Daytime Crisis Response Mobile Responder

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Sign on bonus $1500.00

Spero’s Mobile Response Team provides immediate support for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis. The goal of services is to provide support and empower people in resolving the immediate crisis in a safe, health and effective manner. The Stabilization / Mobile Response Practitioner is a mental health practitioner with specialized training in crisis response. This individual provides assessment, intervention, and stabilization services to clients in the community who are in crisis. The mobile response worker will consult and take direction from the mental health professional and will directly report to the Mobile Response Program Manager

Supervisory Responsibilities :

• No

Duties / Responsibilities :

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Education and Experience :

Meet the requirements of a mental health practitioner practitioner by meeting at least one of the following criteria :

o An individual is qualified as a mental health practitioner through relevant coursework if the individual completes at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields and :

o Has at least 2,000 hours of experience providing services to individuals with :

1. A mental illness or a substance use disorder; or

2. A traumatic brain injury or a developmental disability, and completes the additional training described in section 245I.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), before providing direct contact services to a client;

o Is fluent in the non-English language of the ethnic group to which at least 50 percent of the individual's clients belong, and completes the additional training described in section 245I.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), before providing direct contact services to a client;

OR

o An individual is qualified as a mental health practitioner through work experience if the individual :

o Has at least 4,000 hours of experience in the delivery of services to individuals with :

1. A mental illness or a substance use disorder; or

2. A traumatic brain injury or a developmental disability, and completes the additional training described in section 245I.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), before providing direct contact services to clients;

Physical Requirements :

Work Environment :

The employee must be available and ready to respond to crisis situations whenever they are on-call and must have the ability to meet with the client in crisis in their home, office, or community, if safe to do so. Must be able to be comfortable in a variety of settings, being able to manage stressful and highly chaotic situations with a calm demeanor.

Other Duties :

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements :