At Alternatives in Psychological Consultation (APC), we care about the overall well-being of our employees and we don’t just talk about it—we walk the walk. If you are looking for a company that understands the importance of work-life balance and promotes health of mind, body, and spirit, then we’d love for you to apply! We take pride in our talented, dynamic, values-driven workforce. When you speak with our employees, it’s not uncommon to hear that they’ve been with us for quite a long time.

At APC, we value not only the diversification of our staff but also the unique perspective each individual brings with their life experience. Through open dialogue, we challenge and learn from one another to provide culturally humble and trauma-informed care to those we serve.

We are searching for Crisis Stabilizers! Positions start at Part Time with the opportunity to move to full-time as caseload increases.

Applicants must have a valid Wisconsin driver's license, vehicle, and auto insurance. No experience necessary! Training is provided. Experience working with children, adults, and families is a plus.

Job Duties Include:

• Organizes, structures, schedules, and manages a caseload that includes regularly spending preventative face to face time with clients in the community, working on skill building and strategies to reduce crisis situations; on-call, responds to crisis situations, helping to de-escalate clients while assisting families to learn the same; documents all contacts and activities, on a daily basis completes all required documentation and turns in paperwork in a timely manner; attends team, POC, staff and other meetings as necessary as well as attending monthly clinical supervision meetings.*
• Engages with clients, their families, and child and family teams to effectively develop rapport/relationships and trust to meet the individualized goals and needs of the clients and their families. *
• Connects and engages clients and families with sustainable, community resources and informal supports so that clients can continue to meet their goals and needs, once system partners are removed. *
• Implements services and maintains communication with the client, collaterals, and other members of the team in a welcoming, person-centered, recovery-oriented, culturally intelligent, trauma-informed way. *
• Maintains and submits accurate and timely records according to agency and contract standards, to meet daily and weekly deadlines. *
• Advocates for/with the client/caregiver regarding the client's mental health treatment needs, to promote successful outcomes. *
• Uses training received and follows all policies and procedures of the agency, contracted agencies, and the IRSS department. *
• Reads and responds to APC work email daily or AT LEAST every 48 hours. Returns all phone calls, to the person that called, in an expeditious manner. *
• Continually improves skills and knowledge regarding trends and developments in the field, understanding resources in community mental health, and the ability to embrace continuous change and quality improvements within the position. Keeps an open mind and remains flexible and accepts the suggestions/recommendations/reviews/evaluations of directors, Supervisors, Leads, Clinical Supervisors, CC’s, and other team members. *
• Assesses and problem-solves challenging situations while exercising and demonstrating good discretion for the welfare and safety of all parties. *
• Incorporates ethical standards by adhering to a high level of HIPAA compliance, confidentiality, and professionalism and by setting and enforcing boundaries. *
• Learns and follows all State of Wisconsin-mandated reporting guidelines. *
• Independently develops a structured, time management system to accommodate client needs and other work-related requirements. *
• Possesses and demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively with all service and agency-related parties. *
• Promotes and demonstrates agency values while both in the community and the office. *
• Follows and adheres to all community safety practices, car safety protocols, and traffic laws at all times. *
• Where applicable, learn, follow, and shares knowledge of all car and booster seat laws, and applicable child passenger safety information, and properly installs car seats and booster seats into vehicles. *

Benefits:

Besides the benefit of working alongside some of the friendliest and most devoted people ever, APC offers complete and competitive benefits for all its full-time employees. Not able to work full-time? We also offer select benefits to part-time employees as well!

Our benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Relaxed dress code
• Health insurance, with multiple options to match what is best for you and your family
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-matched 401(k) plan
• Profit-sharing (employer discretionary contribution)
• Company-paid life Insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Voluntary short-term & long-term disability insurance
• PTO- Paid Time Off (for vacation, sick days, and everything in between)
• Paid holidays (including your birthday!)
• Continuing education allowance
• Wellness Program
  • Quarterly wellness incentives
  • Free wellness events
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Free counseling for up to 3 sessions
  • A wide breadth of services and resources such as:
    • Legal
    • Financial
    • Childcare and parenting
    • Education
    • Relocation
• Company-sponsored fundraiser events

Ready to work for a multiple award-winning agency? Apply now! We can't wait to hear from you!

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