Licensed Clinician Overnight - Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Beaumont

About the role

Sycamores is partnering with the 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide support to people experiencing a mental health crisis. The 988 hotline will provide initial phone support to all callers and triage calls to the Sycamores Mobile Crisis Outreach Program for in-person support. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Clinician will respond, in person, to provide timely support including crisis stabilization, safety planning, assessment for danger to self/others, and gravely disabled write 51/50 holds as needed and provide follow up support.

Responsibilities

• Respond in person to provide crisis stabilization, safety planning, and assessment for danger to self/others
• Write 51/50 holds as needed and provide follow up support
• Co-respond with a Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Peer Support Specialist utilizing the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program vehicle
• Take the lead on care coordination and work collaboratively with the Peer Support Specialist to coordinate care (locate hospitals, ambulances, housing, etc.)
• Evaluate individuals experiencing a mental health crisis out in the field and take measures to ensure their safety
• Evaluate if the individual requires involuntary hospitalization to ensure their safety
• Respond to an individual's need for in person evaluation for safety within specified geographical areas (Desert, Mid-County and Western Regions)

Schedule

• Tuesday - Friday 10:30 pm - 8:30 am
• The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program responds 7 days a week from 7:30pm to 8:30am, broken down by flexible shifts

Pay

• Starting pay range: $93,150 - $100,136.25 per year for Full-Time employment (starting pay based on previous work experience and educational background)
• Additional $6,240 per year overnight differential

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in related field required
• Licensed in the State of California as LCSW, LMFT, LPCC or Psy. D/Ph. D required
• Must maintain relevant licensure as a condition of employment
• 2+ years of successful licensure and experience preferred
• Attend and satisfactorily complete all trainings required by the Agency, federal, state and/or local regulations
• RUBHS experience preferred
• Maintains all required licenses and certifications
• Valid California driver's license
• Acceptable driving record as determined by Agency policy
• Proof of auto insurance meeting minimum coverage requirements

Physical demands

• Ability to physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents
• Frequent driving to various work site locations
• Frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking, occasional/intermittent sitting
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, squeezing, griping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level
• Reaching at or above shoulder level may be necessary
• Bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing
• Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds
• Continuous use of near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with consumers and co-workers and performing job duties
• Requires physical presence in the office during shift when not in the field
• Ability to practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle
• Frequent driving in the community with consumers
• Filling up gas tank of agency van, as needed