Community Stabilization QMHP

Who We Are

Atiba YIS, LLC is a mission-driven behavioral health organization dedicated to providing high-quality, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented Community Stabilization services to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises or transitioning from higher levels of care.

We believe that every individual deserves the support, dignity, and stability needed to remain safely in their own community. Our approach emphasizes person-centered planning, natural support engagement, cultural responsiveness, and collaborative care coordination, ensuring that clients receive short-term, targeted stabilization services that prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and promote long-term wellness.

Position Summary

Atiba YIS, LLC is seeking a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to join our Community Stabilization (CS) team. The QMHP will deliver non-residential, community-based crisis stabilization services aligned with DMAS regulations, DBHDS Appendix G standards, and SAMHSA best practices for crisis intervention and recovery-based care.

Key Responsibilities

Core Community Stabilization Duties

• Conduct face-to-face assessments to evaluate medical necessity, crisis severity, safety risks, and service appropriateness.

• Develop and implement Individualized Service Plans (ISPs), safety plans, crisis intervention plans, and short-term stabilization goals in accordance with DMAS/DBHDS requirements.

• Provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, grounding techniques, safety planning, and brief therapeutic support in home and community settings.

• Deliver skill-building and psychoeducation, including coping skills, daily living skills, medication adherence support, and health-literacy counseling.

• Engage natural supports—family, peers, caregivers—and coordinate their involvement in the stabilization process.

• Facilitate referrals and linkages to ongoing outpatient services, peer support, housing resources, social services, and community supports.

• Coordinate care with Medicaid MCOs, FFS contractors, CSBs, hospitals, and outpatient providers to promote continuity.

• Maintain timely and compliant documentation, including assessments, safety plans, progress notes, coordination logs, and billing entries per DMAS/DBHDS standards.

• Respond to referrals from VCC, 988, Behavioral Health Link, hospitals, law enforcement, and community partners.

• Provide on-site or telehealth crisis services addressing suicidal ideation, psychosis, acute emotional or behavioral dysregulation, and other emergent needs.

• Deliver therapeutic de-escalation, grounding, crisis counseling, and short-term stabilization interventions.

Assessment & Documentation

• Complete DBHDS-approved risk assessments, safety plans, and crisis documentation.

• Submit all required documentation same day or within 24 hours, per service guidelines.

Care Coordination & Follow-Up

• Coordinate with CSBs, hospitals, outpatient clinics, and family systems.

• Provide warm handoffs to long-term behavioral health and community providers.

• Offer continuation of Community Stabilization support for 7–14 days post-crisis, depending on need and regulation.

Compliance & Ethical Standards

• Maintain HIPAA confidentiality and adhere to ethical practice standards.

• Participate in required training, supervision, and compliance reviews.

• Meet all DBHDS, DMAS, CMS, and agency requirements, including mandated reporting.

Qualifications

• Valid QMHP-A, QMHP-C, or QMHP-E credential or eligibility under DBHDS.

• Strong commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, culturally responsive care aligned with SAMHSA principles.

• Excellent skills in crisis intervention, de-escalation, communication, documentation, and community engagement.

• Ability to work in community/home settings, with flexibility for mobile outreach and non-traditional hours.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Experience

• 1 year of Community Mental Health (Preferred)

Certification

• QMHP Certification (Required)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $ $45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 per week

Work Location: On the road