MRT Counselor 12 Hour Day

• Job Location: Tallahassee, FL 32308
• Position Type: Full Time
• Salary Range: $26.00
• Job Category: OtherApalachee Center, Inc. is best known for helping individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. Apalachee Center, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services across 8 counties (Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties). Apalachee Center, Inc. offers competitive benefits for our full-time positions to include health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long term disability, paid time off, and more. Overview: Person in this position functions as a crisis counselor responding via phone and is also mobile, responding to where the crisis is taking place, such as at a school (all levels), community location or home. Works cooperatively with law enforcement and schools. Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology, social work, psychiatric rehabilitation, or related human services discipline; Master’s Degree required in Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla counties. Minimum of two years’ experience in behavioral healthcare, one of which must be in crisis behavioral health services, preferred. Experience working with children and adults preferred. ESSENTIAL/CORE JOB-SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Function as a practicing clinician on the Mobile Response Team. Provides crisis services for on-site and in the community. Coordinates the crisis counseling response per Agency protocol. Complies with all program policies and procedures. Conducts clinical assessments and provide direct clinical intervention and referral services, including “warm hand-off” to other providers as directed in policy
• Shift: 7:30am-8:00pm, 12 Hour Day Qualifications

Education/Experience: Master’s degree from an accredited university or college, in human services field required. A minimum of two (2) years of work experience in mental health field, including at least one year of crisis counseling/management.