Mental Health Professional-Living Room (54160)

$1,000 Sign on Bonus

The Association for Individual Development (AID) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower people with physical, developmental, intellectual, mental health challenges, those who have suffered a trauma, and those at risk to enjoy lives of dignity and purpose.  We are looking for a Mental Health Professional (MHP) for our Living Room who exemplifies that mission and wants to work for an organization that makes a difference.

Schedule: 12 hour shifts (80 hours/2 week period). Rotating Weekends, Holidays, Overnights. 6pm-6am

What will you be doing?

The Behavioral Health Living Room Mental Health Professional is responsible for supporting Living Room guests who are experiencing a mental health crisis. The MHP is responsible for providing behavioral health treatment to Living Room guests including completing and          administering screening tools including crisis assessments, suicide/homicide assessments and develop crisis stabilization plans. The Case Manager acts as the linkage and works collaboratively with other entities of the CCS and AID Behavioral Health programs to promote cohesiveness between services. They will offer and complete intake paperwork to provide a smooth transition to open guest to long term behavioral health services during their interaction at the Living Room if warranted. The MHP will complete all required documentation in accordance with MRO Rule 132, payers, and other applicable licensing and accreditation bodies.  

Essential Job Responsibilities 

• Act as primary to triage and assist individuals in crisis. 
• Responsible to provide independent program coverage when scheduled. 
• Provide effective individual crisis counseling 
• Use intervention tactics to reduce symptomology. 
• Ensure the delivery of quality Living Room services and ensuring documentation of assessments, suicide assessments, crisis stabilization plans, and appropriate referrals are completed. 
• Administer screening tools including crisis assessments, suicide/homicide assessments and develop crisis stabilization plans. 
• Offer and complete intake paperwork to provide a smooth transition to open client to long term behavioral health services during their interaction at the Living Room. 
• Assist with maintaining and monitoring safety, coordinate engagement, contribute to a welcoming atmosphere, and provide support for expediting linkage to other programs.  
• Provide education and linkage to community recovery support systems, develop and facilitate positive relationships between consumers and team members, provide aid & support, increase participant motivation for services, assist with utilizing appropriate coping mechanisms, and reduce barriers to services by educating consumers about services, natural community supports and transportation. 
• Build immediate rapport, provide emotional support and validation to individuals in crisis. 
• Utilize motivational interviewing in triage to complete suicide/homicide lethality checklists to determine the severity of the individual and to determine the appropriateness of the Living Room. 
• Utilize de-escalation techniques through active listening, emotional support, trauma informed care, and crisis intervention services. 
• Repeat a suicide lethality assessment prior to the individual leaving the Living Room.  
• Assist in providing individualized coping skills and resources and will incorporate the development of an effective crisis stabilization plan that is client-centered. 
• Assist clients in returning back to their natural environment when stabilization is complete.