Mobile Outreach Counselor I

Mobile Outreach Counselor I (Bachelor Level) FT Wed-Sat 9am-7pm (with every third month being 11am-9pm). This position require on-call shifts in addition to regularly scheduled hours consistent with program needs and collective bargaining agreement.

Responsibilities:

• Provide short-term crisis intervention services in the community, which includes intake, outreach visits, telephone lethality monitoring, linkage, and follow-up services. The population is primarily, but not exclusively, adults.
• Provide mental health evaluations and assist in the assessment for need for involuntary transport under Section 9.45 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law.
• Provide assessment to determine suicide lethality or dangerousness to others, mental status, and other behavioral, cognitive, and/or affective indicators as required.
• Provide Critical Incident Stress Management to individuals or groups affected by traumatic events, as well as provide appropriate follow-up and referral services, and subsequent documentation.
• Complete all required charting, casework, documentation, and computer entry, on a timely basis.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the mental health and human service system in Erie County in order to provide appropriate referral and linkage for clients served.
• Attend and participate in all required training, staff meetings, and case conferences, as indicated by program managers.
• Assist in providing coverage in other agency programs in emergency situations or staff shortage situations as required by agency managers.
• Engage in agency or community projects or work groups that contribute to the agency and/or program mission.
• Engage in supervision on a regular basis.
• Maintain and increase skills in the field through trainings in the agency and/or community.
• Provide marketing and/or educational presentations to the community, or training to other agency staff, as assigned by program managers.
• Assist in the training of new staff and students, as assigned by a supervisor.
• Assume on-call and back-up responsibilities, consistent with program needs and collective bargaining agreement.
• Participate in the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) as a disaster worker should the need arise.
• Maintain a valid NYS driver's license and have access to a usable vehicle.
• All other duties assigned by program managers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, or other human service related field, plus
• One year of supervised experience (pre- or post-graduate) providing services in a mental health or human service setting.
• Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination required.

PAY RATE: Position starts at $19.40/ hour but can increase up to $20.79/ hour based on experience

EEO STATEMENT:

Crisis Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law.

DISCLAIMER:

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.