Mobile Crisis Specialist

Mobile Crisis Specialist

Sant 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 Sant 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.

Sant is seeking a Full-Time Mobile Crisis Specialist (in office) Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm to join our frontline crisis intervention team in Centreville, MD.

As a Mobile Crisis Specialist, you will assess, evaluate, and perform crisis intervention techniques, develop treatment plans for clients in the community, and serve as the liaison for collaboration with involved parties, including families and community partners. 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 population 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
• 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
• Other duties as assigned

What We Require:

• Bachelors in social works with 5 years related experience.
• Valid driver's license and proof of current automobile insurance.

What You'll Get:

• Salary Range: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour depending on licensure and experience.
• Shift: Monday through Friday, 4PM - 12AM
• Competitive benefits package including a 403(b) with company match.
• Opportunities for career growth, ongoing training and development, flexible work schedules and shifts.
• No cost supervision for clinical licensure.
• Financial assistance for certification and licensure fees.
• Company-wide wellness program.
• Paid Maternity/Paternity 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.

The Sant Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The Sant Group participates in E-Verify.