Crisis Specialist

Job Description

SASS Crisis Specialist

Job Description

Reports to: Manager of SASS Crisis Services

Type
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Full-Time

Location
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Community-Based

Summary
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Crisis Specialists perform crisis assessments and case management services for youth and families who are experiencing a mental health crisis as part of the SASS program. Crisis Specialists apart of the SASS program will also help support the 590 Crisis Cares program as needed.

Must work a minimum of 4 eight-hour shifts, including two weekend or overnight (12-8am) shifts. Crisis Specialists shifts can include weekdays, weekends, overnight, and holiday shifts. A minimum of 1 walk-in shift a month. The other 5.5 hours include meetings, case management, walk-ins, additional SASS shifts and other miscellaneous tasks as needed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for providing Mobile Crisis Response, Crisis Intervention, Case Management, under Rule 132 and other Rule 140 services to provide a minimum of 75 hour per month of direct service expectation (910 hours per year).
• Responsible for managing small case load that is identified as having minimal needs and is assigned by the Manager of SASS or 590 Crisis Services. This includes making follow-up calls to screen for additional needs and risk, ensuring that client and family have appropriate resources, communicating with supervisor if client is identified as having higher need and is out of scope of Crisis Worker’s practice, closing case if no further services are needed.
• Responsible for being cross trained and knowledgeable to assist with 590 Program, Crisis Stabilization, hospital staffing, and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Training at the Juvenile Justice Center to provide and other services as requested by supervisor.
• Responsible for networking with collaterals on behalf of crisis/active clients, including: referral and linkage, facilitation of level of care determined, and the advocacy of a client’s rights within the education, legal, state and mental health systems when indicated.

• Must attend a minimum of 8 monthly group supervisions for the year
• Responsible for discussing cases with supervisor in clinical, individual and/or group supervision as need arises
• Attend Biweekly Clinical Group Supervision if you are actively working on licensure (LCSW/LCPC)

• Responsible for completion of and meeting deadlines for all clinical paperwork for active clients and crisis clients. Service notes need to be completed within a maximum of 7 days from the service delivery.
• Responsible for completion of and meeting deadlines for all agency administrative paperwork, including: billing time sheets, expense reports, training forms and any other administrative or agency requested reports
• Responsible for attending All Staff Meetings and other meetings as requested by supervisor
• Responsible for serving on Agency and/or Program Committees when requested by supervisor
• Responsible for participating in Utilization Review Meetings.
• Responsible for holding a valid, unexpired Illinois driver’s license.

• Responsible for educating the community regarding the SASS program in the service area
• Responsible for facilitating positive networking relationships with community service providers and/or networks as assigned by supervisor
• Fulfill agency requirement of training and documenting all training attended and must attend all mandatory agency in-service trainings
• Be available to help develop materials and participate in special community education projects/presentations as requested by administrative staff

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