Home Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) Specialist

Northern Rivers Family of Services•Troy, NY

1d•$25 - $26•Hybrid

About The Position

The Home Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) Specialist supports families and youth in crisis by providing short-term, intensive in-home intervention for up to six weeks. The role helps parents and caregivers implement behavior management and crisis de-escalation skills, and supports children in communicating their needs. The Specialist works with families to produce meaningful outcomes in a short period of time. The position reports to the HBCI Team Lead and follows a Monday–Friday schedule. It includes on-call crisis support by phone for the Specialist’s caseload. The hybrid schedule includes work with clients in their homes and remote administrative work from home or from the organization’s offices. Weekly team meetings are onsite, alongside other larger team meetings. Work-related travel is reimbursed at predetermined rates; travel may be up to 50%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree with one year of relevant experience in community-based health or case management, or a master’s degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling.
Valid New York State driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

LMSW, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or LCAT licensure preferred.
Experience in the Homebuilders model of crisis intervention preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to families in crisis and deliver crisis intervention services in a home-based environment with flexible scheduling.
Promote the safety of the child, family, and community while delivering crisis intervention services.
Tailor services and flexibly schedule sessions to meet family members’ needs.
Assess family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, and barriers to goal completion, and collaborate on goal setting and service planning.
Use varied teaching methods to help family members acquire, maintain, and generalize skills.
Advocate for and provide concrete services and supports, and teach family members to meet their concrete needs.
Collaborate and advocate with community resources and systems that affect the family, while teaching family members to advocate for themselves.
Prepare families for transition and service closure.
Provide consultation to intra-agency and community service providers.
Maintain appropriate relationships and liaisons with internal and external providers, including County Mental Health Departments working with HBCI.
Fulfill program-reporting requirements.
Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement and, as assigned, lead data collection and the formulation of recommendations and conclusions.
Provide on-call crisis support by phone for the caseload.
Attend weekly onsite team meetings and other larger team meetings.