Mobile Youth Crisis Clinician

Essential Functions

• Maintain professional, trauma-informed, and empathetic interactions during crisis interactions with families and all stakeholders
• Use critical thinking and risk management skills when assessing and making decisions about the least restrictive level of care
• Understand and utilize knowledge about warning signs and risk factors associated with suicide risk and risk of harm to others
• Develop comprehensive skills in planning for safety and providing evaluations, diagnosis and therapeutic crisis intervention services to children, adolescents and their families
• Provide therapeutic recommendation and referrals for children, adolescents, and their families referred for assessments and follow-up services
• Communicate with and provide appropriate documentation to the DPBHS team
• Communicate with appropriate stakeholders to maintain a systems-based approach to stabilization of crisis situations
• Maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation
• Administer solution-focused and trauma-informed interventions to maintain safety, build skills, and address problem solving, communication, and relationship conflicts

General Responsibilities

• Uphold professional standards of treatment and the mission of the organization
• Maintain a quality code of conduct, ethics and professionalism
• Provide goal-directed and team-oriented services
• Communicate effectively and professionally with all stakeholders
• Participate in Clinician On-Call rotation

Competencies/ Capabilities

• Reliability & Flexibility
• Customer Service
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Assessment and Intervention Skills
• Supervisory responsibilities: None

Work environment

Community-Based, Office location in Lewes, Dover, or Newark, DE

Travel required

Travel to locations where the client resides or is located

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor's degree from an accredited school in a Human Services field

Preferred Qualification

Master’s degree from an accredited school in a Human Services field

Education/Training

Education/Training in suicide risk prevention and intervention

About Delaware Guidance Services

Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, Inc. (DGS) is the largest provider of outpatient behavioral health services to children and families in Delaware. We operate offices in Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Lewes, and Seaford, and we are the only statewide not-for-profit outpatient behavioral health organization for children and adolescents accredited by JCAHO.

Why Work at Delaware Guidance Services?

• Benefits
• Flexible / Hybrid work environment (community based)
• Salary + $3,500 Program Premium
• Generous benefits and time off policies
• Ability to work with children through a mission driven organization