MRSS - Lead Mobile Response Worker

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark • Jersey City, NJ

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About The Position

Catholic Charities' Mobile Response program, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, provides families with counseling, guidance, and referral services to address juvenile crises and to help in stabilizing and preserving the family unit. The program addresses juvenile behavioral problems, such as truancy, chronic runaways, family disputes, and curfew violations. Mobile Response services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to help children and youth who are experiencing emotional or behavioral crises. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families safe, and maintain the children in their own homes or current living situation (such as a foster home, treatment home or group home). Mobile response/crisis intervention workers respond to calls received by the program through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for services. Workers must respond to calls within one hour by traveling to wherever the crisis occurs, such as in the child's/family's home, in school, or other community locations. The Mobile Response program utilizes agency-owned cars that workers use to drive to the site of the crisis.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work or related field
• 1 to 3 years of experience with children and families, preferably in crisis assessment and intervention
• Valid driver's license

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual Spanish-English preferred.
• Previous experience in a team lead or supervisory position is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides mobile crisis intervention and assessment as well as stabilization between 72 hours to 8 weeks and case management services to families and children
• Coordinates a comprehensive individualized Crisis Plan that meets the family’s needs.
• Coordinates discharge/transition services to include referral and linkage to appropriate level of need
• Audits client's records and plans appropriate corrective action
• Coordinates team weekly schedules to ensure adequate program coverage
• Leads daily dispatch teams
• Assists in coordinating team training schedules
• Monitors development of specializations and library of community resources
• Assists Program Supervisor in orientation process
• Assists Program Supervisor in other duties as requested

Benefits

• Catholic Charities offers a competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Catholic Charities is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin/ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, marital or family status, and military or veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level