Mobile Crisis Response Counselor or Therapist Job at Kenneth Young Center
MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST
You are key to our vision: Together We Thrive. At Kenneth Young Center, our staff come together with volunteers, community partners, and the people we serve to create holistic systems of care through interwoven behavioral health programs, older adult services, and community health initiatives. Our team welcomes and celebrates unique perspectives, and represents the diversity and vitality of our local communities. This role helps realize our mission: We partner with communities to support people of all ages to navigate life's challenges through personalized prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery. Join our team to grow in your career while building stronger, healthier communities.
Crisis counselors or therapists work with individuals and families within community based systems to provide services including crisis intervention and intensive family based services. Actively contribute as a team member with on-call crisis response shifts to provide crisis assessment and either community based or hospital based stabilization. On call-shifts run on a 24/7 basis, and include evening, weekend, and holiday hours. Maintain a caseload for linking clients to long-term services. Clients served are predominately ages 6-24, but range through the lifespan. Position is a hybrid role of two crisis teams: SASS Mobile Crisis Response Team as well as Crisis Care System (CCS) Mobile Crisis Response Team.
Kenneth Young Center offers a robust benefit package that is highly competitive to the market. KYC offers all full-time employees the following:
- 403(b) plan with organizational matching
- Health Insurance (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois) including 2 options (HMO and limited network PPO) that are completely free to the employee with no employee paid premiums at the employee-only coverage level.
- Dental (BCBS), and Vision Insurance (UNUM) with low employee premiums
- Long Term and Short Term Disability (UNUM), no cost to employee
- Flexible Spending Account (with up to $550 annual rollover)
- Basic life insurance (50k) paid for by the organization and option for additional voluntary coverage for self, spouse, or dependents (UNUM)
- Clinical supervision for licensure and approximately 12-20 CEUs offered during regular work hours at no extra cost per year
- Work laptop provided
- Supportive supervisors and managers, opportunities to grow and develop
- Incentive program with potential for quarterly bonuses
- Option to "cash-out" up to one week of unused PTO at end of year, opportunity for annual bonus, and annual salary increase (discretionary based on annual KYC financial audit)
- Eligibility to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
To further promote an active and healthy work/life balance, KYC also offers a generous amount of paid time off and staff holidays.
- 8 Paid Organization-Wide Holidays (Juneteenth added for 2022)
- 3 Personal Floating Holidays annually
- 4 weeks of Paid Time Off (With increases based on seniority)
- Flexible schedule; 37.5 hour work week in a hybrid environment
Positional Perks
- Flexible hours in a hybrid work environment.
- Commitment to promoting DREI work.
- Guaranteed clinical supervision for licensure.
- Agency provides 13-15 CEUs per year.
- Opportunity for bonus pay and mileage reimbursement.
- Work laptop and work iPhone provided.
- Agile response to COVID-19 safety protocol.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required. Accommodation for medical and religious exemption will be considered. Weekly testing required for approved vaccination exemptions.
Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide a full range of crisis screening, assessment, and support services to a caseload of clients and their families. These services will include the following:
- Crisis screenings resulting in stabilization of client and/or hospitalization
- Development of a plan to stabilize a client without the use of hospitalization if hospitalization is not necessary
- Case management services
- Linkage back to substitute care provider
- Linkage to community resources as needed
- Ongoing support to help a client maintain access to established services
- Post-hospitalization services, which includes gathering information for a mental health assessment and individualized treatment plan
- Participate as a responsible crisis team member to maintain continuous on-call coverage and to accomplish other team tasks, goals and responsibilities
- Manage a caseload that reflects the SASS/MCR program demands
- Provide timely and accurate assessments of incoming calls with clinically appropriate dispositions.
- Determine the need for additional services based on the assessment and facilitate linkage.
- Participate in consultation, as needed, with other agency professionals or with paid agency consultants.
Education and Experience
- Masters Degree in Psychology or Social work preferred, or Bachelors Degree from an Accredited College or University in Social Work, Psychology, or closely related discipline
- One to three years experience working with children and adolescents
- Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and reliable transportation required.
- Computer skills required
Kenneth Young Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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