PCS Co-Responder​/Designated Crisis Responder

## PCS Co-Responder/Designated Crisis Responder Apply:
Puyallup, Washington:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR82207
** Join a team that shares your calling
** At Multi Care, you’re more than just a job title — you’re part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you’ll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home.

** FTE:
** 1.0
** Shift:
** Day
*
* Schedule:

** Wednesday - Saturday, 4pm-230am
** Additional Information:
** The Co-Responder position is a Designated Crisis Responder that is embedded with the Pierce County Sheriff’s (PCS) and is part of the Mobile Outreach Crisis Team.  The Co-Responders are a resource for Law Enforcement (LE) to utilize when responding to calls with a mental health component to it.  The incumbent performs crisis intervention to reduce hospitalizations, and effectively link consumers with on-going mental support services;

conducts involuntary commitment evaluations and revocations in accordance with department policies, procedures, state and federal guidelines and protocols provided by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR); files petitions for hearings; educates and provides information for families; collects data; keeps records and provides testimony and/or advocacy, with courts and other agencies.  The Co-Responder is to provide least restrictive options for clients that struggling with mental health and to divert from hospitalizations and incarcerations.

Work is performed to provide 20/7 coverage typically for substance use consumers and their natural and professional support systems to manage their crisis in the community under the direction and supervision of an assigned administrative superior and in collaboration with the lieutenant in the PCS.
** Position Summary
** The Designated Crisis Responder is a key role within the crisis team at Multi Care, responding to psychiatric crises in the community in the most effective, efficient, and safe manner possible. Performing interventions to reduce hospitalizations, supporting patients with mental support services and conducting evaluations and revocations, this role offers you the capacity to apply your expertise, advocacy and interpersonal skill sets in your daily work functions.
** Responsibilities:
*** Provides crisis intervention services to individuals in their own homes, residential placements or other environments
* Develops and communicates treatment and safety plans that will assist individuals and their natural and professional supports in resolving psychiatric crises. Develops preliminary diagnosis as required
* Provides coordinating function for the team, when assigned, acting as a liaison between the mobile outreach team and the Behavioral Health Organization (BHO)
* You will develop relationships with community resources to effectively divert individuals in crisis from inpatient care
* Collaborates and/or liaisons with other BHO services as well as State agencies and community social services
* You will provide testimony and/or advocacy, with courts and other agencies as needed  
** Requirements:
*** Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or a related behavioral health field.
* Must hold one of the following Washington State Mental Health Professional credentials as defined under HB 1724:
Counselor Agency Affiliated Licensed, Marriage & Family Therap Assoc (LMFTA), Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), SW Advanced Lic  (LASW), SW Associate Advanced License (LSWAA), Mental Health Counselor…