Mobile Crisis Clinician

About the role

The Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) Clinician will provide comprehensive community-based emergency mental health and substance use disorder services to individuals and families in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Provides psychiatric and substance use evaluation of individuals and families in crisis in community, clinic, and residential settings.
• Provides crisis intervention services including crisis case management and short-term crisis counseling as follow-up from initial evaluation.
• Maintains linkages with specific community services by providing documented case consultations and problem resolution.
• Offers recommendations to clients regarding service options and support in accessing.
• Performs warm handoffs to other services and care coordination entities.
• Develops and maintains a thorough knowledge of managed care and health insurance systems; provide other clinicians with managed care information and resources pertinent to the crises being managed.
• Maintains necessary documentation and records.
• Actively participates in supervision and staff meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A Master's Degree and at least 2 years' experience in human services, preferably working in a behavioral health (mental health and/or substance use) community-based outpatient or an acute or diversionary behavioral health setting.
• LCSW, LICSW, or LMHC in state of service preferred, but not required.
• Must have working knowledge of current version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
• Must possess excellent intake, interviewing and assessment skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain satisfactory working relationships with employees and providers.
• Superb interpersonal skills, enthusiasm, and commitment to clients.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment that is benefitted by the independent successes of all staff members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to develop effective documentation.
• Demonstrated understanding of and competence in serving culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse populations.
• Understanding of social determinants of health and commitment to crisis intervention in the context of whole-person care.

Benefits

Vinfen offers a comprehensive and generous benefits package including:

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan.
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open to all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more.
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!).
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance.
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care).
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance.
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week): 15 days of Vacation per year, 11 Paid Holidays, 10 Sick Days per year, 3 Personal Days per year.
• Discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

Pay

Pay Range: USD $78,699.50 - USD $85,567.00 /Yr.