On-Call Bachelor Level Crisis Clinician

Hiring Range: $29.58-$36.97per hour

On-site 100% (includes outreach)

The Mental Health Care Provider(MHCP) provides prompt and focused expert response topersonsin crisis in a compassionate and efficient manner in keeping with State and SBH-ASO mandated crisis services.

TheMHCPprovidesimmediate crisis resolutions with emphasis on the goal of stabilizing the crisis in the least restrictive way, facilitating access to mental health and substance use disorder services, performing risk assessments and crisis interventions. The MHCPworks in collaboration with Peer Crisis Support Specialists, Mental Health Professionals,and Designated Crisis Responders.

TheY/MCOTmission is to provide quality care and to protect the public safety while maintaining individual rights through least restrictive interventions and outcomes during crisis support and resolution interventions. Improve the operations of KMHS in support of its stated mission and provide the highest level of customer service to internal and external customers.

Major Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Provide crisis outreach services throughout Kitsap County working within a collaborative and supportive team environment with assignments requiring outreaches for community crisis interventions and assessments, including:
• Display effective skills in risk assessment, management of the interview, crisis management, and decisive decision making that leads toa safeand secure crisis interventions.
• Conduct face to face (FTF) assessments of individuals to determine their crisis and when appropriate collaborate with DCRs for warm handoff of clients to DCR’s that meet criteria for involuntary detention under criteria defined by the Involuntary Treatment Act (RCW 71.05 or 71.34) or that they meet crisis resolution by a least restrictive alternative.
• Consulting with medical, law enforcement, state and local agency representatives, community and family members.
• Effective use of de-escalation techniques. Ability to mediate while maintaining calmness during volatile situations to elicit patient cooperation in and defusing hostile/volatile behavior. Work with community professionals in coordinated, safety focused, outreaches.
• Demonstrate ability to identify and create least restrictive alternatives to voluntary crisis or treatment centers and develop safe, supportive and appropriate safety plans thatcarrythroughfrom the intervention.

• Maintain the respect and dignity of each client, the client’s personal supports, and community professionals, emphasizing special population concerns.
• Represent the agency and the profession in a manner that is courteous, helpful, ethical, and thorough. Engage in highly skilled collaboration with individuals, community, intra- and interagency contacts.
• Assess and ensure the safety of clients, the community andone’s self during the assessment process, which includes coordinating and working with medical, law enforcement, state and local agency representatives, community and family members.
• Maintain and demonstrate an expert level working knowledge of WA State ITA RCW 71.05, 71.34 as it pertains to children and youth.
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of and demonstrate a high level of competency in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, substance use/abuse disorders, behavioral disorders,crisis theory, risk assessment techniques, mental status exams,and situational crises.
• Establish quick and productive rapport with clients, their families,and other collaterals. Maintain clinically appropriate professional boundaries.
• Provide education and support to family members on crisis response systems and access to care.
• Maintain and demonstrate a thorough…