Crisis Clinical Lead

Crisis Clinical Lead

At Alliance Healthcare Services, it is our mission to promote wellness in the community. Our not-for-profit organization is the largest comprehensive behavioral health provider in Shelby County. We offer outpatient, intensive outpatient, home-based, and community-based programs, including a continuum of crisis services to over 22,000 residents of Shelby County and the surrounding areas. We’re committed to bringing compassionate and dedicated individuals to help us continue to provide the best services to our community. Review the job description below and submit your resume if you feel that you would be a good match to join our organization. We look forward to hearing from you!

General Function:

The person occupying this position is to coordinate effective mental health treatment for clients as well as to understand and implement clinical criteria as dictated by Alliance Healthcare Services funding sources. This person has the responsibility for the clinical direction of activities performed in the programs under their supervision. The person occupying this position provides direct services to individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis, participates in the delivery of crisis services to those individuals, and performs other responsibilities as assigned by senior staff.

Qualifications; Knowledge and Training:

Master’s degree or higher in Psychology, Behavioral Health or related area with an independent license in his/her mental health discipline with experience working in a mental health setting. Ability to work effectively in a crisis service delivery setting dealing with individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Ability to use mature judgment in problem resolution and to formulate appropriate crisis intervention strategies for Center clients. Must have knowledge of management and organization, and knowledge of the professional disciplines. This individual must have training and/or experience in the administration of mental health programs and demonstrated administrative and supervisory ability. The individual in this position has the ability to work with conflicting or competing demands or interests of clients, employees, sponsors in the distribution of work, evaluating work and good program effectiveness.