Children's Intervention Specialist

Legacy Treatment Services Group; Marlton (NJ); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 3.2 weeks

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

403(b) match

Tuition reimbursement

Retention bonus

Training opportunities

Job summary

Legacy Treatment Services provides a mobile crisis outreach and stabilization program in Burlington County, operating 24/7 to support families with children in emotional or behavioral crisis. The Mobile Response and Stabilization team delivers crisis intervention on-site within one hour, developing individualized crisis plans and coordinating in-home follow-up services for up to eight weeks.

The role requires a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s in social services with one year of field work, and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social services or Bachelor’s degree with 1 year of field work with children.
• Ability to become certified in Crisis Assessment Tool within six months of hire.
• Proficiency with common office technology (scanning, typing, faxing, email, scheduling).

Responsibilities

• Intervene in crisis situations through mobile outreach response and assess clients.
• Interview clients, perform assessments and crisis interventions.
• Create individualized crisis plans and provide linkage and referrals.
• Conduct follow-up with post-intervention clients.
• Respond to crisis calls within one hour and participate in on-call rotations.
• Work as part of a team; some weekend and evening hours are required.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Case management

Interviewing clients

On-call responsiveness

Education

Master’s degree in social services field

Bachelor’s degree in social services field

Tools

Office software (scanning, typing, faxing, email, scheduling)

Job description

The Children's Intervention Specialist intervenes in crisis situations through mobile outreach response. Interviews clients, performs assessment and crisis interventions, creates individual crisis plans and provides case management by making linkage and referrals. Reaches out to post intervention clients to perform follow-up. Responds to crisis outreach immediately and is on-site of the crisis within one hour of receiving crisis outreach call. On-call as needed. Answers 24-hour hot-line, as scheduled. Works in a team approach. The individual demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the consumer population served. He or she must be able to assess and interpret data about the consumer’s status in order to identify each consumer’s needs and provide the appropriate care, including age-related care, needed by the consumer group. Some weekend and evening hours are required.Legacy operates the State-designated Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization program for Burlington County. The program provides crisis intervention to families with a child or youth exhibiting emotional or behavioral disturbances that threaten to disrupt their current living arrangements. Trained response workers diffuse crises at the site of the crisis for up to 72 hours. They work with the family to develop an individualized crisis plan and coordinate in-home follow-up intervention services for up to eight weeks.Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Full time benefits include:3.2 weeks of PTO in first yearHealth insurance, vision, dental & life insurance benefits403(b) employee participation and employer match9 Agency-paid holidaysTraining opportunities provided throughout the yearTuition Reimbursement after 1 year of employmentRetention bonus offered biannually, $1,500 for full time staffScheduled flexibilityHours:Position is full time; various shifts available; some weekend and evening hours are required.Education/Experience:Master’s degree in social service field orBachelor’s degree in a social services field plus one year of experience of field work with children.Ability to become certified in the Crisis Assessment Tool within six months of hire. Must be proficient in the use of office technology including but not limited to scanning, typing, faxing, email, and scheduling.Legacy Treatment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.#LTS456