Caring. Hope. Giving back. Our mission at the Bert Nash Center as the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) of Douglas County is to advance the health of the community through comprehensive behavioral health services responsive to evolving needs and changing environments. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community. Our values of compassion, integrity, equity, and hope reflect in everything we do.

Salary is commensurate with experience within a range of $60,000 - $70,000 annually. This position is full-time, salaried, exempt, and eligible for our benefits. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

The Mobile Response Team of Bert Nash is part of the Douglas County Crisis Continuum and works in collaboration with service recipients and emergency systems to identify and make use of strategies to manage distress during and immediately after interaction, in the least restrictive environment.

The Mobile Response Team Clinician serves as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP).  The primary responsibility will be to safely respond in partnership with MRT teammates to provide solution-focused and recovery-oriented interventions at the point of a behavioral health crisis or concern in the community.  The MRT responds to high acuity community members or those with complex circumstances for the purposes of clinical assessment, safety planning, and crisis stabilization.  Ability to assess for, recognize, and effectively respond to potential or actual risks is essential.  The goal of services provided is to allow individuals to remain in the community safely, whenever possible.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (including but not limited to):

• Collaboration with MRT teammates (clinicians, case managers, peer support specialists, leadership) to provide a friendly and professional response to persons experiencing emergent or urgent psychiatric or personal issues and responding to them in-person/on-site as safely appropriate and necessary throughout Douglas County.
• Providing proactive outreach to prevent mental health crisis and/or criminal justice recidivism.
• To collaborate and coordinate with local law enforcement/EMS/hospital emergency department/community partners as appropriate and necessary to coordinate care and ensure a safe environment for the patient and staff providing mental health support and assessment.
• Providing crisis counseling oriented to best practices and involving clinical assessments (i.e. mental status exam, assessing suicidal or homicidal risk, assessing for appropriate levels of care, evaluation of whether this individual meets the inpatient psychiatric admission criteria when necessary).
• Coordinates care and treatment needs, consultations and follow-up with Mobile Response team members including leadership, Crisis Continuum, and Emergency Services team members as necessary.
• Providing and coordinating necessary referrals and delivery of services among community agencies, hospitals, and within the organization to ensure that client is receiving necessary services.
• Conducting Mental Health Reform, Juvenile Justice Center and Douglas County Jail Assessments as requested and timely completion of all paperwork associated with the screening and assessments conducted prior to ending shift.
• Testifying in Court when involuntary hospitalization is required to assure safety.
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as circumstances warrant.

Qualifications (including but not limited to):

• Master's in a Human Services field with State of Kansas licensing as a Social Worker (LMSW, LSCSW), Psychologist (LMLP or LCP), or Professional Counselor (LPC, LCPC).  Applicants who meet full Kansas licensure requirements may be considered if Kansas licensure is obtained by time of an employment offer and licensure is pending confirmation at the time of employment.
• Valid driver's license requires, and current valid car insurance
  
• ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced environment; 
• excellent organizational and clinical skills; 
• the ability to be responsible and work independently and in tandem with others; 
• positive interpersonal skills with ability to promote and maintain a high performing work environment with positive team dynamic; 
• the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• ability to work with persons with severe and persistent mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance abuse issues, especially those experiencing a psychiatric crisis; 
• ability to use standard office and mobile equipment such as computers, phones, printers, filing cabinets, and fax machines, data entry into various computer software programs.
• Must be able to perform the day- to day physical requirements of the position, including sitting for long periods of time, frequently moving around the building and community, the ability to drive distances in the light and dark
• ability to lift up to twenty-five pounds, a