Overview

Job Title: Behavioral Health and Crisis Response Clinician 

Department: Health Services

Manager: Crisis Response Supervisor

Compensation: Salary/ Exempt

Job Summary: The Crisis Response Clinician provides immediate, short-term support to individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) experiencing a behavioral health crisis. This role is trained to assess, de-escalate, and stabilize individuals in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Travels in and around Marion County as part of the Mobile Crisis Response team.
• Mobile Response will serve in a rotating on-call and respond to crisis calls with Crisis Response Specialists.
• Provides cognitive behavior therapy and motivational interviewing.
• Maintains clinical case load.
• Implements, coordinates, monitors, documents, and evaluates measurable treatment goals.
• Interacts professionally with parents, schools, medical personnel, and other stakeholders with professionalism and the highest levels of interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Serves as a member of Damar Services’ interdisciplinary team.
• Utilizes strong communication and active listening skills
• Implements problem solving and decision-making skills to assess situations and determine appropriate interventions.
• Takes pride and ownership in Damar’s facilities and assigned work areas.
• Acts as a good steward of Damar and/or client finances.
• Prioritize duties in a manner consistent with organizational objectives and growth.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures as defined in the Employee Handbook and the Damar Operational Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Completes and updates mandatory training and other licensure related items in a timely manner.
• Maintains documentation that is accurate and legible.
• Completes incident reports, including reporting any suspected exploitation, abuse, or neglect of a client
• Respects the culture, diversity and rights of all clients, their families and the community.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree required; preferably in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related human services field.  

Experience:

• Licensure (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or LCAC required)
• A minimum of 1 year of social work or counseling experience. 
• 2 years of experience with individuals with Intellectual and/or developmental disabilities preferred.

Equipment Familiarity: Proficiency with MS Office applications including: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Certifications, Licenses or Special Training:

• Minimum age of 18 per licensure requirements.

• Ability to pass and maintain CPR Certification. • Ability to pass and maintain Critical Moments Training (CMT) Certification. • Must meet and maintain background screening requirements for all Damar Programs as detailed in policy 1.HR.02 Pre-Employment and Employee Background Checks. • Valid Indiana driver’s license and driving record that meets eligibility requirements of Damar’s insurance carrier (for all positions requiring driving). • Successful completion of pre-employment physical required.

Abilities: • Trauma informed care and de-escalation training.• Ability to follow and execute specific verbal and written instructions.• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.• Ability to promote and maintain positive interaction with all internal and external stakeholders.

Essential Job Functions:

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight (up to 35lbs); to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.