Mobile Crisis Specialist

Responsibilities

• Assure that the following basic principles of crisis intervention underlie delivery of these services:
  • Assistance must be easily accessed and immediately available.
  • Crisis should be viewed in systems terms, suggesting the need to involve significant others to resolve the precipitating event, if possible.
  • Crisis services should focus on the present and reduce stress and tension.
  • Medication may be a necessary strategy to reduce stress.
  • Active intervention including advocacy, supportive guidance, and identification of adaptive responses are generally required to solve the crisis.
• Provide crisis/emergency services and consultations to identified Ozark Center patients at the specified hospital of their choice when requested.
  • This includes Ozark Center patients who have been admitted to a medical floor and whose current case manager is unavailable.
  • Honor all requests for consultation on non-Ozark Center patients who have been admitted to a hospital floor for medical or psychiatric reasons.
  • Provide consultative services for these hospital patients and assist with the deposition and referrals.
• Provide emergency services, including screening to the Barton, Jasper, McDonald, and Newton County jails at the site of the jail when appropriate.
  • Be knowledgeable in involuntary detention laws and procedures and consults with the area Mental Health Coordinator and/or Community Behavioral Health Liaison.
• Report to the Crisis Services Supervisor for program specific supervision and shall be under the administration of the Director and Assistant Director of Crisis Services.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education:
  • A master’s degree in behavioral health meeting the criteria as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) as outlined by Missouri Department of Mental Health, having completed a clinical practicum/internship.
  • A Qualified Addition Professional (QAP) as outlined by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
  • A bachelor’s degree in a human services field with at least three (3) years of experience in behavioral health, required.
• Experience:
  • Experience is considered as a combination of direct work experience, approved graduate-level education, and/or graduate-level clinical internship.