Job opportunity
Clinical Social Worker Crisis Response
Health PEI
Bring clinical social work experience and sound judgment to crisis assessments, treatment, and consultation within Health PEI services.
As a Mental Health Crisis Response Therapist, you will work with clients, families, physicians, nurses, social workers, and community professionals. The position emphasizes identifying crisis types, developing provisional diagnostic hypotheses, providing brief treatment, and coordinating care through discharge and follow-up.
Key Responsibilities:
Establish rapport with clients and complete thorough assessments
Identify situational and psychiatric emergency crises
Formulate provisional diagnosis hypotheses using DSM-IV
Develop follow-up plans and discharge linkages
Act as liaison with mental health professionals
Requirements:
Considerable experience practicing as a Clinical Social Worker
Master’s Degree in Social Work
Registration required with the PEI Social Work Registration Board
Knowledge of relevant federal and provincial statutes
Ability to work autonomously and independently
Support complex crisis care through assessment, clinical treatment, consultation, and coordinated transitions across mental health services.
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Apply on source site As a Mental Health Crisis Response Therapist, you will work with clients, families, physicians, nurses, social workers, and community professionals. The position emphasizes identifying crisis types, developing provisional diagnostic hypotheses, providing brief treatment, and coordinating care through discharge and follow-up.
Key Responsibilities:
Establish rapport with clients and complete thorough assessments
Identify situational and psychiatric emergency crises
Formulate provisional diagnosis hypotheses using DSM-IV
Develop follow-up plans and discharge linkages
Act as liaison with mental health professionals
Requirements:
Considerable experience practicing as a Clinical Social Worker
Master’s Degree in Social Work
Registration required with the PEI Social Work Registration Board
Knowledge of relevant federal and provincial statutes
Ability to work autonomously and independently
Support complex crisis care through assessment, clinical treatment, consultation, and coordinated transitions across mental health services.
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