The Mobile Crisis Response Team Member plays a critical role in providing immediate support and intervention to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. This position involves working in the community to assess, de-escalate, and stabilize situations, offering on-site crisis intervention, and connecting individuals with appropriate resources. Team members work collaboratively with other professionals, including law enforcement, emergency services, and healthcare providers, to ensure comprehensive care and support.

For this specific position, the Mobile Crisis Response Team Member will be on-call every other week from 4pm-10pm Sunday-Saturday. The Mobile Crisis Response Team Member will receive a $250 stipend during their on-call week for making themselves available. If the team member responds to a mobile crisis while they're on-call, they will be compensated at $25/hour for the duration of time that they're responding to the call.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Respond promptly to crisis calls, providing on-site assessment and intervention to individuals in crisis, including those experiencing severe mental health symptoms, substance abuse issues, or suicidal ideation.

2. Conduct thorough assessments of individuals’ mental health status, safety, and immediate needs, utilizing evidence-based tools and techniques.

3. Utilize de-escalation techniques to calm and stabilize situations, reducing the need for law enforcement intervention or hospitalization where possible.

4. Connect individuals with appropriate services and resources, such as outpatient mental health care, substance abuse treatment, shelter, and social services.

5. Work closely with other members of the Mobile Crisis Response Team, law enforcement, emergency services, and healthcare providers to ensure coordinated and effective responses.

6. Maintain accurate and timely records of all crisis interventions, assessments, and referrals made, adhering to confidentiality and privacy regulations.

7. Provide follow-up support to individuals as needed, ensuring continuity of care and connection to ongoing services.

8. Engage with community members and organizations to raise awareness of crisis services and support mental health initiatives.

Requirements:

Requires mobility and physical activity; Having an adequate range of body motion and mobility to work in a residential or outdoor environment including standing and walking (even and uneven surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to 20 pounds. Use of computers and telephones is required which includes coordination of eye and hand, and fine manipulation by the hands (typing and writing). This position also requires a valid driver's license, and the ability to be insurable.

Requires talking, hearing, and seeing; Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken and written word. Ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly. Ability to observe client behavior and activities and complete paperwork.

Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions. Requires the ability to work and cooperate with individuals served, co-workers, employees, and the public at all levels to exchange ideas, information, instructions, and opinions. Requires the ability to work under stress and in emotionally charged settings.

Required to reside in Adair or surrounding counties. This can include Adams, Union, and Taylor County in addition to Adair.

Staff providing mobile crisis response services must meet one or more of the following qualifications:

• A mental health professional as defined in Iowa Code section 228.1.
• A bachelor’s degree with 30 semester hours or equivalent in a human services field (including, but not limited to, psychology, social work, nursing, education) and a minimum of one year of experience in behavioral or mental health services.
• A law enforcement officer with a minimum of two years of experience in the law enforcement officer’s field.
• An emergency medical technician (EMT) with a minimum of two years of experience in the EMT’s field.
• A peer support specialist with a minimum of one year of experience in behavioral or mental health services.
• A family support peer specialist with a minimum of one year of experience in behavioral or mental health services.
• A registered nurse with a minimum of one year of experience in behavioral or mental health services.
• A bachelor’s degree in a non-human services-related field, associate degree, or high school diploma (or equivalency) with a minimum of two years of experience in behavioral or mental health services, and 30 hours of crisis and mental health in-service training (in addition to the required 30 hours of Department-approved training).

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $250.00 per week

Expected hours: 42 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• On call
• Rotating shift
• Weekends as needed

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Adair County, IA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: On the road