What are the responsibilities and job description for the Crisis Services Clinician - PT position at Sinnissippi Centers, Inc.?
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Through hope & healing, Sinnissippi Centers strives to empower all to live their best lives.
Our Crisis Clinicians meet with individuals experiencing a behavioral health emergency in local facilities and institutions including our offices, emergency rooms, police departments, etc. to complete assessments while focusing on collaboration with consumer support and recovery-oriented structures. This position is home based and dispatches to provide community-based services.
This is a part-time position that works every other weekend.
Objectives
Sinnissippi Centers offers a competitive benefits package and healthcare plan.
YOU are welcome here. At Sinnissippi Centers, we understand that each person is unique and rooted in their individual culture. Using evidence-based practices, our approach of trauma-informed care creates a safe place where people are seen, heard, valued, empowered to succeed, and can proudly see themselves-as consumers, as staff, and as community members.
Through hope & healing, Sinnissippi Centers strives to empower all to live their best lives.
Our Crisis Clinicians meet with individuals experiencing a behavioral health emergency in local facilities and institutions including our offices, emergency rooms, police departments, etc. to complete assessments while focusing on collaboration with consumer support and recovery-oriented structures. This position is home based and dispatches to provide community-based services.
This is a part-time position that works every other weekend.
Objectives
- Crisis evaluation and disposition.
- Completes mental health and substance abuse assessments/evaluations to individuals presenting in crisis or requesting face-to-face or via telehealth consultation.
- Contact a physician (Psychiatrist or Emergency Department provider) for disposition recommendations.
- Documents within the patient's medical record(s) within time requirements.
- Completes appropriate paperwork for processing patient assessment/ disposition and legal requirements.
- Case management.
- Assists team to locate available facilities outside of our local community.
- Obtaining insurance authorizations.
- Assists patients in connecting to our community's resources.
- Mental Health Professional or MHP (one of the following required): A bachelor's degree in counseling and guidance, rehabilitation counseling, social work, education, vocational counseling, psychology, pastoral counseling, family therapy, or a related human service field; a bachelor's degree in any other field with two years of supervised clinical experience in a mental health setting; a practical nurse license under the Illinois Nurse Practice Act [225 ILCS 65].
- Ability to work independently at times.
- Completes accurate assessment and diagnoses.
- Application of critical thinking.
- Great interpersonal skills.
- Positive and professional attitude.
- Good written and oral communication.
- Able to plan and organize their work.
- Recognizes signs of suicidal behavior.
- Flexibility.
- Motivated and energetic to support team when needed with a variety of tasks and assessments in multiple locations.
- Reliable transportation.
Sinnissippi Centers offers a competitive benefits package and healthcare plan.
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Agency-provided Life insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) Retirement plan with 50% - employer match
YOU are welcome here. At Sinnissippi Centers, we understand that each person is unique and rooted in their individual culture. Using evidence-based practices, our approach of trauma-informed care creates a safe place where people are seen, heard, valued, empowered to succeed, and can proudly see themselves-as consumers, as staff, and as community members.
Salary : $25 - $26