Crisis Stabilization Counselor

Career opportunities abound at Sound!

Sound Behavioral Health is growing and we are a crisis stabilization counselor in the Greater Seattle Area! Sound is one of King County’s most comprehensive providers of quality mental health and addiction treatment services, supporting our area’s most vulnerable populations. A central tenet of our work is Reaching Recovery, an evidence-based clinical care model.

Sound team members are focused on demonstrating compassion, patience, and understanding when treating clients. We believe in and advocate for Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion for our team and clients. 

The crisis stabilization counselor supports individuals with developmental disabilities, and mental health or substance abuse issues when they may be experiencing a mental health, environmental, vocational, or behavioral crisis. This person will provide community-based intervention and prevention services to individuals with developmental disabilities and behavioral health care needs.  

Schedule: Monday-Friday standard business hours with some flexibility. 40 hours per week with occasional weekend shifts. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Provides crisis response during working hours and on-call basis. 
• Works closely with other clinical/professional staff to maintain communication and provide feedback, to expedite implementation of assessment interventions. 
• Participates with case management to address mental health symptoms and/or challenging behaviors.   
• Facilitates relationships and serves as a link between the company, parents, guardians, local agencies and the community. 
• Creates, develops and revises Prevention and Intervention Plans with larger treatment team. 
• Facilitates relationships and serves as a link between the company, parents, guardians, local agencies and the community. 
• Coordinates and monitors discharge planning process including the development of a discharge plan and referral to follow-up resources. 
• Participate in staff meetings, individual supervision and assigned committees, as required. 
• Participate in continuing education on an annual basis. 
• Provide consultation/education services to other organizations as appropriate. 
• Maintain ethical and competent client and peer relationships in the delivery of service. 
• Relate to others in a professional manner, respectful of individual and cultural differences. 
• Comply with all applicable federal, state and county laws and regulations, Sound policies and procedures and all safety regulations. 
• Understand, apply, synthesize and demonstrate recovery concepts in behavioral health. 
• Perform other duties as assigned 

KEY WORK RELATIONSHIPS 

Establishes and maintains positive, ethical, and professional working relationships with clinical team members, clients, and outside organizations. Relates to a wide variety of people including members of ethnic and sexual minority populations, and is respectful of individual and cultural differences. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• A Bachelor's degree in a therapeutic counseling field, nursing, or special education, with a strong emphasis in working with adults, families and community agencies is required.  Master's degree or active pursuit of a Master's degree is preferred. 
• A minimum of two years of clinical experience as a clinician or case manager and demonstrated skills in clinical assessment and treatment and experience with crisis management.  
• Direct clinical experience with minority and low-income individuals and families, preferred. 

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS 

• Skill and experience in working with: 
• A wide range of emotional and behavioral problems in adults;  
• Presenting problems of the entire family unit;  

• Individual adult problems and marital difficulties;  
• Communicating effectively with collateral agencies having contact with the individual and/or the family; and  
• Early intervention and prevention as well as time-effective treatment.  Ability to work well independently is necessary.   
• Knowledge of community mental health systems and resources within King County is highly desirable.  Because of the nature of the target population, experience with ethnic/cultural diversity is preferred.