Crisis Counselor (11AM-7PM)

The Crisis Counselor provides crisis response services to the identified coverage area. Ensures continuity of care for high-risk persons experiencing a mental health crisis through direct clinical intervention, monitoring, and advocacy functions. Essential functions of this position are:

• Implement crisis or pre-crisis intervention procedures with potentially suicidal, homicidal, or severely disabled clients and make appropriate referrals to prevent further destabilization;
• Provides practical assistance to clients to improve their ability to cope within the community within the least restrictive setting possible;
• Establishes initial data, including client’s presenting problems, mental status, relevant psychiatric, medical and developmental histories to make decisions regarding diagnosis (per DSM-V) and treatment and/or make appropriate referrals to other treatment sources in the community;
• Provides required number of hours of services per week;
• Completes concurrent documentation at time of service with clients;
• Establishes and maintains appropriate clinical files, including evaluations, progress notes, treatment objectives, recovery plans, previous treatment records, consent to current treatment and for exchange of information, etc., as required by agency policies;
• Provides necessary client information to other agencies or healthcare providers to coordinate services to identified clients;
• Complete mandatory training requirements, including: Advocacy, Professional Responsibility, Mentoring, Recovery Support, etc.;
• Ability to travel within the service area and the state of Illinois.

Qualifications:

· Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field;

· Meets the requirements for Mental Health Professional according to Rule 132;

· Ability to interact with clients, service providers, and community stakeholders in an efficient, friendly, cooperative, confidential and professional manner end to ensure quality service is provided to everyone at all times.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Requires demonstrated ability to work constructively with clients, other providers and the community
• Requires basis knowledge of psychotropic medication and side effects
• Knowledge of community resources for referral purposes
• Requires understanding and ability to put into practice the Mental Health Code and Confidentiality Act.

Status: Full-time, 11AM-7PM, 3 days per week plus every other Saturday

Reports to: Crisis Program Director

Pay: From $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $23