Behavioral Health Co-Responder; Madison

Location: London, OH

Job : 886

# of Openings: 1

The Behavioral Health Co-Responder for Madison County works in partnership with law enforcement officers as part of an innovative team dedicated to providing trauma-informed care to those in need of mental health and addictions interventions. Working directly with law enforcement officers, the Behavioral Health Co-Responder will respond to calls in the community along with the officers when the call may potentially involve an individual experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

The Behavioral Health Co-Responder will also complete follow-up outreaches to individuals who have come in contact with law enforcement to ensure they are linked to the appropriate supports and services in the community.

* This is a grant based position, working Part-Time Sundays, 11AM-11PM. Pay and bonuses are subject to grant approval and renewals*

The Primary Therapist assesses, diagnoses, and treats individuals experiencing mental health disorders by providing counseling, support, and therapeutic interventions to improve their emotional well‑being, manage symptoms, and develop coping mechanisms, through individual or group therapy sessions.

Works with different client populations following the general directions of the clinical supervisor to deliver psychotherapy to assigned clients.

Understands and utilizes established theoretical framework, as set forth by the various mental health disciplines, to conceptualize and solve mental health and substance abuse problems.

Uses higher academic training as a basis to learn a wide variety of established mental health and substance abuse techniques for clients and their families.

May provide services via telehealth, in‑person or in a school‑based setting for youth and adolescents.

• Screens and completes diagnostic assessments independently or under supervision in accordance with licensure requirements. Make recommendations about patient’s treatment needs based on screening and diagnostic assessment.
• Employs a variety of treatment modalities including individual, group, and family therapy for adult, children, and adolescent populations. Ensures psychotherapeutic techniques and modalities are appropriately matched for clinical needs.
• Develops the treatment plan with clients by assessing their strengths and weaknesses, defining their mental health and substance abuse problems, and setting specific goals and objectives to be accomplished in the course of treatment.
• Meets with their supervisor and with the treatment team to discuss a client’s treatment process.
• May provide crisis work with individuals, groups and families under supervision. Continuously and accurately assesses each client’s potential for harming self or another to take appropriate action to prevent serious incidents from occurring.
• Works with client families and social networks to accomplish the goals of treatment.
• Consults with other community caregivers to strengthen and coordinate social intervention programming.
• Charts the client’s progress in the clinical record and completes all paperwork necessary by MHS policy for professional, administrative, financial, and evaluative purposes of monitoring clinical care and of assuring efficient and effective agency operations
• Participates in quality improvement activities by reviewing the clinical charts, reviewing the criteria for admission/continued stay/discharge, performing patient care audits, and investigating adverse occurrences in treatment.
• Screens for pain and encourage clients to follow up with a health care provider.
• Reads relevant professional literature, attends conferences, seminars, workshops, and in‑service training as required to remain current on best treatment protocols and techniques.
• Is responsible for delivery of number of units of service budgeted in order to assure the fiscal viability of MHS.
• Follows all universal precautions for safety, infection control and follows all state, federal and joint commission health and safety standards.
• Treats clients and family with dignity and respect at all times and holds all patient information in the strictest confidence.
• Adhere to professional…