Relief Client Service Specialist AMHS​/BCU

$3. Stipend Tier Pay for working in the BCU

CMHA-CEI is a Michigan Certified Bronze Level Veteran Friendly Employer, and we encourage active military service members, veterans, and their family members to apply.

• triage of referrals
• intake and psychosocial assessment
• crisis intervention
• one on one contacts
• discharge planning
• consultations
• treatment planning
• facilitation of therapeutic groups
• consumer observation

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, Psychology, or related field required.
• A minimum of one year of professional experience working with persons with mental illness required.
• On a case-by-case basis, may assess and consider an applicant with two years of paraprofessional experience working with persons with mental illness required.
• Experience providing psychiatric step down and hospital diversion to consumers with serious psychiatric symptoms that require more intense clinical interventions.
• Candidate will provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Must be able to operate a computer and have the ability to gain proficiency in CMHA-CEI’s computer systems including:
  Smart Care, MIS LIVE, and Microsoft Word.
• Possession of a valid Michigan driver’s license and access to reliable transportation for job related use is required.

• Employment offers for this position will be contingent upon the results of a criminal background check (including fingerprinting), a physical exam, verification of an acceptable Michigan driving record.
• Candidate must be able to pass a physical exam annually.
• Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen.

$24.76 hourly plus $3.35 Stipend Tier Pay for working in the BCU. 0-19hrs per week. Will be required to work some overnight, weekends and CMHA-CEI observed holidays.

Adult Mental Health/Bridges Crisis Unit, Lansing, Michigan.