Home Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) Specialist (25167)

Northern Rivers Family of Services•Troy, NY

3d•$25 - $29•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Home-based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) Specialist, you will support families and youth in crisis by providing in-home services. You will assist families in implementing behavior management techniques and crisis de-escalation skills with their children and support children in communicating their needs. As part of the HBCI team, you will provide short-term (up to 6 weeks), intensive intervention to youth and families who are in crisis. You will work with parents and caregivers to help them help their children. Your work will produce meaningful outcomes in a short period of time. You will report to the HBCI Team Lead, and work Monday – Friday. You will also be available for on-call crisis support by phone for your caseload. You will work a hybrid schedule which includes working with clients in their homes, and the opportunity to work remotely to complete administrative tasks in your own home or from our offices. You will attend weekly team meetings onsite, and other larger team meetings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s Degree with 1-year relevant experience in community-based health or case management, or Master’s degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling.
Must have a valid NYS driver's license.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Respond to the needs of families in crisis and deliver crisis intervention services in home-based environment with flexible scheduling.
Promote safety of the child, family, and community in the delivery of crisis intervention services.
Tailor services and flexibly schedule sessions based on family member’s needs.
Conduct comprehensive assessment of family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, barriers to goal completion and collaborate in goal setting and service planning.
Use a variety of 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 formal and information community resources and systems that impact family while teaching family members to advocate for themselves.
Prepare family for transition and service closure.
Provide consultation to intra-agency service providers and to community service providers.
Maintain appropriate liaisons and relationships with external and internal providers, as this relates to County Mental Health Departments working with the HBCI.
Fulfill all program-reporting requirements.
Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement process and provide leadership in the collection of data and the formulation of recommendations and conclusions as assigned.