Mobile Crisis Specialist

## Mobile Crisis Specialist Apply locations:
OC Crisis time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 9 Days Agojob requisition :
JR111335
** Job Description Summary**:
The Mobile Crisis Specialist serves as a member of the Ozark Center Crisis Intervention Team, and as such has responsibilities to provide crisis intervention and responsibilities to provide crisis intervention and resolution twenty-four (24) hours per day, every day. Linkage and referral capabilities with a twenty-four (24) hour emergency hotline have been established to assure prompt and adequate response by the Mobile Crisis Specialist.

Crisis response staff shall have twenty-four (24) hour per day access to a physician for consultation and emergency face-to-face intervention when appropriate. Mobile Crisis Specialist provides services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (addiction/substance abuse and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. Mobile Crisis Specialist demonstrates a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery.  

Mobile Crisis Specialist will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received.
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* Education:

** Mobile Crisis Specialist will meet the following educational and experience requirements:
* A master’s degree in behavioral health meeting the criteria as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) as outlined by Missouri Department of Mental Health, having completed a clinical practicum/internship.
* A Qualified Addition Professional (QAP) as outlined by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
* A bachelor’s degree in a human services field with at least three (3) years of experience in behavioral health, required. Experience is considered as a combination of direct work experience, approved graduate-level education, and/or graduate-level clinical internship.
** Responsibilities:
*** Assure that the following basic principles of crisis intervention underlie delivery of these services:  + Assistance must be easily accessed and immediately available.  + Crisis should be viewed in systems terms, suggesting the need to involve significant others to resolve the precipitating event, if possible.  + Crisis services should focus on the present and reduce stress and tension.  + Medication may be a necessary strategy to reduce stress.  

+ Active intervention including advocacy, supportive guidance, and identification of adaptive responses are generally required to solve the crisis.
* Provide crisis/emergency services and consultations to identified Ozark Center patients at the specified hospital of their choice when requested. This shall include Ozark Center patients who have been admitted to a medical floor and whose current case manager is unavailable.
* Honor all requests for consultation on non-Ozark Center patients who have been admitted to a hospital floor for medical or psychiatric reasons. Provide consultative services for these hospital patients and assist with the deposition and referrals.
* Provide emergency services, including screening to the Barton, Jasper, McDonald, and Newton County jails at the site of the jail when appropriate.
* Be knowledgeable in involuntary detention laws and procedures and consults with the area Mental Health Coordinator and/or Community Behavioral Health Liaison.
* Report to the Crisis Services Supervisor for program specific supervision and shall be under the administration of the Director and Assistant Director of Crisis Services.
* Perform all other duties as assigned.
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* Physical Requirements:

*** Normal office environment.
* Typical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.
* Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
* Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals.
* TB test upon hire.