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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Mental Health Counselors provide counseling, case management, direct clinical services, community and home based services, and behavioral and human services to mentally ill, developmentally disabled and/or emotionally disturbed clients in an outpatient, residential, community or similar setting.

Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation. The Division of Child and Family Services is recruiting for a Mental Health Counselor I to underfill a Mental Health Counselor II position. This position will work at the Child and Adolescent Mobile Crisis Response Team in Reno, Nevada. The Mobile Response Team receive and triage calls from families and the community, respond in teams to children and adolescents in the community presenting with a need or request for an immediate response. Responses can take place in emergency departments, schools, homes, and other community settings. Clinicians are responsible for completing a standardized assessment, providing support and immediate interventions, and create plans jointly with the youth and family to ensure the safety of the youth and to maintain them in their homes, schools and communities when able. Teams can remain in place for up to 45 days to provide intensive clinical and case management services to these youth and families. This position will be the clinical lead on the response and stabilization teams.

Mobile services are available during daytime, evening, and weekend hours. This recruitment is for all shifts that the Mobile Teams cover. This is a full-time position that will be located in Reno. The State of Nevada and DCFS offer an excellent benefits package that includes health, dental and vision insurance, participation in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), accrual of 15 days of annual and 15 days of sick leave, 11 paid holidays and no city, county, state or social security tax! The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: