Therapist - Crisis Center (Part-time or PRN)

Job Details

Job Location

Santa Fe, NM

Position Type

Part Time

Education Level

Master's degree

Salary Range

$29.66 - $34.62 Hourly

Travel Percentage

Occasional

Job Shift

2nd

Description

New Mexico Solutions -

Santa Fe Crisis Triage Center, Afternoon / Evening(until 8pm), Part-time and PRN Available

Crisis Team members are responsible for providing immediate intervention and evaluation, support towards crisis stabilization, navigation to community partner agencies, harm reduction resources,therapeutic services and resources, as well as next day follow-up and appropriate transition / discharge.

Essential Functions :

Participates as an active treatment team member providing crisis services, modeling effective crisis services, and assisting other staff in learning to provide crisis services to individuals in with mental health and substance use issues as evidenced by :

• Engaging and developing rapport with individuals in crisis situations presenting with a variety of symptoms / presentations.
• Demonstrating the ability to recognize and assess client risk of danger to self or others and provide appropriate responses to the situation.
• Demonstrating ability to de-escalate immediate crisis, assess client needs, and develop treatment plans to address those needs.
• Ability to develop safety and after care plans to reduce future crisis.
• Coordinating and collaborating with community resources to meet client needs.
• Participating in on-call coverage and responding to on-call incidents in a manner that meets contract requirements and timelines.
• Providing training, modeling, and coaching related to case management and crisis support to new staff members.
• Providing support to supervisor(s) in coordinating activities of case managers to ensure effective coverage and service delivery for clients.
• Acting as agency contact for community partners (when assigned) to promote effective coordination of care.

Service Team Approach : Participates as an active treatment team member serving individuals with mental health and substance use issues as evidenced by :

Outreach, Engagement, Follow-Up : Provides comprehensive outreach, engagement, and follow up to assigned individuals as evidenced by :

Cultural Competence and Diversity : Provides culturally appropriate services to diverse populations as evidenced by :

Documentation : Completed documentation that meets identified expectations as evidenced by :

Efficiency and Productivity : Consistently meeting established productivity standards as evidenced by :

Staff Development Activities : Participates in staff development activities to increase skills and professional development as evidenced by :

Qualifications

Education and Experience :

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