Crisis Team Lead

Location

Macon, GA | United States

Job description

Crisis Team Lead

About River Edge Behavioral Health

Serving more than 10,000 Georgians, River Edge continues to be one of the state's leading resources for mental health, substance use disorder treatments, and supports as well as individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The full continuum of River Edge Behavioral Health services provides state-of-the-art treatment and support services for more than 13,000 children, youth, families, and adults annually, who experience mental illness, addiction, co-occurring disorders, or developmental disabilities.

River Edge is currently looking for a Crisis Team Lead

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs psychosocial assessments, treatment planning/monitoring, and discharge planning. 
• Performs commitment determinations and/or executes orders of involuntary commitments. 
• Provides supervision of crisis team workers.
• This position will be working out of the local medical hospital, primarily in the ER, completing crisis assessments on patients who present with mental health and/or substance abuse issues.
• It will be the responsibility of this staff person, working with the ER MD, to determine if the patient needs inpatient placement, to facilitate that placement, and complete the appropriate documentation.
• This position also requires excellent verbal communication and written documentation skills.

Minimum Training & Experience: 

• Master's degree from an accredited program and two years of supervised experience in the area of assignment.

Preferred Qualifications:  

• COVID Vaccinated
• Supervisory experience needed. 
• Experience in providing behavioral health services to adults. 
• Prior experience leading community-based programming is a plus.

Additional Information: On-call duties required for weekends and holidays with staff rotation. 

If selected for an interview, please bring a copy of your professional license, driver's license, social security card, the highest level of education (transcripts and degree), and names of three references to the appointment.

All applicants must pass a satisfactory background clearance and pre-employment drug test.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted by the hiring managers. Applicants who are not selected will receive notification via email.

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