Mobile Crisis Specialist FT – Team leader

The Santé Group; Cambridge (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Mobile Crisis Specialist Team Leader to join their frontline crisis intervention team. This full-time role involves assessing and intervening in crisis situations, developing crisis plans, and collaborating with community providers. The position requires a Master's degree in Counseling or Social Work and licensure in Maryland. The organization values innovation, inclusiveness, and collaboration, providing a supportive environment for professionals dedicated to making a difference in the community. Join a passionate team and contribute to life-saving mental health services while enjoying opportunities for growth and development.

Benefits

Financial assistance for licensure fees

No cost supervision for clinical licensure

Opportunities for career growth

Flexible work schedules

Company-wide wellness program

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in counseling or social work required.
• Must maintain current licensure in Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Perform crisis assessments and develop crisis intervention plans.
• Document clinical information and collaborate with community agencies.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentoring to interns.

Skills

Crisis Intervention Techniques

Assessment Skills

De-escalation Skills

Community Referrals Knowledge

Clinical Documentation

Education

Master’s Degree in Counseling

Licensure in Maryland (LCSW-C/LCPC)

Job description

Mobile Crisis Specialist FT – Team leader

Full - Time Cambridge, MD, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1398

Salary Range: $31.50 To $35.00 Hourly

Who We Are:

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life-saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community. The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

What We’re Looking For:

Santé is seeking a MCT Team Leader to join our frontline crisis intervention team in Easton, MD. 8a to 4p Monday through Friday (1 shift will be for reviewing documentation & creating schedule) with occasional EOW built in. The MCT Team Leader will assess, evaluate, and perform crisis intervention techniques, and will develop a crisis plan for continuation of services related to individual consumers. He or she will be responsible for all incident documentation, and will be the on-site resource for any relevant clinical information, as well as the liaison for collaboration with other involved parties including families, friends, and other community providers. NOT A REMOTE POSITION. IN PERSON ONLY.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform a danger assessment, a crisis assessment, an environmental assessment upon entry to the community situation and lethality assessment.
• Perform a diagnostic assessment.
• Perform an on scene assessment and treatment plan.
• Effectively perform crisis intervention including de-escalation, crisis planning and implementation.
• Able to show knowledge of various community referrals, mental health and non-mental health.
• Ability to make appropriate referrals, providing follow-up accordingly to ensure linkage.
• Competently make decisions about the need for an emergency petition and/or alternative psychiatric evaluation.
• Ability to complete an emergency petition and educate any appropriate party on the process.
• Be able to address populations of child, adolescent, adult, dual-diagnosis, co-occurring, and elderly.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the medical implications when working with substance abuse consumers.
• Work with families and involved persons to de-escalate the situation, make a crisis plan, and enlist cooperation with recommended treatment.
• Provide accurate clinical information to family and involved persons related to recommendations and possibilities for treatment.
• Work in a professional and collaborative way with police, fire, and other community agencies when asked to do so.
• Provide consultation and coordination to ER staff, if ER evaluation is necessary.
• Appropriately and effectively document clinical and non-clinical information regarding consumers, using CRS procedures.
• Participate in and complete all required trainings.
• Participate in on call rotation.
• Provide education in the community about the agency and all components of CRS when needed.
• Check work e-mail and EMR according to agency protocol.
• Able to provide clinical supervision and mentoring to interns and/or lesser licensed staff.
• Abide by all Federal, State, and local confidentiality regulations (ie: HIPAA, 42CFR Part 2, etc.).
• Comply with all mandatory reporting and duty to warn, according to Federal, State, and local regulations.
• Able to comply with and follow all of the programs’ contractual and operational requirements, as outlined by your manager.

What We Require:

• Master’s Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or a related field of study.
• Must possess and maintain current licensure in the State of Maryland (ie: LCSW-C/LCPC).
• Mobile Crisis Specialists for Eastern Shore Mobile Crisis are hired for our regional program. As we operate as a 365 day per year service, Mobile Crisis Specialists must be available for day, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts, as scheduled. While every effort may be made to create a schedule that meets the individual staff person’s needs, the schedule is created first and foremost to meet the needs of the program.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of current automobile insurance.

What You’ll Get:

• Salary Range: $31.50-35.00 per hour (depending on licensure and experience).
• Financial assistance for licensure fees.
• No cost supervision for clinical licensure.
• Opportunities for career growth, training and development, flexible work schedules and shifts.
• Company-wide wellness program.
• Paid parental leave.
• The rare opportunity to make a difference in the very community that you call home. We are leading providers in Behavioral and Mental Health!
• Smart, passionate, and engaged coworkers.

We believe that diversity of background and experience makes for better problem-solving and collaboration, which is why we are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Even more important than your resume is a positive attitude, a passion for making an impact, a personal desire to grow, and the ability to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive.