Liberty Resources / Liberty POST
Location
Syracuse, New York
Salary
$225 / WEEK
The Mobile Crisis Clinician is responsible for conducting clinical assessments and providing crisis intervention services. They will respond to individuals in crisis and may provide follow-up services based on the level of need.
Candidates must be licensed or permitted in New York State as a mental health professional and have two years of post-graduate mental health experience. Competence in de-escalation and participation in required training is also necessary.
Liberty Resources is seeking a motivated Mobile Crisis Mental Health Clinician (Licensed Responder) in Onondaga County to join our team.
Liberty Resources is a dynamic and growing human services agency that is a great place to work! Working for Liberty Resources means you’ll have access to great career opportunities, benefits and a fun atmosphere.
We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.
The Mobile Crisis Team is a trained multidisciplinary response team that provides crisis intervention services in a variety of settings including community locations where individuals live, work, attend school, engage in services, or socialize. Mobile Crisis intervention services are designed to interrupt and ameliorate the crisis experience and include: an assessment that is culturally and linguistically competent, the development of crisis diversion plans, safety plans or relapse prevention plans, support during and after a crisis and coordination with, and referrals to, health, social, and other services and supports as needed, including peer/family support services. The goals of the Mobile Crisis Team are diversion of unnecessary hospitalizations and arrests, engagement in services, symptom reduction, and stabilization, restoring individuals to a previous level of functioning, and developing the coping mechanisms to minimize or prevent the crisis in the future. The Mobile Crisis Team strives to build strong relationships and a successful reputation in providing efficient and quality crisis services within a five-county region. We serve Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.
The Mobile Crisis Clinician will work alongside Mobile Crisis Specialists and Peers and is primarily responsible for conducting clinical assessments and providing crisis intervention services. The Licensed Clinician/Licensed Responder will respond to individuals in crisis telephonically or in-person, or via telehealth as needed. Additional follow-up services may be provided depending on the level of need.
This is a per diem position with flexible scheduling options. Available shifts are as follows: Cayuga, Cortland or Madison: Weekdays, 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM Weekends and holidays, 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM Onondaga or Oswego: Weekday evenings, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM Weekends and holidays, 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM Overnights, 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM Weekday daytime coverage as needed
Conduct initial and ongoing assessments to determine the need for further evaluation. Provide psychotherapy and psychosocial rehabilitation counseling services to remediate psychiatric or substance use symptoms, resolve conflict, de-escalate crises, monitor for and address high-risk behaviors, maintain stabilization following a crisis episode, and prevent escalation of behavioral health symptoms. Make treatment recommendations and referral to other behavioral health services as clinically indicated.
Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.
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