In-Home Crisis Intervention Specialist (Hybrid/Remote)

Northern Rivers Family of Services; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care package

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Holiday Pay

401 (K) plan

Life Insurance

Loan repayment assistance

Free training/CEU opportunities

Job summary

Northern Rivers Family of Services is seeking a Home Based Crisis Intervention Specialist to support youth and families in crisis with in-home services. You will provide crisis intervention, family coaching and de-escalation to help children communicate needs and build safety in the home.

This role offers a hybrid schedule with home visits and remote admin work, weekly team meetings onsite, and opportunities for professional growth. A NYS driver’s license and relevant licensure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in health or social services with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Respond to the needs of families in crisis and deliver crisis intervention services in home-based environment with flexible scheduling.
• Promote safety of the child, family, and community in the delivery of crisis intervention services.
• Tailor services and flexibly schedule sessions based on family member’s needs.
• Conduct comprehensive assessment of family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, barriers to goal completion and collaborate in goal setting and service planning.
• Use a variety of teaching methods to help family members acquire, maintain and generalize skills.
• Advocate for and provide concrete services and supports and teach family members to meet their concrete needs.
• Collaborate and advocate with formal and information community resources and systems that impact family while teaching family members to advocate for themselves.
• Prepare family for transition and service closure.
• Provide consultation to intra-agency service providers and to community service providers.
• Maintain appropriate liaisons and relationships with external and internal providers, as this relates to County Mental Health Departments working with the HBCI.
• Fulfill all program-reporting requirements.
• Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement process and provide leadership in the collection of data and the formulation of recommendations and conclusions as assigned.

Skills

Crisis intervention

In-home services

Case management

Family guidance

Advocacy

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in health or social services

Job description

Northern Rivers Family of Services is seeking a Home Based Crisis Intervention Specialist to support youth and families in crisis with in-home services. You will provide crisis intervention, family coaching and de-escalation to help children communicate needs and build safety in the home.

This role offers a hybrid schedule with home visits and remote admin work, weekly team meetings onsite, and opportunities for professional growth. A NYS driver’s license and relevant licensure are preferred.