POSITION TITLE: Crisis Intervention Clinician
PROGRAM: Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
Mobile Crisis Intervention Services (MCIS) provides home and community-based responses to children and youth experiencing a behavioral or psychiatric crisis. Mobile Crisis services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days per year and are available throughout the greater Waterbury, Danbury and Torrington regions (42 town catchment area). All staff are required to work their assigned schedule but may be asked to shift/alter this in response to high workflow time periods.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Crisis Intervention Clinician is responsible for direct services with children, adolescents and their families including but not limited to evaluation/assessment; home & community-based services; outreach; case and care management; brief intensive therapies; crisis intervention; record keeping; as well as collaboration with other professionals, team members and related community services (including consultation and/or community and/or school placements). They are assigned to carry a company-provided work cell phone and responds to all calls for assistance in person or by phone/telehealth (as clinically indicated).
SUPERVISION: Supervised by: Team Leader/Clinical Supervisor
Supervises: None
EXAMPLES OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must have the ability to maintain the utmost confidentiality of both agency and client matters. Must understand and be able to display the clinical knowledge and expertise necessary to perform crisis intervention. Must have knowledge of cultural diversity and be capable of displaying cultural competency to the populations served by the program. Must be able to display knowledge and expertise in clinical theory and practice as it relates to the populations served by Wellmore, Inc. Must be capable of working as a part of a team and be able to effectively communicate with both families and professionals (in writing and verbally). Working knowledge of the greater Waterbury, Danbury, or Torrington area is a must! Must have a reliable personal vehicle (and adequate insurance as delineated in the letter of hire) to provide out of office (in homes, the community, at schools or hospitals, etc.) services daily.
Bi-lingual (Spanish-English) preferred.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
A master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, social work or related human services field with at least a one-year clinical internship working with children and/or adolescents or families is required. Two years’ post graduate clinical experience working with children, adolescents or families is preferred. Experience in family therapy as well as family systems theory and practice is preferred.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION
Must be licensed by the CT DPH as a mental health provider at the associate level (i.e.,: LMSW, LPCA, LMFTA); full Clinical CT licensure (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) is preferred.
Valid driver’s license with good driving record, reliable transportation and proof of auto insurance.
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