Crisis Response Specialist - Night

The Crisis Response Specialist is responsible for evening, weekend, and PermiaCare holiday response to mental health crisis calls from Law Enforcement, Emergency Room, and the PermiaCare Crisis Hotline. This position provides emergency services to individuals in the community by defining presenting complaints, obtaining relevant medical history, assessing needed interventions, and initiating appropriate crisis intervention services, resolving crisis situations, filing emergency detention orders, and facilitating entrance into Crisis respite facilities when appropriate. The Crisis Response Specialist is responsible for ensuring persons in crisis are treated in the least restrictive and most appropriate environment. This position develops and maintains positive working relationships with law enforcement, hospital personnel and the judiciary. The Crisis Response Specialist will be responsible for crisis coverage on a 5 days on, 5 days off rotation as set by supervisor. This position is responsible for reporting to the Crisis Response Worker (Daytime) at 8:00 am Monday through Friday to coordinate transfer of crisis situations. All other duty time may be served from the location of the worker's choice, but must remain in the County at all times while on duty. This position works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.