Medical Policy Clinician

The Clinician uses sound professional judgment and best practices to support the mental health, safety and well-being of every resident in care while maintaining compliance with established state and federal standards and requirements. Provides trauma-informed, culturally competent mental health support services to individuals and families displaced by hurricanes during mass care shelter activations. Clinicians help mitigate emotional distress, support coping and stabilization, and facilitate referrals for higher levels of care when needed. Services are delivered in coordination with shelter teams, healthcare partners, and county emergency management staff Provide psychological first aid (PFA), crisis counseling, and brief therapeutic interventions to evacuees. * Will provide mental health emergency assessments and evaluations. * Crisis response, trauma informed care, harm reduction principles, acute mental health de-escalation techniques. * Follow public health protocols as appropriate to the community. * Conduct behavioral health screenings and determine appropriate levels of support. * Refer clients to medical, psychiatric, substance use, or community services as needed. * Coordinate with shelter management, disaster medical staff, case management, and security teams. * Participate in briefings, debriefings, and behavioral health strategy planning. * Provide case consultations, one-to-one counseling and/or crisis intervention for children, and family counseling for each family represented. * Record relevant clinical data and report clinical information as required. * Support the safe accommodation of individuals with behavioral health or cognitive impairments. * Demonstrate Exceptional customer service, in Everything you do, by placing the child, family, Veteran or client first to support our mission to "Empower people to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities." or Master's degree in counseling, psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a program requirement. Clinician must be licensed LPC, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, LPC-I, LMFT-A, or LMSW or eligible for licensure preferred in State of Florida. 2+ year clinical related experience and/or training including experience working in crisis intervention. Proficiency in Spanish/English (written and spoken language skills), required. OTHER: Must be available and willing to travel to various locations and with such frequency as the business need dictates. Must not pose a direct threat or significant risk of substantial harm to the safety or health of himself/herself or others. Endeavors has a longstanding practice of providing a work environment that is free from all forms of employment discrimination, including harassment, because of race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Endeavors also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief, in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about an accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io is dedicated to offering reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability and need help submitting your application online, please reach out to us at View email address on click.appcast.io.