Job description
The Aspen Hope Center is hiring two masters level crisis clinicians for their growing team!
The Aspen Hope Center a nonprofit crisis agency located on the Western Slope of Colorado with a catchment area from Aspen to Parachute, CO. We are hiring for Mobile Crisis Clinicians and hospital based crisis clinicians who are committed to serving those in need of additional support during an emotional crisis. The role of a crisis clinician at the Hope Center goes far beyond assessment of suicidality, homicidality, or grave disability; clinicians are trained to manage a crisis on any scene.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
The Aspen Hope Center Crisis Clinicians are responsible for making sure each caller is treated with compassion and time is taken to determine the appropriate course of treatment.
- Full time clinicians work 3 on call shifts throughout the week
- Conducts mental health crisis evaluations in office or on site (scene response should be within 30 to 60 minutes)
- Assesses for clients safety to themselves and to others
- Initiates M-1 for involuntary treatment only when necessary
- Able to work beyond the initial crisis and continue to work collaboratively for days or weeks. This includes contact by phone and/or in person
- Will establish and maintain strong inter-agency relationships, including local mental health professionals, human service agencies and psychiatric facilities throughout the state.
- Responds on scene when dispatched by the Colorado Crisis Line
- Responds on scene with law enforcement, firefighters, EMSA, or any other first responder agency
- Responds to our local emergency departments
- Ability to respond to requests for evaluations from the office as well as their home
Full Time Status Description:
A full-time Aspen Hope Center Crisis Clinician is salaried for 72 hours on call each week (3 24 hour shifts) where they take calls, provide assessments, triage clients, follow up with previous clients and conduct any other AHC business required. You will be working with a team of crisis clinicians and therapists.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of DSM-IV TR and DSM 5 diagnoses and symptoms
- Knowledge of local and agency resources for referrals
- Skilled at assessing level of suicidality in individuals who present for help
- Skilled at working with various types of individuals and knowing how to approach each one
- Skilled in basic computer operations – Word, internet use and data management
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision
- Ability to maintain boundaries with clients, practitioners, agencies and community members
- Ability to maintain composure, professionalism, and structure in any given situation
- Ability to maintain communication with clinical team on a daily basis
- Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems
Credentials and Experience
- Masters degree in counseling, psychology, social work or related field
- Colorado state license or license eligible
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $60,000.00 - $68,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- On call
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Education:
- Master's (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road
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