On-Call Mental Health Crisis Clinician (Clinician II)

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The Johnson County Mental Health Centee is looking for a Mental Health Clinician to provide mental health crisis services with both our Mobile Crisis Response Team and our 988 call center. The Mobile Crisis Response Team is part of JCMHC’s Emergency Services Division, is made of crisis case managers and licensed clinicians, and is based out of the Mission office but geared toward work in the community. MCRT is dedicated to resolving emergency situations by providing brief and intensive services to reduce individuals’ needs for hospitalization and law enforcement interaction when possible and supporting client connection to resources including but not limited to mental health care.
Johnson County Mental Health provides hope and promotes recovery through the Strengths Perspective by treating people with dignity and respect and starting with people’s strengths in mind. We believe everyone has a story, every individual has value, and people strive for success. It is important for the qualified candidate to model these values and understand each characteristic within the nature of mental health crisis work. 
The qualified candidate will have a strong desire to provide intensive crisis intervention services to the community, be well versed in suicide and safety assessments, be willing to strongly advocate for the best interests of the clients we serve and have a strong passion for Public Service. We are always looking for great candidates - this position will remain open until filled.  

 This is a PRN position that will be utilized to expand MCRT to overnights and weekends, with the possibility of last-minute need requests. Schedule options will be discussed during the phone screening and interview. This position is eligible for a shift differential specific to weekday overnight hours($2.00/hr), weekend hours ($4.00/hr), and weekend overnight hours ($6.00/hr). 

Johnson County has implemented a skill-based pay plan of up to $4200 annually for staff who have obtained licensure by the BSRB at the Clinical Level.

For questions, please reach out to Holli Monahan at holli.monahan@jocogov.org.

The Crisis Clinician will have two primary roles on the team.  First, the Crisis Clinician will be paired with a MCRT Crisis Case Manager to provide mobile crisis response. The pair will be dispatched by JCMHC’s 988 Crisis Line team to safely respond to behavioral health crises occurring in the community. Safety is critical in these roles and the pair will request law enforcement support at their discretion. The pair will de-escalate, assess and support individuals through their crisis and complete timely follow up, either by phone or at their home, to ensure the individual connects to appropriate resources and/or the crisis has resolved.

The second role of the Crisis Clinician is to provide ongoing clinical support for clients on MCRT case managers’ caseloads. This includes outreach visits with MCRT case managers to high acuity clients or those with complex circumstances for the purposes of clinical assessment, safety planning, and crisis stabilization. Other duties includes:

• Responds across Johnson County as part of a 2-person team, providing mobile crisis interventions to a variety of individuals in crisis.
• Assesses for suicide risk and other safety related concerns to determine the least restrictive level of care needed, developing a safety plan to remain in the community or coordinate higher level of care as appropriate.
• Provides support, education, and connection to resources, as needed for appropriate crisis response.
• Provides outreach and follow-up to prevent mental health crisis and/or criminal justice recidivism from various referral sources.
• Collaborates with JCMHC teams, law enforcement, family members, hospitals, and other community agencies to advocate and partner for individuals’ needs.
• Completes and submits clinical documentation regarding services provided.
• Collaborates with law enforcement on emergency detention as appropriate relating to the crisis and may complete state hospitalization screening as needed.
• Cross trained on 988 Contact Center duties, to include calls, chats, texts.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or other Human Services field and Kansas Behavioral Sciences licensure* at the master’s level in the area of focus are required.  May require a KS/MO driver’s license, depending on department or agency.

*Applicants who meet Kansas licensure requirements may be considered if Kansas licensure is obtained by time of an employment offer and licensure is pending confirmation at the time of employment application. 

Johnson County Government requires reference/background screening for all positions.  Specified criteria may vary by Department/Agency.

Preferred Job Requirements:

Kansas Behavioral Sciences license at the clinical level and one year of experience in the area of focus is preferred.

Physical, Environmental, and Special Working Conditions:

All County employees may be called upon to assist other departments in a declared emergency situation.