Mobile Mental Health Practitioner
Listed on 2026-09-23
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Crisis Counselor
Location:
Nanuet, NY
Rate of Pay: 28.00
Per Diem Hours Available: 7a-7p Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday;
Tuesday 4 hours
We are seeking a compassionate, organized, and dedicated Mobile Response Team (MRT) Practitioner to join our crisis stabilization services. In this critical role, you will work alongside a Licensed Clinician to respond to emergency, urgent, and routine behavioral health calls. Your primary focus will be assessing individuals in crisis, delivering evidence-based interventions, and building strong follow-up diversion plans to help individuals avoid unnecessary emergency room visits or hospitalizations.
This position does not require a professional license but offers an incredible opportunity to provide vital backup duties to licensed staff and gain hands‑on clinical triage experience.
Primary Responsibilities- Crisis Response: Respond to all MRT dispatch calls in the field alongside the base clinician.
- Triage & Assessment: Utilize evidence-based trainings and screening tools to assess routine, urgent, and emergency calls.
- Clinician Backup: Act as an authorized backup to the Base Clinician, executing clinical responses under their direction.
- Diversion Planning: Develop exceptional, individualized follow-up plans focused on community-based stabilization and diverting ER or hospital admissions.
- Linkage & Referrals: Collaborate with external healthcare and community providers to connect individuals to ongoing behavioral health services.
- Follow-Up Care: Provide face‑to‑face follow‑up visits with individuals who previously required MRT intervention to ensure stability and continuity of support.
- Certification: Hold a Peer Certification or possess a strong willingness to obtain one upon hire.
- Skills: Strong organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Capabilities: Excellent communication skills with the proven ability to multitask in high‑stress, fast‑paced environments.
- Adaptability: Flexibility to handle evolving functional and organizational tasks as assigned.
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree required in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Creative Arts Therapy.
- Experience: 1 to 3 years of experience in a human services related field,
and/or relevant lived experience.
- Opportunities for professional growth and training in evidence-based crisis intervention.
- A supportive, multidisciplinary team environment.
- Deeply meaningful work directly impacting community mental health.
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