Crisis Specialist On-Call

Terros Health; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Evenings & overnights shift different

Weekend differential pay

Bilingual language differential

Job summary

Terros Health in Phoenix is hiring a Crisis Specialist On-Call (BHT) to respond on-site to crisis calls that cannot be resolved remotely, providing immediate stabilization and support.

You will assess risk, engage clients, coordinate with families, schools, and first responders, and refer to longer-term services when appropriate. Evening and weekend shifts with differential pay are offered. Arizona license preferred; bilingual skills are valued.

Qualifications

• Arizona license preferred: LCSW, LPC, LISAC, LMSW, LAC, LASAC or LMFT in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Assess risk and engage clients on-site during crisis.
• Develop short-term plans and follow up as needed.
• Collaborate with families, schools, first responders and others.
• Provide age-appropriate crisis interventions across diverse populations.
• Make referrals to other agencies or long-term counseling when appropriate.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adapt to changing situations.

Skills

Professional

Friendly

Self-starter

Organized

Compassionate

Job description

Terros Health is pleased to share an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Crisis Specialist On-Call - Behavioral Health Technician (BHT).

Terros Health’s Crisis Mobile Team provides behavioral health, prevention, education, crisis intervention, and crisis stabilization services. They serve children, adolescents, adults, senior adults and families as well as schools, neighborhoods, organizations and businesses by providing phone, walk-in and in-home crisis counseling to clients to facilitate immediate stabilization of emotions and behavior.

The individual will need to be professional, friendly, a self-starter, organized, and compassionate.

Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment. For more than five decades, the heart of everything we do is inspiring change for life. We help people manage addiction and mental illness, provide primary medical care, restore families, support our veterans, and connect individuals to the care they need.

HOPE ~ HEALTH ~ HEALING

Terros Health is now hiring a Crisis Specialist On-Call! for central Phoenix!

(Evenings and Overnights Available).

Shift differentials available: $3 per hour extra for evenings and $4 per hour extra for weekends

Bilingual - Language Differential are also Available!

Highly Preferred - Arizona License: LCSW, LPC, LISAC, LMSW, LAC, LASAC or LMFT, in Good Standing

As part of the mobile crisis team, the mobile Crisis Specialist responds on-site to crisis calls that cannot be resolved by the Crisis Call Center telephonically. The crisis specialist utilizes best practices in crisis intervention to respond and support individuals and families in crisis.

• Will be asked to assess risk, effectively engage with clients, develop plans and follow-up as needed
• Work effectively and respectfully with clients, families, schools, first responders and all others involved
• Focus of care will be with the seriously mentally ill, children/ adolescents and family interventions.
• Is able to assess and stabilize different ages and stages of development/lifespan and different cultural backgrounds and experiences.
• Makes appropriate referrals to other agencies and/ or long-term counseling when appropriate.
• Demonstrates flexibility and adapts well to change.