Eliot Community Human Services is looking for an Advanced Stabilization Clinician to be a part of our Community Behavioral Health Center’s (CBHC) Mobile Crisis Intervention team. Eliot’s Mobile Crisis Intervention provides responses for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis in the home, school, or other community settings. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of mental health systems and services and is skilled in crisis evaluation.  The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication, crisis management, and system coordination skills to ensure seamless service delivery. 

Responsibilities:

• Conduct diagnostic evaluations, stabilization interventions, and stabilization planning for clients and families experiencing an acute and urgent need for behavioral healthcare.
• Provide side by side interventions to individuals/families that focus on problem solving, skills training, modeling behavior, optimism and encouragement.
• Provide interventions in the office, virtually, in the community and in client’s residences based on client preference, client need, and at the clinical direction of the urgent care team.
• Provide all services and supports in a strengths-based, solution-focused, client-centered, recovery-oriented approach manner.
• Complete evaluation processes when clinically appropriate to assess for safety, determine services needed, determine level of intervention including community planning, community-based services, immediate interventions, and the need for hospitalization.
• Develop short term treatment plans to support a client/youth to remain in the community rather than seeking emergency room services and/or hospitalization, include follow up supports to a client and/or family that focus on stabilization, usage of other Eliot triage/CBHC staff, and utilize short term clinical supports.
• Develop safety plans and crisis plans that are steeped in evidence-based practices, focus on stabilization, and maintaining personal safety and the safety of others.

Qualifications: 

• Requires a Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field 
• Must possess a current Massachusetts clinical license including LICSW, LCSW, LMHC, LRC, LADCI, or be a Licensed Psychologist
• Must have strong clinical skills with at least 2 years of experience working with people with severe and persistent mental illnesses and/or substance use.
• Strong diagnostic skills, competence in crisis intervention, ability to develop short term interventions to support clients/families, and engagement strategies.
• Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation.

Schedule: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm