Clinician - Mobile Response Team

This is a highly advanced professional position that is a member of the Mobile Response Team providing crisis services, screenings, mental health and substance abuse assessments, evaluation intake, treatment planning and documentation addressing the specific treatment needs of clients, as well as consultation services to Center and other agency staff. This position works closely with schools, law enforcement and families in the community.

 Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Receives and responds to calls from the Mobile Response Team system, coordinates activities of others to assure response within one hour or less.
• Responds to crisis situations, conducts risk assessments, and completes safety planning with individuals in crisis.
• Assures the warm handoff of clients to appropriate agencies or services in the community including transportation, assisting with completing consent to treatment, release of information, and attendance at initial sessions.
• Provides clinical therapy and counseling to individuals, couples and families.
• Provides after-hours on-call supervision and response.
• Provides counseling services on dedicated crisis phone line.
• Informs community organizations of Crisis Center suicide prevention and crisis intervention techniques, procedures and the mobile response team services available.
• Collaborates with local agencies including law enforcement and the schools to develop and implement community-wide strategies related to on scene response.
• Coordinates and assists with implementation of program policies and procedures.