BSW Clinician - MRSS

The BH MRSS Clinician facilitates crisis-oriented triage, assessment, and other appropriate mental health screenings and interventions. These are face-to-face mobile responses to patients and families that assist with the management of psychiatric and/or behavioral health concerns occurring within various settings. The BH MRSS BSW clinician practices under continuous clinical supervision.

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* Completes telephone consultation, screening, and triage to determine needs and desires of individuals and families calling through the crisis hotline, in collaboration with Telecrisis Team. Completes necessary assessments, documentation, follow up, and data collection.
* Provides trauma-informed and culturally competent crisis intervention, risk assessment, de-escalation, collaborative safety planning, psychoeducation, and recommendations during mobile response.
* Recommends disposition for least restrictive level of care, utilizing case conceptualization. Staffing and supervision required for disposition. Takes the lead in seeking supervision and implementing treatment plans for cases co-managed with non-licensed team members.
* Coordinates services for assigned families and collaborates to identify skills, supports, resources, and services to assist with stabilizing the crisis and preventing future crises from occurring. Provides care coordination, collaboration, and a warm handoff of with current behavioral health providers, natural supports, and other systems involved.
* Initiates mandatory reporting of abuse and/or neglect to Child Protective Services or other applicable agencies per Ohio law.
* Maintains currency in required trainings and familiarity with the research and/or literature in areas of expertise.

Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited university or professional school.

Licensure: Appropriate social work (LSW) licensure required.

Certifications: Upon hire, must complete and pass NCH endorsed Crisis Management Training.

Skills:
* Demonstrated skills in providing behavioral health assessment and treatment to children and adolescents.
* Demonstrated ability to exercise a degree of independence, initiative, judgment, and decision-making to prioritize workload and achieve program objectives.
* Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a team member to ensure consistent quality of services that support a high level of patient and provider satisfaction.
* Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills required to establish and maintain productive and collaborative team and multi-disciplinary relationships.
* Demonstrated sensitivity, empathy, objectivity, professionalism, effective engagement and customer service skills, and sound clinical judgement in the course of all work duties.
* Embraces principles of family centered care in which needs, and perspectives of patients and families are acknowledged and honored.

Experience:
* One year of providing crisis-based mental health services with children and adolescents preferred.
* Previous experience facilitating crisis intervention services preferred.

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet

OCCASIONALLY: 1-33% OF THE TIME (0.5 TO 2.5 HOURS)
Reaching above shoulder
Lifting or carrying up to 10 lbs.
Exposed to blood and/or bodily fluids
Exposed to communicable diseases and/or pathogens
Exposed to loud noises
Working at heights
Exposed to hot and/or cold temperatures
Assisting with physical holds/manual restraints, escorts of agitated or aggressive patients

FREQUENTLY: 34-66% OF THE TIME (2.6 TO 5.0 HOURS)
Bend/twist
Squat/kneel
Climb stairs/ladder
Standing
Walking
Sitting
Flexing/extending of neck
Driving motor vehicles (work required)
Depth perception
Color vision
Peripheral vision
Seeing-far and near

CONTINUOUSLY: 67-100% OF THE TIME (5.1 TO 12 HOURS OR GREATER)
Hand usage: grasping, gripping, turning
Repetitive hand/arm usage
Computer skills
Audible speech
Hearing Acuity
Problem solving
Decision Making
Interpreting data