Per Diem Clinician (CSU)

## Description **Per Diem Clinician-this is a non-exempt,** commitment to at least one 10 or 12-hour shifts every 6 weeks required. Up-night/weekend/daytime/swing shifts available, but up-night availability is strongly preferred. **Mission Statement:** We provide the people, place, and path for exceptional youth mental healthcare. **Vision Statement:** We aim to redefine what youth mental healthcare can be by delivering transformative support that doesn't just treat symptoms but changes lives. **About Edgewood:** Each person who works at Edgewood shares a passion for making a difference in the lives of the children and families who we serve in the San Francisco Bay Area. Employees find themselves surrounded by a diverse and extraordinary group of dedicated professionals, in welcoming environments characterized by whole-person care, open communication, creative support and a commitment to growth, healing and improving each day. Edgewood’s successes come from our employees and the positive results they help create for children and families. When you join Edgewood, you join a culture of purpose and belonging, where your growth is a priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. **Program Description** Edgewood's Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) provides youth and families a safe, structured, child-friendly and supportive place to address mental health needs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The CSU was created in conjunction with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to evaluate and triage children and youth (ages 5-17) experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms or a mental health crisis. **Position Summary** The Per Diem Clinician works within a multidisciplinary team and is responsible for triaging crisis cases, clinically assessing clients for voluntary and involuntary holds due to danger to self, others, or grave disability, providing crisis intervention services, completing psychosocial assessments and documentation, providing clinical case management, care coordination, and follow up care to ensure successful linkages to appropriate services, all within a fast paced environment that consistently fluctuates in number of clients being served at any particular time (maximum 4). **Core Competencies** - · Highly skilled in mental health crisis evaluation and response. Strong understanding of mental health disorders, including impact of trauma on child/youth development, and psychological and behavioral interventions with children and families. - Ability to coordinate and collaborate with a team of crisis evaluation and intervention professionals to rapidly assess mental health disorders, identify needs and solutions, and make recommendations for placement. - Knowledge of community resources, eligibility criteria, and referral processes in order to facilitate access to services and act as a liaison/advocate on behalf of clients and families. - Case management and discharge planning skills. - Ability to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with other service providers within Edgewood and among the community who can provide information, assistance and support to children, youth and their families. - Ability to communicate and generate reports both verbally and in writing for service integration, treatment team collaboration and service documentation according to programmatic and professional practice standards. **Essential Functions** · Clinically assess clients to determine if they meet voluntary and involuntary hold criteria as determined by danger to self, others, or grave disability. · Triage crisis cases within a multidisciplinary setting to include collaboration with many agencies such as police, fire, Child Crisis, CPS, HSA. · Conduct individual crisis assessments, family sessions, and collateral interviews to adequately gather information and formulate appropriate dispositions and safety plans. · Provide psychological/behavioral interventions to clients and families experiencing a mental health…