Per Diem Mobile Crisis Intervention Clinician

Overview

The Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) Per Diem Clinician will provide community-based emergency mental health and substance use disorder services to individuals and families in crisis. The MCI Per Diem Clinician will be available to provide interventions in the community (clients' homes, school, and other community-based settings), or at the Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) site by client or family request. The MCI Per Diem Clinician is tasked with ensuring timely response to calls/requests for assessment and intervention and will coordinate with other CBHC services to ensure continuity of care and appropriate level of care/placement.

Ensure a trauma-informed environment that promotes safety and recovery.

• Provide psychiatric and substance use evaluation of individuals and families in crisis in community, clinic, and residential settings.
• Provide crisis intervention services including crisis case management and short-term crisis counseling as follow-up from initial evaluation.
• Maintain linkages with specific community services by providing documented case consultations and problem resolution. Offer recommendations to clients regarding service options and support in accessing.
• Perform warm hand offs to other services, full time MCI staff and clinicians, and care coordination entities.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of managed care and health insurance systems; provide other clinicians with managed care information and resources pertinent to the crises being managed.
• Maintain necessary documentation and records.
• Actively participate in supervision and staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure a trauma-informed environment that promotes safety and recovery.
• Provide psychiatric and substance use evaluation of individuals and families in crisis in community, clinic, and residential settings.
• Provide crisis intervention services including crisis case management and short-term crisis counseling as follow-up from initial evaluation.
• Maintain linkages with specific community services by providing documented case consultations and problem resolution. Offer recommendations to clients regarding service options and support in accessing.
• Perform warm hand offs to other services, full time MCI staff and clinicians, and care coordination entities.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of managed care and health insurance systems; provide other clinicians with managed care information and resources pertinent to the crises being managed.
• Maintain necessary documentation and records.
• Actively participate in supervision and staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

About Us:

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,500 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in over 550 sites throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Master's degree and at least two (2) years' experience in human services, preferably working in a behavioral health (mental health and/or substance use) community-based outpatient setting or an acute or diversionary behavioral health setting.

• Must have working knowledge of current version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
• Must possess excellent intake, interviewing and assessment skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain satisfactory working relationships with employees and providers.
• Superb interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and commitment to clients.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment that is benefitted by the…