Benefits/Perks
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 403b
- PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Spending Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- MHRC offers assistance with Clinical Supervision hours for Masters Level Registered Interns in full-time positions
Company Overview
Mental Health Resource Center is a not-for-profit Florida corporation that provides a wide range of mental health and behavioral health care services to the community such as 24-hour emergency services, inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents, and adults as well as outpatient services such as medication management, case management, and counseling.
Job Summary
The Intake Clinician provides clinical services to individuals served in the Comprehensive Services Center (CSC). Assesses an individual’s need for psychiatric treatment and provides appropriate referrals to community resources and Comprehensive Services Center (CSC) services. Works with individuals to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations and ensure individuals obtain services in the most appropriate and least restrictive setting.
Responsibilities
- Provides initial screenings and assessments for persons requesting CSC services and crisis intervention.
- Using Baker Act criteria and DSM V standards evaluate and assess any crisis telephone calls, scheduling appointments, and/or walk-ins to determine the need for services.
- Conducts screenings and assessments on individuals and documents all pertinent data according to CSC policy and procedures.
- Completes biopsychosocial assessments on all persons needing clinical services.
- Based on assessments, complete diagnostic impressions.
- Identifies appropriate service types and frequency to address diagnostic impressions.
- Develops an initial treatment plan.
- Conducts suicide risk assessments and identifies individuals in need of acute care.
- Determines and implements appropriate level of care, according to the needs identified during the evaluation process and according to procedures.
- Ensures appropriate follow-up and monitoring so the individual served continues in treatment with the appropriate clinical program, if judged necessary.
- Assures the accuracy, completeness, and confidentiality of the clinical record and maintains current knowledge of the Baker Act, new forms or procedures, etc.
- Acts as an advocate interpreting Baker Act to other agencies, families, or concerned parties to assure conformity with patient’s rights for both the patient’s and staff's welfare.
- Completes financial documentation.
- Remains current regarding all prescribed procedures related to third-party payer notification and pre-certifications pertaining to outpatient assessments and inpatient admissions.
- Assesses and monitors for risk, symptoms of trauma, and indications of abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Uses appropriate reporting mechanisms.
Qualifications
- In order to be considered, a candidate must have a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling or a related field required.
- One year of experience working with chronically mentally ill populations is required.
- Valid Florida Registered Intern (IMH, ISW, or IMT) preferred.
- Valid Florida License (LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT) preferred.
- Certification in FARS preferred.
- Experience in completing Biopsychosocial Assessments is preferred.
- Must demonstrate in the RBHS/MHRC Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Patient Information System within three months of employment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Outlook, and use of the Internet required.
- Requires interactions with individuals who may have a mental illness; interactions may take place in an office setting, emergency services, or locked inpatient unit.
Position Details
This position is a full-time position: Monday through Friday.
Renaissance Behavioral Health Systems and Mental Health Resource Center are Equal Opportunity Employers.
Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Mental Health Resource Center and Renaissance Behavioral Health Systems. We offer a variety of opportunities in the behavioral health and social services fields. We have locations in Jacksonville and throughout Florida. Employees work together and support one another in a friendly, team-oriented atmosphere that encourages professional growth. We offer an ideal workplace for individuals dedicated to providing care and services that reflect our core values of compassion, integrity, and excellence.
Mental Health Resource Center, Inc. (MHRC) is a nonprofit organization that provides a wide range of behavioral health and social services to the community. Included in MHRC’s service array are 24-hour emergency services and inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents, and adults. Outpatient services include medication management, care coordination, case management, intensive case management team services, counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation, an adult therapeutic family program, state hospital liaison services, mental health court, multidisciplinary forensic teams (MFT), jail-based diversion services, a Co-Responder Program with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the Link-to-Life suicide prevention program, and services that assist individuals in obtaining benefits such as Social Security Income, Social Security Disability Income, Medicaid, food stamps, and housing. In addition, UF Health Jacksonville contracts with MHRC to manage the hospital’s adult inpatient psychiatric unit.
MHRC also operates eight Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) programs for adults with severe and persistent mental illness, located in Clearwater, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Rockledge, Tampa, and Winter Haven, as well as a FACT Lite program providing Linking, Advocating, Treating, Transitioning, Empowering & Recovery Support (LATTERS) services in Jacksonville. The two FACT teams located in Jacksonville serve residents of Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties.
Renaissance Behavioral Health Systems and Mental Health Resource Center encourage all applicants to take advantage of opportunities for hire, and if internal applicants, transfers, promotions, and advancement, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, handicap, disability, marital status, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. RBHS and MHRC are Equal Opportunity Employers and Drug Free Workplaces.
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