Crisis Intervention Specialist- Midcoast Region

Mobile Outreach Program-
Knox, Waldo, Lincoln, and Sagadahoc

Pay rate: $23-25/hour

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We’rehiringfull-time Crisis Intervention Specialistsforour Mobile Crisis Response &Outreach Program!

The Crisis Intervention Specialist is a professional social work position for Cumberland County Crisis Response program (CCCR). This position provides direct service and immediate intervention as identified and appropriate to the provision of crisis intervention and stabilization services; both in the field and through the Crisis Telephone Response system.

• Respondtoandsupport adults, children,andfamiliesinmentalhealthcrises
• Engage, de-escalate,assess needs,anddevelopcollaborativeactionsteps
• Providedirectserviceandinterventioninperson,byphone,orthroughelectronicmedia

The person in this position attends staff meetings as needed to ensure continuity of care, participates in other meetings as needed, establishes and maintains positive work relationships, engages fully as a member of the team, proactively demonstrates constructive conflict resolution skills and employs helpful self-care tools that recognize and safely attend to issues of secondary traumatization.

All work is performed with the goal and intention of maintaining a trauma informed, trauma sensitive, and recovery-oriented framework.

• Passionforhelpingothers
• Associatedegreeorhigher
• Proficiencywithtechnology
• Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background check
• Driver’s license and a vehicle
• Noexperiencenecessary–weprovidefulltraining!

• Portland,ME(Cumberland County)
• In-officeandcommunityworkwithsomepotentialforremotework

• Full-time,40hours/week
• Someeveningsandweekendsrequired

• Trauma-informedandrecovery-oriented framework
• Supportiveteamenvironment
• Comprehensive training and ongoing support
• Direct impact on the community and individuals in crisis

• An Associate’s Degree and two years of relevant experience is required. Relevant experience is identified as follows: work performed in a behavioral health or human services setting, can also be as a paid volunteer or as a student/intern and includes crisis work, child protective services, warm line volunteer, residential care, case management, special education or work with people with developmental disabilities.
  
  One year of relevant experience is defined as; the equivalent of 1,200 hours of work, volunteerism, or internship or a combination of these areas.
• An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, human development, social sciences, Health/Human Services, Social Work, or Law Enforcement and two to three years of relevant experience is preferred.
• MHRT/CSP certification or the ability to obtain MHRT/CSP certification within 30 days of employment (on-site training is provided) is required.
• Technical literacy- electronic documentation, solid oral and written communication skills and strong organizational skills, and flexible schedule are required.
• Demonstrated competence with critical thinking especially as it relates to assessing information, ethical decision making, and problem solving is required.
• Technical literacy, knowledge of DSM-V, solid oral and written communication, strong organizational skills preferred.
• Must demonstrate ability to work across differing systems, within a team framework, which encompass different rules, governing policies and leadership styles across cultural perspectives.
• Must be able to demonstrate a belief that recovery is possible and maintain agency perspectives of recovery and treatment that is guided by the needs of the client.
• Flexible schedule is required.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, E-mail, and the Internet…