Pay is commensurate with experience within a range of $32.05 to 40.86 per hour. PRN status, non-exempt.

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.

Responsibilities: The primary responsibility of a Crisis Therapist is to serve the community by working at the Treatment and Recovery Center(TRC) and those who come in experiencing a mental health emergency through comprehensive crisis and risk assessments, interventions, and coordination of care to adult, children, and adolescents. The Crisis Therapist will provide mental health services based on the application of clinical social work and/or clinical psychology theory and principles. Specific duties include but not limited to:

• The TRC is a 24/7crisis and stabilization facility and therefore shifts vary. Currently looking for days, overnights, and weekends as needed.
• Provide crisis counseling and determine, as a matter of course, whether the client would be appropriate for a clinical intake, referral, and/or community resource as an alternative to hospitalization;
• Conduct all Reform Hospital Assessments;
• Providing services related to court evaluations and testimony, and consultation and education activities;
• Conduct brief phone interactions to determine level of need for incoming patients;
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job;
• Comfort with the pace of crisis-related work and emergency room care;
• Completing additional responsibilities that maybe assigned as circumstances warrant;

Qualifications include but not limited to:

• graduation from an accredited four-year college or university plus a master's degree from an accredited school of social work, psychology or nursing;
• a minimum of two years experience in a mental health out patient setting(or similar setting) providing screening, psychiatric evaluation, crisis/emergency services and diagnoses
• Licensure from the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board in Kansas;
• a commitment to a community-based mental health services delivery model;
• excellent diagnostic, crisis intervention and brief psychotherapy skills;
• reliable transportation and a valid, unrestricted driver's license
• strong interpersonal skills in working with diverse publics;
• an energetic and positive approach to the rapidly evolving changes and challenges of a complex work place.