CRISIS CLINICIAN (TEMP/TEMP-TO-HIRE)

SUMMARY

The Crisis Clinician is primarily responsible for providing Living Room Crisis Counseling to single adults experiencing homelessness and living with complex challenges related to trauma, substance use and mental health during evenings and weekends. The Crisis Clinician works closely with other team members to support achieving objectives that reflect a client’s vision of a life worth living and includes resources that support transition to the community. Other duties may include providing case management and therapy services as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts crisis assessment.
• Conducts Living Room Crisis Counseling sessions and interventions based on assessment.
• Collaborates with the client to write a Crisis Response Plan as needed.
• Arranges follow up care, including follow up evaluation for involuntary hospitalization as indicated by the client’s presentation.
• Provides individual, group therapy and clinical case management services as assigned.
• Documents Living Room sessions through case notes, and inputting service provided.
• Collaborates with clients and clinical team members in the formulation of comprehensive, person-centered recovery plans that are reviewed and modified with the client and team on a regular basis.
• Conducts initial and ongoing assessments, collaboratively with clients and clinical team, to guide ethical and targeted service delivery.
• Works closely with Haven team members, consulting and collaborating on client’s progress, recovery, and treatment plans.
• Provides outreach to clients with complex needs, utilizing pre-treatment engagement and intervention to assist in improving functioning.
• Provides collateral parties with information to best meet the client’s needs as necessary including coordination with Sigma and the Center for Healthcare Services, medication management, prescription resources, and any services that involve continuity of care for clients with mental health and/or substance use disorders.
• Write progress notes for each therapy session and mental health service. Complete appropriate mental health documentation, including but not limited to, client plans performance outcomes, progress reports, health questionnaires, and termination reports as required.
• Attend weekly supervision meetings with therapy supervisor if unlicensed, to comply with licensing requirements
• Links to, educates about, informs of and advocates for client’s rights regarding benefits and entitlements.
• Other duties, as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Minimum Required - Master’s Degree, Social Work, Counseling or related field.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Licensure as an LPC-Associate, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, or LMFT is preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 2 Years of direct practice with individuals experiencing challenges related to homelessness, poverty, trauma, substance abuse/mental health treatment, physical health, family relations, and access to resources. Direct practice experience to include interactions with community resources to meet diverse needs of clients.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Commitment to Haven for Hope’s mission and guiding frameworks of service delivery (1) Trauma Informed Practice (2) Recovery Oriented Practice (3) Person Centered Practice (4) Motivational Interviewing.
• Skill to accurately diagnose and assess clients utilizing DSM-5.
• Skills in evidence-based therapy and therapeutic interventions
• Ability to document biopsychosocial assessments and treatment plans as required by program
• Culturally competent skills in engaging a diverse population
• Skills with providing reflective supervision to support team members experiencing vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue
• Ability to review, learn, follow, and adapt evidenced based treatment programs to deliver to diverse client groups.
• Patience, creativity, flexibility, compassion, and sensitivity to persons with disabilities and underserved populations.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to represent Haven for Hope and support clients with histories of homelessness and traumas.
• Excellent administrative ability, to include organizational skills, attention to detail and strong computer skills
• Ability to be self-directed and to take initiative, which includes ability to discern when to seek supervision
• Strong creative and critical thinking skills, including the ability to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, and project consequences of proposed actions.
• Ability to work collaboratively and be invested as a member of the assigned

Haven for Hope Team.

• Protects client confidentiality, as specified in agency policy, and in compliance with HIPAA.

• Complies with professional code of ethics and adheres to the agency mission by valuing individual dignity, empowerment, and a holistic healing approach
• Ability to work evening and weekend schedule.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

This position will require the candidate be able to regularly perform physical activity such as frequent standing, walking, and sitting, basic motor skills to access computer files for information or simple data entry, and the ability to operate a computer and relevant applications and programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and this position may occasionally require tasks be performed in non-climate-controlled environments.

Salary : $30 - $32