.
• Affiliate with team meetings as scheduled.
• Regularly meet with the CRT clinical supervisor.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, or social work required. Must be licensed or pending licensure with supervision (LPC, LMFT, LCSW). At least 2 years of treatment experience in a mental health setting. Must have crisis experience. Experience with military and/or law enforcement is a plus. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Certifications, Licenses, & Registrations: Must be licensed or supervised pending licensure (LPC, LMFT, LCSW). Must possess a valid Colorado Driver’s License upon hire, with complying insurance. Review of motor vehicle record is required at time of hire and periodically throughout employment. This position requires successful completion of a criminal background check including fingerprinting through a national database.