PEOPLE USA - Full Time Mobile Crisis Social Worker in Garrison, NY
Work Schedule: 40 Hours Per Week
Monday to Friday - 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Payrate: $32.69 per hour
Job Summary:
People USA provides people living with mental health and/or addiction issues with the highest quality, effective peer services, and behavioral health care. We are a peer-run nonprofit organization. This means our agency is 100% made up of people with their own lived experience with mental health or addiction issues, recovery, and moving towards wellness. Our mission is to educate, support, and empower people to understand, manage, and overcome behavioral health challenges. Under the direction of the Program Director, the Licensed Clinician (LMSW or LMHC) will provide oversight and direct services to individuals experiencing a crisis.
The Putnam County Mobile Crisis Outreach Team provides community-based crisis response and interventions including tirage, screening, assessment, referrals/linkage to appropriate care, as well as care collaboration with community providers and follow-up services.
Essential Job Duties:
- Addresses referrals from community providers, including referrals via warm hand-offs
- Leads huddles daily at change of shifts.
- Provide assessments to individuals in crisis.
- Work in collaboration with community providers, team members, and external partners
- Completes and signs off on required documentation and paperwork implementation in a timely manner
- Demonstrates cultural competency and commitment to individuals.
- Maintains a Trauma-Informed environment
- Demonstrates commitment to the philosophy of the agency
- Acts as an advocate and helps individuals with linkages to supports.
- Perform crisis intervention and assessments in community based settings.
- Other duties assigned
- Working closely with community providers and surrounding Police Departments in providing services to individuals who are in crisis, with the goal of intervention, assessment and linkage to help individuals live safely and prevent future crisis. Ideally, the candidate will be flexible and work as part of a cohesive team.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Master’s degree in social work or Mental Health Counseling required
- LMSW or LMHC license not required upon hire, but must have ability to obtain license must be obtained within 6 months of hire
- NYS Drivers license required.
- English/Spanish a plus
- Crisis intervention and response skills a plus
- Experience with community-based services
- Work well independently and within a team environment
- Ability to collaborate and build relationships with Community Partners
- Strong written skills
Reports Directly to Site Director - Cheryl Spencer-Frost
People USA recruits, employee train and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. People USA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. People USA. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of People USAs employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated. People USA promotes within no matter the race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
