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Oswego - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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Job Description

About Us:

Liberty Resources is a dynamic and growing human services agency that is a greatplace to work!Working for Liberty Resources means youll have access to great career opportunities benefits and a fun atmosphere. Our employees have passion around our values of excellence integrity diversity selfdetermination service innovation and fiscal responsibility. Our rapid growth is providing exciting opportunities in all areas of our organization.

Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support. We pride ourselves on high quality integrated communitybased services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. Were committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs values traditions language preferences and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

About The Mobile Crisis Team:

The Mobile Crisis Team is a trained multidisciplinary response team that provides crisis intervention services in a variety of settings including community locations where individuals live work attend school engage in services or socialize. Mobile Crisis intervention services are designed to interrupt and ameliorate the crisis experience and include: an assessment that is culturally and linguistically competent the development of crisis diversion plans safety plans or relapse prevention plans support during and after a crisis and coordination with and referrals to health social and other services and supports as needed including peer/family support services. The goals of the Mobile Crisis Team are diversion of unnecessary hospitalizations and arrests engagement in services symptom reduction and stabilization restoring individuals to a previous level of functioning and developing the coping mechanisms to minimize or prevent the crisis in the future. The Mobile Crisis Team strives to build strong relationships and a successful reputation in providing efficient and quality crisis services within a fivecounty region. We serve Cayuga Cortland Madison Onondaga and Oswego counties.

Position Summary:

The Mobile Crisis Staff will work alongside Mobile Crisis Professionals and Qualified Peers to provide nonclinical support to individuals/families in crisis. Mobile Crisis Staff are primarily responsible for conducting needs assessments and coordinating care for adults youth and families during and after a crisis episode to address the antecedents of crisis and gaps in care.

This is a per diem position with flexible scheduling options. Available shifts are as follows:

  • Cayuga Cortland or Madison:
  • Weekdays 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM
  • Weekends and holidays 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM
  • Onondaga or Oswego:
  • Weekday evenings 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
  • Weekends and holidays 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM
  • Overnights 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM
  • Weekday daytime coverage as needed

Job Responsibilities:

  • Conduct initial and ongoing needs assessments to identify the antecedents of crisis and gaps in care and determine the need for followup mobile crisis interventions.
  • Engage in personcentered client/familydriven nonclinical goal setting and safety planning
  • Make referrals to and facilitate engagement in outpatient behavioral services ongoing care coordination medical health or basic needs related to the original crisis service and other crisis intervention services.
  • Follow up with individuals/families and care teams after a crisis to ensure aftercare services are in place.

Qualifications:

  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Bachelors degree with at least two (2) years of behavioral health experience OR
  • High school diploma high school equivalency or State Education Commencement Credential and one or more of the following qualifications:
    • One (1) to three (3) years of experience working with individuals with serious mental illness or substance use disorders;
    • Two (2) years of work experience in childrens mental health addiction or foster care;
    • A student or intern within a mental health/clinical DOHapproved New York State Education Department program;
    • Licensed Practical Nurse;
    • Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC);
    • Individuals with livedexperience as an individual with emotional behavioral addiction or cooccurring disorders or as a parent/primary caregiver of a child with emotional behavioral addiction or cooccurring disorders and who are not qualified peers.
  • Must be willing to participate in all required federal state county and agency training including Narcan administration evidencebased assessments personcentered and traumainformed approaches.
  • Demonstrates a high standard of professionalism and collaborative efforts when working with law enforcement providers and other collaterals.
  • Must possess a valid NYS drivers license and access to reliable transportation.

Pay Rate:

  • $28.58 per oncall shift (which equates to $200 for one week and provides advanced compensation for telephonic services)
  • $100 per oncall shift on an agency observed holiday
  • Mobile Crisis Response:
  • 190 minutes: $100
  • 91180 minutes: $150
  • 181 minutes: $200
  • InPerson Follow Up:
  • 190 minutes: $50
  • 91180 minutes: $75
  • 181 minutes: $100

Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race color ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation national origin age marital status physical or mental disability parental status housing status source of income or military status in accordance with applicable federal state and local EEO laws.

Welcome to Wholehearted Health!



Liberty Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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