Mobile Youth Crisis Clinician

About This Role

Provide rapid response screening, assessment, and counseling intervention services to youth and families experiencing urgent psychological and emotional problems in a community-based setting. This role involves conducting risk assessments, consulting with supervisors, and providing short-term therapeutic crisis intervention.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional, trauma-informed, and empathetic interactions during crisis interventions 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
• Provide therapeutic recommendation and referrals for children, adolescents, and their families
• 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
• Plan and administer solution-focused and trauma-informed interventions to maintain safety, build skills, and address problem solving, communication, and relationship conflicts
• Uphold professional standards of treatment and the mission of the organization

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school in a Human Services field
• Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
• Reliability
• Flexibility
• Customer Service
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Assessment and Intervention Skills

Qualifications

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

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree from an accredited school in a Human Services field
• Education/Training in suicide risk prevention and intervention

Skills

* Required skills