Mobile Mental Health Practitioner

Our dedicated front line staff are out in the field making it happen on a daily basis. Our administration staff play a key role in supporting our frontline staff by giving them the resources and tools they need to be successful. Whether Finance, HR, IT, or Quality Assurance is your game, you'll be supporting our agency to be able to provide the best programs and services possible. You'll get to work in a supportive, creative culture with many benefits.

Location: Nanuet, NY
Rate of Pay: 28.00
Per Diem Hours Available: 7a-7p Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; Tuesday 4 hours

Position Overview

We are seeking a compassionate, organized, and dedicated Mobile Response Team (MRT) Practitioner to join our crisis stabilization services. In this critical role, you will work alongside a Licensed Clinician to respond to emergency, urgent, and routine behavioral health calls. Your primary focus will be assessing individuals in crisis, delivering evidence-based interventions, and building strong follow-up diversion plans to help individuals avoid unnecessary emergency room visits or hospitalizations.

This position does not require a professional license but offers an incredible opportunity to provide vital backup duties to licensed staff and gain hands-on clinical triage experience.

Primary Responsibilities

• Crisis Response: Respond to all MRT dispatch calls in the field alongside the base clinician.
• Triage & Assessment: Utilize evidence-based trainings and screening tools to assess routine, urgent, and emergency calls.
• Clinician Backup: Act as an authorized backup to the Base Clinician, executing clinical responses under their direction.
• Diversion Planning: Develop exceptional, individualized follow-up plans focused on community-based stabilization and diverting ER or hospital admissions.
• Linkage & Referrals: Collaborate with external healthcare and community providers to connect individuals to ongoing behavioral health services.
• Follow-Up Care: Provide face-to-face follow-up visits with individuals who previously required MRT intervention to ensure stability and continuity of support.

Qualifications & Attributes

• Certification: Hold a Peer Certification or possess a strong willingness to obtain one upon hire.
• Skills: Strong organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Capabilities: Excellent communication skills with the proven ability to multitask in high-stress, fast-paced environments.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to handle evolving functional and organizational tasks as assigned.

Education & Experience

• Degree: Bachelor's Degree required in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Creative Arts Therapy.
• Experience: 1 to 3 years of experience in a human services related field, and/or relevant lived experience.

What We Offer

• Opportunities for professional growth and training in evidence-based crisis intervention.
• A supportive, multidisciplinary team environment.
• Deeply meaningful work directly impacting community mental health.

Access: Network is an EEO employer