Mental Health Care Provider - Youth Mobile Crisis

**Position Summary:** Under the direction of the Youth Mobile Crisis Services Manager and in accordance with the Mobile Response and Stabilization Services model (MRSS), the Mental Health Care Provider (MHCP) provides solution-focused and strength-oriented crisis intervention aimed at working with youth and families. MHCP will coordinate with existing outpatient providers and natural supports in an effort to understand the current crisis, identify solutions, and access resources and services as needed. MHCP services are intended to support and maintain individuals in their current living situation and community environment, while reducing the use of emergency departments, hospital boarding, and detention centers due to behavioral health crisis's. Schedule: Thursday, Friday, & Saturday; 7am-9am **Responsibilities:** - Support individuals, youth, and families by providing trauma informed care, de-escalation techniques, and harm reduction - Promote and support safe behavior in home, school, and community settings - Assist individuals, youth, and families in accessing and referring to ongoing support and services, including intensive clinical and in-home services, as needed - Provides Mobile Crisis outreach services in person, whenever possibl - Mobile crisis services provided are available within two hours of contact for emergent, within 24 hours for an urgent crisis, and best practice is a response within 60 minutes for all call types - The crisis is defined by the parent/caregiver and/ or youth themselves - Mental Health Care Provider will provide developmentally appropriate services - Mental Health Care Providers are intentionally inclusive of family/caregivers and natural supports throughout a stabilization period - Mental Health Care Providers are to serve children, youth, young adults and families or caregivers in their natural environments including (but not limited to) at home or in school. - Completes progress notes and other required documentation in the electronic consumer files within the required timeframe. - Establishes and maintains working relationships with community resources, coordinates consumer treatment with other providers, and initiates referrals to medical providers and other community resources when appropriate. - Meet with child/youth and family, completing behavioral health clinical assessment tools including the CSSR-S, GAINS and Quadrant determination. - Maintain knowledge of community behavioral health and other support services to ensure all children and their families are linked to helping resources in their local communities as soon as the service and support need is identified in the intake and referral process. - Listen to and analyze the family’s story, and with them, identify strengths, needs, preferences and goals for the behavioral health intervention and treatment planning process. - Provide in home safety supports including analyzing and assessing home environment. This may include performing safety sweeps in the home or therapeutic foster home for children and youth with suicidal ideation and other high-risk safety concerns (as identified in a Mental Health intake or crisis referral). - Prescribe and implement behavioral health strategies and treatment plans for high risk children and youth, modeling and teaching social behavior, self-protection skills and awareness, and developmentally appropriate coping and social interaction skills. - Provide skill building support that enhances a youth’s ability to function effectively and safely in the community addressing therapeutic issues such as anger management, alternatives to aggression toward others, frustration tolerance, and socialization. - Healthcare Coordination - Work in collaboration with youth’s primary care physicians and healthcare specialists to support coordination of medical and behavioral health services to children/youth and caregivers served. - Utilize team member expertise and role in working with child/youth and families i…