Community Crisis Stabilization Clinician

Eliot is seeking a compassionate and dedicated CCS Clinician to provide high-quality care and support to clients in need. The Community Crisis Stabilization (CCS) program is a vital component of Eliot’s innovative Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC), which serves as a centralized access point for mental health and substance use services for youth, families, and adults.

As a CCS Clinician, you will play a critical role in delivering urgent care through crisis planning, stabilization, and short-term treatment to support clients during acute periods. In collaboration with a multidisciplinary CBHC team, you will provide solution-focused clinical interventions aimed at managing crises and promoting stability until ongoing services are established.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver urgent behavioral health care through diagnostic evaluations, crisis planning, stabilization interventions, and short-term treatment for individuals and families experiencing acute needs
• Provide flexible, community-based care in office settings, virtually, at home, or in the community based on clinical direction and client preference
• Offer direct, solution-focused clinical support including skills training, behavior modeling, and crisis resolution to help stabilize clients until ongoing services are in place
• Assess safety and service needs including determining appropriate levels of care such as community services or hospitalization and develop stabilization-focused treatment plans
• Collaborate across care systems supporting hospital admissions and discharges, maintaining communication with the triage team, and participating in ongoing clinical trainings and assessments

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or related field.
• Independent Clinical licensure, preferred
• Experience working with adults with mental illness/substance abuse
• Strong diagnostic skills, competence in crisis intervention, ability to develop short term interventions to support clients/families, and engagement strategies.
• Must be able to quickly establish rapport with individuals with a wide range of clinical presentations.

Schedule: Sundays, 9:00am-5:00pm (8 hours)

Annual Salary: 

• $13,000 (non-licensed)
• $14,000 (licensed)

Annual Salary 13000 - 14000 USD