Mental Health Clinician

Overview: Mental Health Clinician needed for the Monroe and Sultan areas $38.46 - $42.31 per hour Location:

Provides mobile crisis intervention and stabilization in varied environments in and throughout communities of Monroe and Sultan. CCRS is a 24/7 crisis center that provides suicide prevention/intervention, crisis intervention, and professional consultation services, including triaging requests for behavioral health evaluations. We provide brief crisis counseling and assist the community and clients in determining what services are most appropriate for the current behavioral health crisis.

Position Overview: The Co-Response Clinician will function as a member of a team, embedded with EMTs as first response support. Incumbent will respond to individuals in social or emotional crisis to include those with symptoms of mental illness, substance use disorder, homelessness, and more alongside emergency personnel with the objective of reducing high utilization of emergency response, reducing reliance on hospital emergency departments, and improving people’s lives by connecting them to long-term, community-based systems of care.

In this position, you will perform crisis intervention to reduce hospitalizations, effectively link consumers with on-going mental support services, contact Care Crisis Response Services to initiate designated crisis response (DCR) when appropriate, and provides a lens to view behavioral health challenges as manageable episodes. Qualifications: Possession of valid license issued by the State of Washington (LICSW, LASW, LMFT, LMHC, etc.). Must qualify as a Mental Health Professional under RCW 71.34.020 . Must have a Master’s Degree. Experience working within first responder agencies, psychiatric units, or hospital system, and multilingual abilities is highly preferred.

A valid Washington State Driver’s License is required. Successful completion of a comprehensive background investigation. Required Skills: Knowledge of symptoms, common behavioral and social characteristics and other manifestations of the disabilities affecting the population served Knowledge of conflict resolution principles, de-escalation, crisis intervention and planning, motivational interviewing, and problem-solving techniques Knowledge of presentation of mental illness related behaviors Ability to work in high stress, high demand environment while communicating clearly and effectively Ability to provide clear documentation of assessments and dispositions Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and respectfully manage differences, opposing perspectives, opinions, and interests Ability to remain flexible and adaptable to change Ability to quickly develop knowledge of community systems including programs, services, and systems of care