Part Time Youth Crisis Client Service Specialist - weekend shifts

$50,003 - $56,846/Yr

Community Mental Health - Lansing, MI

Part-time - Entry Level

Lansing, MI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Part Time Youth Crisis Client Service Specialist role involves providing direct and indirect mental health and substance abuse services as part of a multi-disciplinary crisis-oriented team. The position focuses on immediate crisis intervention for consumers with chronic mental illness, developmental disabilities, and co-occurring substance abuse issues. The specialist will engage in both in-person and phone-based crisis interventions, assist with hospital referrals, and may participate in mobile crisis calls alongside mental health therapists.

Responsibilities

• Provide immediate crisis intervention services to consumers with chronic mental illness and possibly developmental disabilities and/or co-occurring substance abuse issues.
• Conduct in-person and phone-based crisis intervention and assist with hospital referrals.
• Deploy on mobile crisis calls with mental health therapists as needed.
• Recommend referrals to various programs and services in the community.
• Provide case management and facilitate brief crisis intervention plans.
• Outreach to consumers with multiple needs and provide mental health services in a short-term crisis intervention program.
• Maintain detailed case documentation.
• Ensure all activities fulfill CMHA-CEI's mission, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field required.
• Three years of supervised experience in the examination, evaluation, and treatment of minors and their families with Severe Emotional Disturbance or Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
• Ability to monitor and facilitate the delivery of community-based integrative services from diverse providers.
• Strong leadership and group facilitation skills required.
• Energetic, flexible, creative, and innovative individual capable of developing strength-based, family-centered supportive case plans.
• Ability to function as part of a team is critical.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, are required.
• Proficiency in CMHA-CEI computer software systems is necessary.
• Possession of a valid Michigan driver's license and access to reliable transportation for job-related use is required.