Job Description
Job Description
The Assessment and Referral Clinician will help assess the needs of walk-in and telephone callers and ensure their referral to the service or resource to best address their needs.
Shift is for weekend, nights, full-time
Responsibilities and Duties
- Responds to telephone and face-to-face inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.
- Conducts screenings or assessments to determine needs of treatment and facilitates the patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting.
- Assumes responsibility in maintaining a safe, orderly and therapeutic physical environment for all patients.
- Demonstrates good skills in assessing client's crisis and clinical indicators via phone and in-person - documenting such.
Prepares written report of assessment results in a timely manner (immediately following completed assessment) and includes recommendations for the level of care and treatment needs.
- Makes appropriate interventions during assessments, and crisis situations with clients, family / friends and other professional staff.
- Assists clients who are not admitted into a program with follow through of clinical referrals and recommendations.
- Provides pertinent clinical information to physician and program staff who will be reviewing the patient, to ensure a smooth transition for the patient.
Requirements
- MSW or similar Masters degree required
- License (LCSW, LSW, RN, etc.) preferred
- Experience in a Behavioral Health facility strongly preferred
- Ability to deal with crisis and potentially combative patients while maintaining personal and emotional equilibrium
- Knowledge of diagnostic criteria
- Knowledgeable of patient rights and laws pertaining to mental health
- Outstanding interpersonal skills, oral communication, assessment and intervention
Benefits
A full benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!
Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include :
- Medical insurance (three plans to choose from)
- Dental insurance (two plans to choose from)
- Vision insurance
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Healthcare spending account
- Dependent care spending account
- PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
- Discounted cafeteria meal plan
- Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
- Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
- Pet Insurance
- Identity Theft Insurance
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