Mental Health Crisis Specialist - QMHP

About the role

The Crisis Specialist QMHP - Office or Residential Based is responsible for ensuring the provision of recovery-focused, person-centered care with a trauma-informed perspective. This position operates in a dynamic environment, and performs case management, assessment, and/or service coordination work based on the program's guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Ensure continuity of care services for clients.
• Link consumers and families to needed resources.
• Coordinate, monitor, and update services and consumer goals.
• Provide necessary skills training.
• Assist in crisis prevention.
• Provide community outreach.
• Collaborate with consumers, first responders, and community stakeholders to address immediate mental health crises and plan for future crisis relapse prevention.

Requirements

• Best practices for treatment of complex behavioral health, developmental, and/or co-occurring disorders.
• Recovery-oriented and trauma-informed principles.
• Motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral approaches, and person-centered care.
• Community resources; case management/service coordination principles, objectives, standards, and methods; and program objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Assessment of client needs.
• Crisis intervention principles and techniques.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree with a major specialization in Human/Behavioral/Social Services or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Current and valid driver's license and a clean driving record.
• Crisis experience.
• Bilingual in Spanish (preferred).

Skills

• Trauma-sensitive and informed practices.
• Suicide safer care.
• Foster a supportive and welcoming environment.
• Therapeutic relationships with diverse community members.
• Interventions and services can be both office and community based.
• Use of a personal automobile.
• Diagnosed with mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, chronic health conditions, and/or IDD.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Generous vacation/holiday/sick leave.
• Life and Short-term/Long-term Disability Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 403(b) retirement account.
• Gold's Gym membership discount.
• Mileage reimbursement.