Therapist,Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team; Mobile Job Mobile area,Alabama USA,Healthcare

Position: Therapist, Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team (Mobile)

Provides rapid crisis intervention and assessment to individuals, using face-to-face or telephone response, when calls come into Access to Care or the Intensive Care Coordinator as appropriate
Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
Collaborates with Access to Care as needed
Establishes and maintains regularly scheduled, and as needed, contact with the other AltaPointe programs to optimize appropriate dispositions and outcomes
Leads in the initiating and implementing the services of the Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team
Provides services in the community, consumer’s homes, etc.
Effectively determines the level of response needed in crisis situations
Provides appropriate follow-up and referrals after a crisis
Educates families on de-escalating crisis situations, including but not limited to, safety plans
Follows up with consumers that are in AltaPointe Children’s Outpatient Programs who may be decompensating or at high-risk.
Travels to consumers’ homes to ensure medication compliance as needed
Utilizes appropriate communication methods to ensure appropriate communication with individual consumers’ treatment teams
Assist in securing emergency medical services or law enforcement services if needed
Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer as needed
Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM 5 diagnosis as needed
Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer and families, as appropriate
Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan as needed
Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members, law enforcement, emergency medical services, court personnel and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
Advocates on behalf of the consumer to secure community resources
Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning or movement to a less restrictive environment
Adheres to professional code of ethics
Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent specific competencies

Clinical Responsibilities

Provides rapid crisis intervention and assessment to individuals, using face-to-face or telephone response, when calls come into Access to Care or the Intensive Care Coordinator as appropriate
Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
Collaborates with Access to Care as needed
Establishes and maintains regularly scheduled, and as needed, contact with the other AltaPointe programs to optimize appropriate dispositions and outcomes
Leads in the initiating and implementing the services of the Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team
Provides services in the community, consumer’s homes, etc.
Effectively determines the level of response needed in crisis situations
Provides appropriate follow-up and referrals after a crisis
Educates families on de-escalating crisis situations, including but not limited to, safety plans
Follows up with consumers that are in AltaPointe Children’s Outpatient Programs who may be decompensating or at high-risk.
Travels to consumers’ homes to ensure medication compliance as needed
Utilizes appropriate communication methods to ensure appropriate communication with individual consumers’ treatment teams
Assist in securing emergency medical services or law enforcement services if needed
Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer as needed
Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM 5 diagnosis as needed
Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer and families, as appropriate
Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to…

Therapist, Child​/Adolescent Crisis Response Team; Mobile

Therapist, Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team; Mobile