CSC On-Call MHP Support Staff Seattle, WA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1600+South+Lane+Street+Seattle+WA+USA+98144) -CSC Apply Job Type Temporary Description **On-Call Mental Health Professional - Crisis Solution Center (CSC)** **Pay Rate:** $63.10 per hour **Shift:** Variable. Day shift: 7am-3:30pm, Swing shift: 3pm-11:30pm, Night shift: 11pm-7:30am **Shift Differential:** $1.00 per hour for Night Shift & $0.50 per hour for Swing Shift **Benefits:** Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Safe & Sick Time, Retirement Plan **Supervised by:** CSC Clinical Supervisor **Union Representation:** This position is a part of a union and is represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW. **About DESC:** Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time. Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs, 19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder. **About CSC:** The Crisis Solution Center (CSC) is a temporary residential treatment facility that is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, including holidays. The CSC provides stabilization services for individuals, ages 18 and older, experiencing a behavioral health crisis, substance use crisis, and a post-overdose crisis. The CSC has two project components, the Crisis Diversion Facility (CDF) and the Crisis Diversion Interim Services (CDIS). The Crisis Diversion Facility (CDF) is a 16-bed non-smoking facility that offers an alternative option for first responders to divert individuals from jails and hospitals. The facility accepts individuals 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and has a 72-hour maximum length of stay. The Crisis Diversion Interim Services (CDIS) is a 30-bed non-smoking facility co-located with CDF. Individuals may be referred from CDF to CDIS for continued support in their stabilization as this is an up to 14-day stay. **JOB DESCRIPTION:** The On-Call Mental Health Professional works under the direction of the Clinical Supervisor or Project Manager and acts as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. As a member of a multi-disciplinary team providing crisis intervention services at a residential treatment facility, Mental Health Professional is responsible for providing comprehensive psychosocial assessments; coordinating and problem solving with first responders and other referents; creating and developing detailed recovery oriented disposition plans; linking clients with appropriate community resources; facilitating crisis resolution in the least restrictive environment; and assisting with arranging transportation for clients to appropriate facilities as needed. **MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** + Participate in psychiatric consultation, supervision, program meetings and in-service trainings; participate in clinical reviews and case consults for clients admitted to the CSC. + Complete and document biopsychosocial assessments, intakes, risk and safety assessments, success plans, care conference outcomes, and other clinical support provided according to agency guidelines; provide one-on-one counseling with clients to support their stabilization. + Create and implement short-term care plans, develop client-driven goal planners and discharge dispositions; facilitate linkages to community resources and services as needed. + Participate in verbal de-escalation and physical interventions in emergent situations. Work as a team to maintain a safe, therapeutic environment including 15-minute client wellness checks. + Demonstrate DESC core values and professionalism in all client and staff interactions; follow agency clinical policies and procedures; participate in quality assurance reviews when assigned + Provide phone consolation for referents of the CSC, monitor office security cameras, answer phone calls, and other administrative duties + Serve food, do laundry and change linens, help clean common areas, and occasionally clean up bodily fluids and biohazardous waste using appropriate PPE. + Attend a 1-week onboarding process upon hiring and attending a full day of mandatory training during employment. + Other duties as assigned. **MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS:** + Be reasonably available to a