License Eligible Clinician - Mobile Crisis Outreach Team Altadena

About the role

Sycamores partners with the 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide in‑person support through its Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams (MCOT). The 988 hotline offers initial phone triage and refers callers to Sycamores’ MCOT for face‑to‑face crisis intervention. The MCOT operates 24/7, 365 days a year with flexible shifts, responding to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in the field.

Responsibilities

• Respond in person to provide crisis stabilization, safety planning, and assessment for danger to self or others, including evaluation of gravely disabled individuals.
• Write 51/50 holds as needed and provide follow‑up support.
• Utilize the MCOT van to respond to calls, co‑responding with a MCOT Peer Support Specialist.
• Serve as an integral member of the Sycamores Mobile Crisis Outreach Team, coordinating closely with the 988 call center, police, sheriff, psychiatric hospitals, and ambulance transport companies.
• Evaluate individuals in the field to determine if involuntary hospitalization is required for safety.
• Take the lead on care coordination, collaborating with the Peer Support Specialist to locate hospitals, ambulances, housing, and other resources.
• Provide in‑person evaluation for safety within the assigned geographical area (Antelope Valley, South Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley).

Requirements

• Valid California driver’s license with an acceptable driving record per agency policy.
• Proof of auto insurance meeting minimum coverage requirements.
• Ability to physically manage and/or de‑escalate consumers/residents.
• Frequent driving to various work sites; ability to operate a motor vehicle and fill the agency van’s gas tank as needed.
• Physical demands: frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking, occasional/intermittent sitting; continuous use of bilateral upper extremities for fine motor tasks; reaching at or above shoulder level; bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, climbing; occasional lifting/carrying up to 25 pounds; continuous near vision, hearing, and verbal communication.
• Ability to practice physical intervention for consumer safety according to training and policy.