Mobile Crisis Clinician (Sign-on bonus eligible)

Are you interested in providing critical intervention to families in crisis? If so, Devereux might have the right opportunity for you! We are looking to hire a passionate individual to join our team as a Mobile Crisis Services Clinician.

Being a Mobile Crisis Services Clinician has its Advantages

As a Mobile Crisis Services Clinician at Devereux, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• A chance to make a significant impact on children and adolescents
• Opportunities to participate in multidisciplinary treatment team and staffings
• Professional growth and development at the largest not-for-profit provider of services to children and families in Florida
• Full, Comprehensive Benefits including low-cost, high coverage health insurance, generous time-off, retirement, non-profit student servant loan forgiveness, voluntary benefits, AND MORE!
• Supervision hours for LMHC or LCSW licensure!

Mobile Crisis Services Clinicians will provide immediate on-site crisis intervention counseling with an assessment of the families need/functioning in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties. The intervention will include stabilizing the situation through communication skills, parenting skills, relationship building, behavioral techniques, grief counseling, interviewing of family members, stress management techniques, etc. Based on the clinician’s assessment, individualized referral recommendations will be provided to assist families with the identified need. Services provided under this program will include phone contact and assessment, crisis response, face-to-face crisis assessment, crisis stabilization, short-term intervention including psychotherapy, referral, and connection to service providers. The Mobile Crisis Services Clinicians work to empower the family, working in tandem to generate solutions, and develop strategies that help establish realistic goals. Mobile Crisis Services Clinician responsibilities include:

• Rotating 24/7 on call responsibilities.
• Conducting skills training to assist the client in overcoming the difficulties that led to the crisis and conducting ongoing assessment of need
• Collaborating with other service providers in the community to help establish needed services for the individual and the family.
• Providing education to the recipient’s family and significant others regarding mental illness and how to support the recipient.
• Providing in-home services services, therapeutic services with an interactive approach, and documenting therapeutic interventions in the client’s records in a timely manner
• Working closely with other team members in the treatment process, ensuring coordination of services is taken to meet the client needs, and coordinating appropriate discharge planning

Keywords: counseling, therapy, crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, Therapist, counselor, Social Work.

Education:

• Master's degree in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, rehabilitation, special education, or human services field required
• Two years' experience working directly with children and families. Preferred experience with children who are victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, or youth who have been adjudicated delinquent and are committed and are emotionally disturbed Preferred
• Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, or Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of Florida preferred.
• Bilingual (English-Spanish speaking) Preferred

Other Requirements:

• Valid Driver's license
• Must live in Orange, Osceola, or Seminole county to respond to crisis call within required time frame.
• Successfully pass pre-employment medical screenings which include: Drug Test and TB Test.   Devereux requires all employees to obtain the annual Influenza Vaccine.
• Devereux requires all individuals interviewing for a position involving contact with children to complete The Diana Screen, a screening that assesses a candidate’s understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and children.