Home Based Crisis Intervention Specialist

Northern Rivers Family of Services•Albany, NY

3d•$25 - $26•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, intensive intervention to youth and families in crisis, for up to six weeks. You will work with parents and caregivers to help them support their children and produce meaningful outcomes in a short period of time. The position reports to the HBCI Team Lead and follows a Monday–Friday schedule. You will also be available for on-call crisis support by phone for your caseload. The hybrid schedule includes working with clients in their homes and the opportunity to work remotely from home or from the organization’s offices to complete administrative tasks. Weekly team meetings are held onsite, along with other larger team meetings. Work-related travel is reimbursed at predetermined rates; travel may be up to 50%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree 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.
Experience in the Homebuilder model of crisis intervention.

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 based on family members’ needs.
Assess family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, and barriers to goal completion; collaborate with families on 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 informal 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 external and internal providers, including County Mental Health Departments working with HBCI.
Fulfill all program-reporting requirements.
Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement process and provide leadership in collecting data and formulating recommendations and conclusions as assigned.
Provide on-call crisis support by phone for the caseload.