At Community Alliance, we believe in the potential of recovery for all individuals with a mental health and substance use challenges, and we dedicate our resources to support the journey of each individual we serve. 

The Clinician for the Crisis Services will provide in-home, office, community-based, and telehealth responses to individuals experiencing mental health and substance use crises. Crisis services include a behavioral health crisis hotline, mobile crisis response team, crisis psychotherapy, and crisis stabilization.

Crisis services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days per year and are available throughout the CCBHC service area inclusive of the five counties of Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington and to persons who live 45 miles within the urban radius and 75 miles within the rural radius of Community Alliance.

The Crisis Services clinician will provide safety interventions, screenings, clinical consultations, assessments, evaluations, planning, and treatment.

Staff are required to work their assigned schedule but may be asked to shift/alter this in response to high workflow time periods.

The Crisis Service Clinician is responsible for direct services with clients and their families including but not limited to safety/crisis assessment/intervention; evaluation/assessment; clinical consultations to other staff; home & community-based services; coordination with case and care management; brief intensive therapies; record keeping; as well as collaboration with other professionals, team members, and related community services

• Conduct triage assessments and provide crisis management and safety interventions as needed.
  • Provide clinical triage assessment and safety planning as needed when peer staff answering crisis hotline situations, or peers completing intakes need clinical support and expertise.
  • Complete crisis psychotherapy sessions with individuals and/or family members; total of 2 sessions per episode of crisis without an IDI necessary. May occur as part of the triage assessment or safety planning with individuals via telephone, in the office, or the community.
  • Provide clinical triage assessments for individuals to support the mobile crisis response peer staff via tele-health/telephone when clinical support and expertise are needed; respond and provide clinical assessments in the community as part of the mobile crisis team when it is determined a clinician needs to be on scene with the team for the client intervention.
• Conduct intake or ongoing comprehensive assessments; provide a preliminary diagnosis; provide recommendations for ongoing services based on level of care criteria.

• These assessments may be in person or via telehealth to cover the designated service area.

• Assess and implement crisis safety plans that include immediate tasks for crisis management and connection to clinically indicated resources and services.
• Complete clinical documentation thoroughly within required timelines to ensure appropriate and ethical care. Respond to any feedback or revisions in a timely fashion to ensure ongoing compliance with agency and regulatory standards.
• Maintain contact and provide follow-up with individuals and families requiring this service including phone and home visit support.

• Current licensure in good standing in the State of Nebraska as a mental health professional (LMHP, LIMP) required, LMHP preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in working with individuals with mental illness, co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, community rehabilitation, and/or integrated primary and behavioral healthcare. 
• Knowledge of signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use disorders.
• Knowledge, training, and/or experience in effectively working with individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.
• Demonstrated clinical decision-making skills appropriate for client’s care and safety.
• Demonstrated ability in utilizing motivational interviewing and principles of recovery to deliver results-oriented, trauma-informed, and person-centered care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to connect, communicate, and effectively work with people from diverse cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, educational, and professional backgrounds, and ability to maintain effective working relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and good driving record. 

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