Mobile Response Worker

Overview:

Trained response workers diffuse crises at the site of the crisis for up to 72 hours. They work with the family to develop an individualized crisis plan and coordinate in-home follow-up intervention services for up to eight weeks.

Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Full-time benefits include:

• 3.2 weeks of PTO in first year
• Health insurance, vision, dental & life insurance benefits
• 403(b) employee participation and employer match
• 9 Agency-paid holidays
• Training opportunities provided throughout the year
• Scheduled flexibility

Pay

$20 to $24 / hour depending on experience and education - eligible for retention bonus

Hours

Position is full-time; various shifts available; some weekend and evening hours are required.

Responsibilities:

• Intervenes in crisis situations through mobile outreach response.
• Interviews clients, performs assessment and crisis interventions, creates individual crisis plans and provides case management by making linkage and referrals.
• Reaches out to post intervention clients to perform follow-up.
• Responds to crisis outreach immediately and is on-site of the crisis within one hour of receiving crisis outreach call.
• On-call as needed.
• Answers 24-hour hotline, as scheduled.
• Works in a team approach.
• The individual demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the consumer population served.
• He or she must be able to assess and interpret data about the consumer’s status in order to identify each consumer’s needs and provide the appropriate

• Some weekend and evening hours are required.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in social service field or Bachelor’s degree in a social services field plus one year of experience of field work with children.
• Ability to become certified in the Crisis Assessment Tool within six months of hire.