Home Based Crisis Intervention Specialist (23434)

Northern Rivers Family of Services•Town of Milton, NY

11d•$25 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

As an HBCI Interventionist, you will provide assessment and treatment, individual and family therapy, crisis support, and consult with community partners to create positive change. You will report to the Team Lead HBCI and work onsite with travel required.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree and at least two years of experience in a home-based and/or crisis intervention services program.
Must have a valid NYS Drivers License.

Nice To Haves

LMSW or LMHC licensure is preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to on-call needs of families in crisis and deliver crisis intervention services in home-based environment with flexible scheduling cognizant of family needs, with 24/7 availability nights, weekends and holidays.
Promote safety of the child, family, and community in the delivery of crisis intervention services.
Tailor services and flexibly schedule sessions based on family members needs.
Conduct comprehensive assessment of family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, barriers to goal attainment 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.