Clinician Co-responding - Paterson, United States - St. Joseph's Health
Description
Overview:
St. Joseph's Healthcare System is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization's outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation's "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care".
Job Overview:
- Works in close collaboration with law enforcement as a coresponding clinician to calls in which mental health concern is indicated. Develops interventions with focus on crisis deescalation, improving access to services, and linkage to treatment, if necessary. When needed, conducts mental health screening assessments and makes appropriate interventions and referrals.
Mobile Outreach/Screening, responding to hotline calls, assessments, crisis counseling, case management and participates in interdisciplinary treatment planning, record keeping, consultation and education.
Provides psychoeducation to individuals in crisis and advocates for their overall wellbeing.Qualifications:
- Work requires the knowledge of theories, principles and concepts normally acquired through completion of a Master's degree in social work, psychology or closely related field; one year of experience in a psychiatric setting plus three to six months of onthejob training and orientation or Bachelor's degree and two to three years of previous experience plus three to six months of on the job training.
- Valid driver's license with no pending violations and an acceptable driving record as stipulated by SJH policy and, if applicable, the SJH insurance carrier, for those required to drive a hospital vehicle.
- Work requires the ability to prepare detailed assessments of patient referrals, counseling individual, group or family members, or perform other duties requiring a comparable level of communication skill.
- Work requires providing direct, age specific patient care as appropriate to treatment setting.
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