Ranked one of Tennessee’s top places to work, MHC is a rare and special place where outstanding company culture is intentional. Where clients and associates are treated the same, as equals.
Mental Health Cooperative, Inc. (MHC) was formed in 1993 to serve individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Since then, we have expanded our services to children and adolescents with severe emotional disorders across Middle and East Tennessee.
Our sole purpose is to support and treat those challenged with serious mental illness and poverty. Although based out of Nashville, we serve several communities across middle and East Tennessee with satellite offices in Antioch, Gallatin, Dickson, Columbia, Cleveland, Murfreesboro, Clarksville, Cookeville, Chattanooga, and Memphis.
If you are interested in joining a team that is caring, collaborative, innovative and energizing this might be a great place for you!
Provide enhanced crisis follow-up services, care coordination, and ongoing support to eligible youth and young adults who are at risk for suicide. This position promotes continuity of care by ensuring individuals receive timely follow-up, individualized safety planning, and connections to appropriate behavioral health services and community resources following a crisis or identified risk of suicide.
Job Title: Connect3 Follow Up Specialist (Emergency Psychiatric Services)
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Position Responsibilities:
Provide enhanced crisis follow-up and care coordination for eligible youth and young adults at risk for suicide.
Provide and improve timely linkage to community-based mental health, crisis, and related services.
Maintain accurate records and adhere to confidentiality requirements.
Support safety planning and lethal means safety strategies with youth and young adults at risk of suicide and their families to reduce access to means used in suicide.
Enter information into computer systems.
Improve continuity of care following crisis contact or WIC/CSU discharge.
Serve as a resource for information about suicide and suicide prevention for youth and young adults as well as adults who work with youth and young adults.
Provide supportive resources to families and caregivers of youth and young adults identified as at risk.
Provide outreach and coordinate with referral partners to support safety planning, follow-up, and referral/linkage to community-based mental health services for youth and young adults presenting with or discharged following suicidal ideation or a suicide attempt.
Coordinate with youth-serving system partners to support integration of suicide risk screening, assessment, and referral pathways for youth and young adults needing timely connection to community-based mental health services.
Assist teammates as needed.
Attend staff meetings.
Other Responsibilities:
Responsible for attending all mandatory in-services, continuing education and annual health requirements
Comply with all Corporate Compliance policies, practices and procedures. Report all unethical activities to supervisor, Corporate Compliance Office, Values Hotline number or Human Resource Director
Comply with all OSHA and safety policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe practices or accidents to supervisor, Safety Supervisor and/or OSHA Coordinator
Will be compliant with the relevant regulations concerning the privacy and security of consumer’s protected health information (PHI) as established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
Perform other duties as assigned
Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill
Follow all policies and procedures set by the Agency
Identifying operational gaps and escalating when needed
Ability to assess urgency and escalate appropriately
Calm and composed leadership during critical incidents
Knowledge of crisis intervention and risk…