Position Number: 4024

Responsibilities: Provides face-to-face and telephone crisis intervention, diagnostic evaluation, and assessment of need for treatment, pre-admission screening for private and state psychiatric hospitalizations; provides behavioral health consultations; referrals to DPCS programs or other community based services; adheres to guidelines or regulations established by Virginia Statute and the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS).

Requirements: Masters’ degree in Human Services required, with license preferred, (the degree should be acceptable by the Virginia Department of Health Professions as a sufficient Masters’ degree to allow licensure as a LPC, LCSW, LSAP, or LMFT), or a Registered Nurse licensed to practice in Virginia with 36 months experience working in mental health; outpatient or inpatient clinical mental health and/or substance abuse treatment experience required; documented crisis intervention experience within the past five years required. Current agency employees with a Bachelor’s Degree and previously “grandfathered” by the Executive Director to obtain their certification as preadmission screening evaluators are exempt from the Master’s degree requirement. Fingerprints, State and FBI criminal record reports, drug test, and CANIS report will be required upon request.

ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $34,137 - $51,206. Excellent fringe benefits.

REPLY BY: Position will remain open until filled.

Reply by sending application package consisting of COMPLETED Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services application, resume, and cover letter to:

Application packages received incomplete will not be processed.

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Applications may be obtained at the Hairston Street or Gretna offices, by calling (434) 799-0456, Ext. 3075, or by printing one from the Application Page of this Web Site.