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$84,800 - $95,400 a year
Full-time
- The Mental Health Professional (MHP) and Designated Crisis Responder (DCR) are members of the Crisis Outreach Team that provides crisis outreach services to individuals experiencing acute emotional distress and/or mental health crisis, with the goal to stabilize the individual in the least restrictive setting possible.
- The MHP and DCR Mental Health Crisis Outreach team member Professionals utilize crisis intervention techniques to facilitate diversion from hospitalization through individual stabilization in the community whenever possible.
- The MHP/DCR assesses the individuals risk to self, others or property.
- In the event an individual requires an evaluation to determine if there is a need for detention under the Involuntary Treatment Act due to the presence of a grave disability, the MHP contacts the DCR for assistance.
- The MHP and DCR formulate appropriate clinical decisions based upon assessment data, and interact with the medical community and others in the community to develop and implement community based treatment options to stabilize/maintain stability.
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