Mobile Crisis Licensed Responder

About Us:

Liberty Resources is a dynamic and growing human services agency that is a great place to work! Working for Liberty Resources means you’ll have access to great career opportunities, benefits and a fun atmosphere. Our employees have passion around our values of excellence, integrity, diversity, self-determination, service, innovation and fiscal responsibility. Our rapid growth is providing exciting opportunities in all areas of our organization. 

Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support. We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

About The Mobile Crisis Team:

The Mobile Crisis Team is a trained multidisciplinary response team that provides crisis intervention services in a variety of settings including community locations where individuals live, work, attend school, engage in services, or socialize. Mobile Crisis intervention services are designed to interrupt and ameliorate the crisis experience and include: an assessment that is culturally and linguistically competent, the development of crisis diversion plans, safety plans or relapse prevention plans, support during and after a crisis and coordination with, and referrals to, health, social, and other services and supports as needed, including peer/family support services. The goals of the Mobile Crisis Team are diversion of unnecessary hospitalizations and arrests, engagement in services, symptom reduction, and stabilization, restoring individuals to a previous level of functioning, and developing the coping mechanisms to minimize or prevent the crisis in the future. The Mobile Crisis Team strives to build strong relationships and a successful reputation in providing efficient and quality crisis services within a five-county region. We serve Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.

Responder Position Summary:

The Mobile Crisis Licensed Responder will work alongside Mobile Crisis Responders and Peers and is primarily responsible for conducting clinical assessments and providing crisis intervention services. The Licensed Responder will respond to individuals in crisis telephonically or in-person, or via telehealth as needed. Additional follow-up services may be provided depending on the level of need.

This is a per diem position with flexible scheduling options. Available shifts are as follows:

• • Weekday evenings, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
  • Overnights, 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM

Responder Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct initial and ongoing assessments to determine the need for further evaluation.
• Provide psychotherapy and psychosocial rehabilitation counseling services to remediate psychiatric or substance use symptoms, resolve conflict, deescalate crises, monitor for and address high-risk behaviors, maintain stabilization following a crisis episode, and prevent escalation of behavioral health symptoms.
• Make treatment recommendations and referral to other behavioral health services as clinically indicated.

Responder Duties and Responsibilities:

• Respond to adults and youth in crisis telephonically, or in-person as part of a two (2) person response team.
• Provide and perform clinical assessment and referrals to community-based programs when necessary
• Utilize diagnostic and assessment information to effectively perform crisis intervention
• Make competent decisions about the need for an emergency petition and/or alternative psychiatric evaluation.
• Provide accurate clinical information to family and involved persons related to recommendations and possibilities for treatment.
• Maintain effective professional relationships with other service providers and community organizations in the interest of clients’ and program goals.
• Provide mental health expertise when consulting and collaborating with law enforcement and EMS.
• Participate in and complete all required training.
• Carry out agency policies and procedures.
• Complete all necessary written reports, statistics, case files, and summaries in a timely manner and in accordance with program and agency standards.
• Perform other duties, responsibilities, and related tasks as assigned

Responder Qualifications:

• Licensed or permitted in New York State as one of the following:
  • LMSW, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Licensed Behavioral Analyst, Physician, including Psychiatrist and Addictionologist/Addiction Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Physician Assistant, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Psychoanalyst, Occupational Therapist who meets the qualifications set forth in 42 C.F.R. 440.110(b)(2).
• Two (2) years post-graduate mental health experience, including relevant experience providing crisis intervention support, transitional support, and care coordination.
• Must demonstrate competence in de-escalation and aggression management.
• Must be willing to participate in all required federal, state, county and agency training including Narcan administration, evidence-based assessments, person-centered and trauma-informed approaches.
• Fosters an inclusive environment and demonstrates the values of diversity, equity and belonging.
• Demonstrates a high standard of professionalism and collaborative efforts when working with law enforcement, providers and other collaterals.
• Must possess a valid NYS driver’s license and access to reliable transportation.
• Demonstrates the values of diversity, equity and belonging; foster an inclusive environment that facilitates diversity.

Pay Rate:

• $28.58 per on-call shift (which equates to $200 for one week and provides advanced compensation for telephonic crisis response)
• $100 per on-call shift on an agency observed holiday
• Mobile Crisis Response:
  • 1-90 minutes: $100
  • 91-180 minutes: $150
  • 181+ minutes: $200
• Telehealth: $50 each
• In-Person Follow Up:
  • 1-90 minutes: $50
  • 91-180 minutes: $75
  • 181+ minutes: $100

Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.