Master Level Clinician - MCOT

About the role

The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (“The HARRIS CENTER”) is seeking a Master Level Clinician (MLC) to join our Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT).

Responsibilities

• Performs community-based crisis assessments to determine needed level of care, assess for safety, and formulate diagnosis.
• Provides crisis counseling and intervention to individuals to reduce symptoms, provide education and prevent admission to a more restrictive environment.
• Collaboratively creates a treatment plan with the consumer to outline treatment goals.
• Provides case management activities to assist consumers in gaining and coordinating access to necessary care and services in accordance with treatment plan goals.
• Makes sure consumer progress with treatment goals and linkage to services.
• Edits family members so they may understand the individual’s mental health symptoms, treatment, and assist with referring to community resources.
• Shares information on mental health, the importance of medications and treatment compliance, and other clinical related information to individual, family, community as needed.
• Completes electronic documentation each work day as outlined in MCOT Operating Guidelines.
• Interacts with the community and colleagues following the key principles of a trauma informed approach (i.e. safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice and choice, cultural, historical, and gender issues).
• Maintains divisional and program productivity standards.
• Performs related work as assigned and adapts to changing work requirements.
• Demonstrates ethical conduct in all professional activities.
• Complies with Agency policies and procedures and MCOT Operating Guidelines.
• Will be designated crisis staff once weekly. Responsibilities include entering and contacting all new referrals, answering office telephone calls, and responding to Emergent and Urgent classified referrals.
• Available to provide any assistance not listed above to the Agency, Program Director, Clinical Team Lead, or staff as requested and required.

Education

• Master’s degree (M.A.) from four-year accredited college or university with a major in a social, behavior, or human service field, including but not limited to: psychology, social work, counseling, sociology, human development, and educational psychology.
• Licensure through the State of Texas for one of the following: LPC-A, LMSW, or LMFT-A.
• One to two years of clinical experience post Master’s degree preferred.
• Must maintain a valid Texas Driver’s License and be insurable under Agency policy.

About Us

The Harris Center is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The Harris Center provides care to over 90,000 people and has an annual budget of over $300 million. As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The Harris Center provides a full continuum of services at 80 different sites across Harris County. In addition, services are provided in more than 40 different languages as well as sign language in order to better serve what is one of the largest communities in the nation. By utilizing the unique expertise of its more than 2,500 employees, The Harris Center is committed to meeting the behavioral health and IDD needs of Harris County residents and giving them hope to live to their fullest potential.

What Else You Should Know

• This posting is associated with position #8797.
• Shift/Schedule: Sun - Wed: 7am - 3pm.
• Salary: $62,588 annually (LPC-A, LMFT-A or LMSW).
• This position will be under the general direction of the practice manager or designated supervisor.
• May be necessary to travel to or transport consumers to homes or other field locations when providing services.
• May be exposed to unfavorable conditions.
• Interacts with individuals who may be emotional or physically hostile, agitated or uncooperative.

What We Have To Offer

• A competitive salary.
• A suite of excellent benefits designed to enrich your life both professionally and personally.
• A robust retirement plan complemented by our generous company matching.
• An accelerated journey towards a more substantial Paid Time Off accrual.
• Exclusive entertainment deals through Tickets at Work.
• A free Headspace subscription for mental wellness.
• An Employee Assistance Program supporting your overall well-being.
• Significant financial relief through student loan forgiveness as a valued member of The Harris Center team.