Crisis Intervention Team; CIT Co-Responder

Overview

What we're looking for:

As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, CNS Healthcare's mission is to serve the people of our communities.

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Co-Responder supports a collaborative, team-based model for behavioral health crisis response in partnership with law enforcement to respond to incidents involving individuals experiencing behavioral health crises in the community. The CIT Co-Responder provides mobile crisis intervention services and connection to appropriate behavioral health services to promote diversion from the criminal justice system and access to mental health and/or substance use care and health care services.

Please Note
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This position is primarily community-based as it involves partnering with law enforcement to respond to incidents that occur in the community.

Compensation Range:

The starting pay for this position is $50,830 - $70,542 for limited licensed candidates, and $52,937- $75,315 annual salary for fully licensed candidates, and is based on non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

What’s in it for you:

As a member of our team, you will have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our community and the lives of the individuals that we serve. CNS Healthcare provides a robust total rewards program to support our team members and their loved ones. We’ve shared some highlights below, but you can visit the benefits guide posted on our careers page to learn more!

• Comprehensive medical insurance options
• Employer-paid benefits including dental, vision, life, and short-term disability insurance
• Retirement program with generous company default contribution and match
• Generous PTO program starting at 23 days annually
• 16 paid holidays, including 3 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Student loan forgiveness eligibility, including Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), HRSA, and more

Interested in learning more about this role?

Please see below for a summary of job responsibilities and qualifications!

• Partner with law enforcement to respond to incidents involving individuals experiencing behavioral health crisis in the community.
• Engage, assess, and support people by providing direct and indirect services utilizing evidence-based practices with mental illness and/or substance use needs.
• Provide mobile crisis intervention services, de-escalation techniques, and connection to appropriate behavioral health services to promote diversion from the criminal justice system and access to mental health and/or substance use care and health care services.
• Engage and case consultation and support the development of crisis-related treatment plans.
• Identify persons who may be at increase risk to themselves and/or the community through the completion of lethality risk assessments as clinically appropriate (e.g. suicide, homicide, potential for violence, substance use, etc.) with dispositions and recommendations that are included in Individualized Plan of Service (IPOS.)
• Provide referral to mental health and substance use services, community resources, and other tools/resources for individuals with acute care need to link them to ongoing services.
• Maintain partnerships and active engagement in the community as well as staying abreast of all available resources in the community.
• Conduct community-based outreach with law enforcement to identified individuals.
• Track and provide status updates on cases that have been diverted from the criminal justice system.
• Engage with and support law enforcement to become better equipped to engage and assist individuals with mental illness and/or substance use needs.
• Participate in internal and external meetings as assigned.
• Fulfills mandatory education requirements of CNS including evidence-based programs, internal training, and community education.
• Utilize a trauma-informed approach to services.
• Complete all required documentation completely, accurately, and in accordance with CNS policy.
• Meet direct service productivity and documentation standards per agency and program expectations.
• Maintain compliance with quality care initiatives including Meaningful Use (MU), Medicare Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS),…