Mobile Crisis Response Clinician at WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC | Berlin, VT | Rezi

Mobile Crisis Response Clinician at WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC

Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC · Berlin, VT

2 days ago

Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC · Berlin, VT

3 days ago
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About the Role

Join our Mobile Crisis Response Team to provide compassionate, community-based support to adults experiencing mental health, substance use, or developmental disability-related crises. As part of a two-person mobile unit, you’ll use your clinical expertise to assess needs, de-escalate crises, and deliver tailored, trauma-informed interventions in real time. Your work will promote recovery, resilience, and safety across the community.

Responsibilities

  • Respond to mobile crisis calls from adults experiencing mental health, substance use, or developmental disability-related emergencies.
  • Work alongside a peer support specialist to deliver personalized, high-quality crisis services.
  • Assess individuals in community settings to determine crisis level, needs, support systems, and appropriate interventions.
  • Use solution-focused strategies to help resolve crises, teach coping skills, and develop contingency plans.
  • Provide clinical support and follow-up care using active listening to create response plans and connect individuals to ongoing services.
  • Help individuals access internal and external resources, strengthen natural supports, and prepare for future challenges.
  • Promote positive relationships with family, peers, and community supports.
  • Participate in training, supervision, and data collection.
  • Conduct risk assessments, coach coping skills, coordinate follow-up care, and connect individuals to appropriate resources.
  • Collaborate closely with peer support specialists, internal teams, and external providers to ensure high-quality, person-centered care that promotes safety, recovery, and resilience.
  • Ensure timely documentation and collaboration with internal and external partners.

Requirements

  • A valid driver’s license, comprehensive auto insurance, and access to a safe, reliable vehicle is required.
  • Ability to multi-task and feel comfortable engaging with people in frequently changing environments where the pace and intensity of someone’s needs are unclear.
  • Proven capacity to engage effectively and empathetically with others, inspire hope, and promote recovery and resiliency.
  • Proficient written and oral communication skills with the ability to accurately and professionally document work in an electronic medical records system.
  • Skilled in understanding and supporting individuals experiencing a difficult life event or crisis, while maintaining appropriate boundaries and applying trauma-informed care practices.
  • Must be able to move through office and residential spaces, alternate between sitting and standing, and use a computer for extended periods.
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds; additional physical support may be needed in care settings.
  • Must be ready to use crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques.
  • Must be prepared to respond to medical or behavioral emergencies and contact emergency services when needed.

Skills

  • Clinical expertise
  • Crisis intervention
  • De-escalation techniques
  • Trauma-informed interventions
  • Risk assessment
  • Coping skills coaching
  • Resource coordination
  • Active listening
  • Solution-focused strategies
  • Written communication
  • Oral communication
  • Electronic medical records documentation
  • Empathetic engagement
  • Promoting recovery and resiliency

Location

  • Berlin, VT 05602

Work Type

  • Mobile
  • Community-based

Education Level

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field or graduate level work in mental health or social work or a combination of education and professional experience in related work.

Salary/Compensations

  • $26.50 - $27.58 Hourly

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Generous retirement contribution matching
  • 12.5 flexible holidays per year
  • 12 paid vacation days earned in year one
  • 12 paid sick days earned in year one

About the Company

  • For more than 50 years, Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) has served the Washington County community and the Orange County towns of Orange, Washington, and Williamstown.
  • WCMHS provides education, support, and treatment to individuals and families living with mental health challenges, substance use issues, and developmental and intellectual disabilities.
  • Providing accessible, high-quality services in the community, schools, and health care settings, we work toward positive outcomes for wellness with collaborative, inclusive, and compassionate care.
  • Washington County Mental Health Services is “Where Hope and Support Come Together.”