Mobile Counselor III (Family Crisis Stabilization Services

Mobile Counselor III (Family Crisis Stabilization Services)

Location/

Schedule:

This position is based out of Kerns building in NE Portland, but work is performed in the community setting including client residences, schools, police precincts, shelters, residential facilities, and public spaces. The schedule for this position is Tuesday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Position:
Mobile Counselor III

Program:
Family Crisis Stabilization Services

Position

Description:

The Mobile Counselor III (Family Crisis Stabilization Services) partners with Project Respond's Crisis team to provide follow up bridge services to transitional age youth who have had a mental health emergency in Multnomah County. This position works as part of a team and approaches work with people from a trauma-informed, strength-based, perspective and works in concert with programs in Multnomah County's Acute Care Continuum.

This position works collaboratively with mental health and physical health care providers, police agencies, emergency departments, school personnel, and other social service agencies to assure the best possible treatment for clients, while supporting a Trauma Informed Care environment.

Responsibilities:

• Complete a service plan through collaboration with the youth and families for each youth referred to the Family Crisis Stabilization Specialist team.
• Ability to assess youth's protective and risk factors as well as family capabilities and resources in order to guide intervention.
• Assist youth and family in seeking community resources and utilizing natural supports to meet identified needs.
• Collaborate with other child and youth serving systems in order to ensure effective cooperation toward youth and family's goals.
• Provide guidance and support to other clinicians in providing services to youth and families. Coordinate or provide immediate mobile response to individuals on your caseload experiencing mental health crises in Multnomah County.
• Identify and assess risk factors for harm to self or others in the context of the client's current psycho-social context via interview with client and with consideration given to collateral information; consider and articulate potential outcomes of various interventions, discuss their risks and benefits, and formulate why a particular course of action was pursued in lieu of other options; opt for the least intrusive and most supportive intervention.
• Initiate involuntary transport holds for individuals deemed at risk of harm to self and/or others following County guidelines.
• Coordinate responses to crisis situations with community agencies and service providers.
• Provide assessment dispositions to treatment providers and emergency departments as appropriate.
• Assess for personal safety in the environment and request law enforcement support as appropriate.
• Collaborate with law enforcement agencies to determine risk of intervention and develop plans for approach of clients in crises.
• Consult with teammates, supervisors, program managers, and program medical directors as appropriate.
• Respect client rights and responsibilities and demonstrate professional boundaries and ethics.
• Adhere to mandatory abuse reporting laws and HIPAA requirements.
• Document and maintain electronic health record (EHR) and ancillary records in a manner that assures compliance with all agency policies, program procedures and local, state, and federal regulations.
• Demonstrate responsibility for safety of consumers, staff, and property; possess familiarity with fire regulations and evacuation procedures.
• Complete annual employee training requirements on a timely basis as indicated in the licensing requirements for the facility as well as agency requirements. Attend seminars, trainings, and other educational opportunities in order to develop professional skills and abilities.
• Participate in all scheduled staff meetings, supervision sessions, and other departmental and agency meetings.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
This position must understand, appreciate, and respect the diversity and cultural differences within our Cascadia community. As such, it is…