MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION and/orEXPERIENCE:

• Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, or social workrequired.
• Must be licensed or pending licensure with supervision (LPC,LMFT, LCSW).
• At least 2 year of treatment experience in a mental healthsetting.
• Must have crisis experience.
• Experience with military and/or law enforcement is a plus.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS ANDABILITIES:

• Must be aware of clinical best practices and the requirementsto hold licensure in the state of Colorado.
• Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships withcounty employees, law enforcement and community partners.
• Understand Colorado Mental Health related legislation and CRToperational policy and procedure.
• Ability to perform the duties of a crisis clinician inpartnership with law enforcement and understand and uphold the responsibilitiesof the clinical role.
• Integrity/Honesty-contributes to maintaining the integrity ofthe organization, displays high standards of ethical conduct, understands theimpact of violating these standards and is trustworthy.
• Reading- understands and interprets written material includingtechnical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs,or tables and applies what is learned from written material to specificsituations.
• Writing- Recognizes and use correct English grammar,punctuation, and spelling, communicates information in a succinct and organizedmanner.
• Self-Management- Sets well-defined and realistic goals,displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completingassignments, works with minimal supervision, is motivated to achieve, anddemonstrates responsible behavior.
• Interpersonal Skills- Shows understanding, courtesy, tact,empathy, and concern, develops and maintains relationships, may deal withpeople who are difficult, hostile, and/or distressed, relates well to peoplefrom varied backgrounds and situations, and is sensitive to individualdifferences.
• Oral Communication- Expresses information to individuals orgroups effectively considering the audience and nature of the information,makes clear and convincing oral presentation, listens to others, attends tononverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Problem Solving- identifies problems, determines accurate andrelevant information, and uses sound judgment to solve problems.
• Planning and Evaluating- Organizes work, sets priorities,determines resource requirements, determines short- or long-term goals andstrategies to achieve them, coordinates with other organization, monitorsprogress, and evaluates outcomes.
• Decision Making- Makes sound, well-informed, and objectivedecisions, perceives the impact and implications of decisions, commits toaction even in uncertain situations to accomplish program goals.
• Reasoning- Identifies rules, principles, or relationships thatexplain facts, data, or other information, analyzes information, and makescorrect inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Teamwork- Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trustand group identity, fosters commitment and team spirit, and works with othersto achieve goals.
• Diversity- Is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender,and other individual differences.
• Customer Service- Works with customers to assess needs, provideaid, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations, know available services, and becommitted to providing quality products and services.
• Flexibility- is open to change and new information, adaptsbehavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions,or unexpected obstacles, and deals effectively with ambiguity.
• Conflict Management- Manages and resolves conflicts,grievances, confrontations, or disagreements in a constructive manner.
• Stress Tolerance- Deals calmly and effectively with highstress situations (Ex., deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, high-risksituations).
• Attention to detail- Is thorough when performing work andconscientious about attending to detail.
• Learning- Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire andapply new knowledge and skills and uses training, feedback, or otheropportunities for self-learning and development.
• Information Management- Identifies a need for and knows whereor how to gather information and organizes and maintains information using informationmanagement systems.
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques sufficient to elicitinformation.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention theory sufficient to be ableto perform the duties related to the work assignment.
• Skill in making decisions in emergency situations where thereis no opportunity or time to seek supervisory assistance or conduct significantanalysis of the options.

CERTIFICATIONS,LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS:

• Must be licensed or supervised pending licensure (LPC, LMFT,LCSW).
• Mustpossess a valid Colorado Driver’s License upon hire, with complying insurance.Review of motor vehicle record is required at time of hire and periodicallythroughout employment.
• Thisposition requires successful completion of a criminal background checkincluding fingerprinting through a national database.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Essential workenvironment is in a police vehicle during 4 – 10 hour per day shifts.
• Some meetings for casestaffings, training and other relevant meetings.
• Contact with Douglas County community members/clients under awide variety of circumstances, including unpredictable situations.
• Pressure to respond to multiple calls and inquires.
• Subject to schedule changes based on the needs of the program.