Licensed Crisis Clinician​/Overnight

Position: Licensed Crisis Clinician / Overnight
** We are hiring for:
** Licensed Crisis Clinician / Overnight
** Type:
** Regular If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!  Provides support to individuals with Mental Health (MH) or Substance Abuse Issues. These interventions are strength-based and focused on promoting recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills, and achievement of the highest level of functioning in the community.

Staff ratio takes into consideration evening and weekend hours, needs of special populations and geographical areas to be served. Person must have an unencumbered license issued by a governing body regulating human service professions. Must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served may deliver supports within the requirements of the staff definition specified in the service definitions.

Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment with limited supervision and direction to provide quality services.**$5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS*
* ** No on-call

Schedule:

Thursday–Saturday, 8:00 pm–8:00 am
**** Job Responsibilities
*** Facilitating relationships and serving as a link between the company, parents, guardians, local agencies and the community
* Minimizing the negative effects of psychiatric symptoms or substance dependence that interfere with the recipient’s daily living and personal development, providing supportive counseling
* Supporting the client in the development of various skill building activities, including: daily and community living skills, socialization skills, adaptation skills, and behavior and anger management
* Participating in a first responder on-call system available to consumers and/or his/her natural support network on a 24/7/365 basis; coordinates “first response" resources according to consumer need and the PCP
* Performing Case Management functions of linking and arranging for services and referrals
* Working closely with other clinical/professional staff to maintain communication and providing feedback, standardizing procedures and expediting PCP implementation
* Ensuring that all initial and reauthorizations for services occur in a timely fashion
* Monitoring utilization of service to ensure that it is effective, appropriate, and within the limits set forth in both rule, PCP, and the service authorization#RHABH
** Requirements:
***
* Education:

*** Bachelor Degree (Not Human Services field) & 4+ years full-time experience with population served OR
* Bachelor Degree (in Human Services field) & 2+ years full-time experience with population served OR
* Master’s Degree or Higher & 1+ years full-time experience with population served.
* License, Provisional License, Certificate, Registration, Permit issued by governing board regulating human service profession.
** Definitions:
*** Human Service Degrees Include:
Social Service, Sociology, Psychology, or other Human Service Degrees.
* Populations Served Include:
Mentally Ill-Child, Mentally Ill
- Adult, Substance Abuse-Adult, Substance Abuse-Child
* Additional requirements of the Behavioral Health Specialist include:
** Must meet Qualified Professional requirements
* Must meet the education, experience, licensure/certification requirements specified by the service definition of the service being provided
* Valid driver’s license and automotive insurance required
* CPR, first aid, NCI and/or relevant certification, a plus
** Pre-employment screening:
*** Complete criminal background
* Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
* Drug testing
* Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
* Proof of employment history or references (if required)
* Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.
** We offer the following benefits to employees:**
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