• Demonstrate competence to function as a MHL 9.45 designee as authorized by the Director of Community Services in various counties.
• Provide high quality psycho-social and mental status assessments as appropriate to children and their families in crisis situations due to emotional, behavioral or mental health problems; initiate requests for required services, phone calls, agency information, etc.
• Provide effective crisis intervention services and solution-focused treatment to families that empower them until follow-up services can be obtained for children and their families.
• Respond effectively to emergency phone calls and provide crisis interventions to help alleviate a mental health crisis; provide information to coordinate and provide additional services to families and follow-up services.
• Work effectively with emergency rooms and in-patient psychiatric hospitals assisting them with potential admissions and, where appropriate to the mental status, providing/implementing community-based crisis stabilization alternatives to hospitalization.
• Maintain records, reports and legal documents consistent with Agency standards of practice including the Fidelity Electronic Health  Record (EHR), and various Cerner/Millennium systems.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:

• Practice history indicates a commitment to strength-based, family focused values.
• Licensure as a Social Worker or Mental Health Counselor (Limited Permit acceptable) is preferred.