Licensed Mental Health Clinician (52122)
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Summary
Provides individual, group, and family mental health counseling, crisis intervention, and documentation for patients in a clinical setting, ensuring safety and compliance with care plans.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for crisis intervention and de-escalation of situations to ensure safety to all. This includes assessment of crisis situations to determine severity and making recommendations to direct care staff to ensure consistency and appropriateness of staff response to issues. Essential Job Functions include those listed below.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Respond to 911 calls that require mental health examination.
- Completes safety planning with individual/families served.
- Complete required assessment/evaluations and Baker Acts, when appropriate.
- Completes mandatory documentation within timelines established by applicable regulations.
- Facilitates the social and psychological well-being of patients and their families.
- Mediates issues that arise among clients and their support system.
- Conduct Risk assessments.
- Participate in outreach activities.
- Ensure that all shift duties are completed in a timely manner and in accordance with WestCare procedures.
- Participate in clinical staffing decisions regarding the patient’s current strengths and resources and their need for additional resources.
- Assists other WestCare staff as needed in a collaborative manner to promote cooperation and portray a professional image to the community.
- Must embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision, and goals of WestCare Foundation; and
- Perform all other duties as assigned.