Mobile Crisis Intervention Clinician - Relief

Mobile Crisis Intervention Clinician - Relief

Excellent opportunity to join Riverside Community Care as a Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) Clinician! The Master's level Clinician is an integral part of the Community Behavioral Health Center's (CBHC) Mobile Crisis Intervention program. MCI provides crisis intervention services 7 days per week, 24 hours per day either on-site or mobile to any individual experiencing a mental health and/or substance use challenges.

The mission of the MCI is to respond rapidly, assess effectively, and deliver a course of treatment intended to promote recovery, ensure safety, and stabilize the crisis in a manner that allows the person served to receive medically necessary services in the community, or if medically necessary, in an inpatient or 24-hour diversionary level of care.

The MCI clinician works as a member of a multi-disciplinary team that includes physicians, nurses, behavioral health clinicians, certified peer specialists, and recovery coaches, to provide core services including crisis assessment, intervention, stabilization, and post-stabilization. The MCI clinician plays an integral role in the daily operations of the Community Behavioral Health Center's (CBHC) Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) component. Primary duties include telephone triage, crisis intervention (including evaluation, stabilization, referral and follow-up) on-site and in the community. In addition, the MCI clinician serves as a liaison between the MCI team and community providers for continuity of care.

Orientation to MCI is provided, with particular attention to diagnosis, safety assessment and awareness of resources dependent on level of care.

Clinical supervision is provided including licensure track hours for eligible employee. Riverside also offers an outstanding staff training program offering CEUs.

Schedule: Relief Shift available, Flexible schedules including 10 to 12 hour shifts available.

Pay Rate: $22.53/hourly

• Additional monetary incentives included for completion of MCI evaluations during shift

We make a true difference in people's lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
• Eleven paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner's fee

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.

Required Skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Intermediate computer fluency, including Microsoft Office
• Valid driver's license and regular access to a reliable vehicle

Required Experience

• Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or other related human service field
• Two years' experience in the field of mental health preferred (including any internship experience)
• For providing mobile crisis intervention services to children/youth under 21, at least one year of experience working with children, adolescents and families is preferred (including any internship experience).
• Knowledge of and experience with substance use and co-occurring disorders preferred