The Intake Clinician serves as a liaison between children/families and systems and provides intake and assessment services depending on the needs and expectations of each child in the Children’s In-Home Crisis Stabilization (CIHCS) program of The Priority Center.
Goals
- Be part of a field based crisis team that responds to crisis line calls throughout the community.
- Meet productivity level as defined by The Priority Center and CIHCS management.
- Complete documentation as required by the Program Director and/or Program Supervisor in a timely manner and meets the standards of County of Orange Health Care Agency (HCA), HIPAA, Medi-Cal and other funding sources.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide in-person intake and assessment services to clients in crisis as part of a warm-handoff from CAT/CSU/Hospitals during scheduled working hours.
- Conduct a thorough clinical assessment including chief complaint, history, mental status, needs of family, disposition, and focused on the crisis and safety concerns.
- Provide crisis intervention and critical safety management as needed
- Participate as a member of multi-disciplinary team as appropriate in treatment plan reviews of children in the program.
- Document all services provided for HCA contract compliance, as well as financial, statistical and other reporting purposes.
- Peer review documentation and other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Relationship
- Supervised by the Program Director and Program Supervisor
Position Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or related field
- Two years’ experience preferred
- Valid California driver’s license
- Live Scan fingerprinting required
- Experience with families and adults is highly preferred
- Bilingual-Vietnamese, Chinese, Farsi, Spanish preferred
- Registration with California BBS required
Working Conditions
- Working environment is generally indoor, reasonably clean, well-lighted and ventilated
- Generally little or no probability of injury or health impairments
- Requires little or no physical effort involving intermittent standing, sitting or walking while performing duties, occasional lifting up to 10 lbs
Compensation
This is a full time, exempt position with a salary ranging between $70,000 to $75,000 annually.
To Apply
Interested applicants please submit completed HR Employment Application and current resume to [email protected].