Crisis Worker Family Partner Youth Mobile Crisis - 40 Hours Mixed Shifts
Crisis Worker Family Partner Youth Mobile Crisis - 40 Hours Mixed Shifts
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Job Description
Exemption Status:
NonExemptSchedule Details:
Monday through Friday Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)Scheduled Hours:
VariableShift:
4 Mixed Shift 10 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
40Cost Center:
YMCI North CountyUnion:
SEIU Local 509 Community Health LinkThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
Crisis workers serve as the residential counselors for a specified number of residents conducting intakes and discharges for the program. Crisis workers will work with clients on topics including personal hygiene and selfcare skills money management and budgeting symptom management relapse prevention healthy eating use of public transportation and transporting problem solving and conflict resolution and other interventions as necessary running therapeutic groups to further enhance life skills in these areas. The crisis worker will make referrals for clients monitor and distribute medication maintain unit facility as required and complete routine paperwork to ensure the program meets the standards.1. Assist in the creation and maintenance of a positive and collaborative working environment where all employees of CHL and enrolled youth and their families feel welcome supported and comfortable.
2. All activities described here will be delivered at the offices in the community or in the familys home depending on the preferences of the enrolled youth and family.
3. Works to build strong functional working relationships with enrolled youth and their families
4. Develop and implement outreach strategies when necessary to enable parents/caregivers of enrolled child/youth to participate fully in the Wraparound Process (if enrolled in ICC).
5. Assists the clinical hub provider (Care Coordinator In Home Therapist or Outpatient Provider) to develop with each youth and family a Care Planning Team composed of family members their natural supports and if applicable state agency representatives school personnel providers and other significant persons.
6. Serves as a mentor to parents/caregivers to improve their ability to effectively advocate for their youth and navigate the child/family serving human services system including the familys active participation in the Wraparound process itself.
7. Works closely with the clinical hub provider the family and the Care Planning Team to monitor the Care Plan and serves as an advocate/liaison for the family when appropriate to access new or different services.
II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. Bachelors Degree in psychology counseling or social work.
2. Satisfactory CORI background check.
3. Current valid USissued drivers license and a registered inspected and insured automobile for work related purposes including transporting clients in a personal vehicle or a company
Required:
1. Demonstrates a basic functional knowledge of and endorses the system of care values: Child Centered and Family Driven StrengthBased Culturally Responsive Collaborative and Integrated and Continuous Quality Improvement. 2. Demonstrates clear and consistent boundaries.
3. Minimum 1 years experience working with youth/families.
4. Experience as a caregiver of a youth with special needs.
5. Has a current valid USissued drivers license and a registered inspected and insured automobile for work related purposes.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full-Time
