Community Based Mobile Crisis Worker - Associate 1 & 2
Company: Lincoln
Location: Newport
Posted on: September 16, 2023
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Job Description:
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Salary $20.96 - $32.87 Hourly Location Lincoln County, OR Job Type
Full-Time Job Number 23-32 (663, 664, 665 Department Health and
Human Services Division BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Opening Date 04/21/2023
Closing Date Continuous + Description + Benefits Position Summary
Compensation is dependent on education, experience and internal pay
equity in accordance with Oregon's Pay Equity Act. Community-Based
Mobile Crisis Worker Associate 1 Hourly Rate: $20.96 - $28.18
Community-Based Mobile Crisis Worker Associate 2 Hourly Rate:
$24.45 - $32.87 Your job in the department is to . . . Assist in
the performance of de-escalating a crisis event. Help to develop a
plan for community services and referrals. Your job also involves .
. . Assisting in the performance of the crisis assessment,
development of a safety plan for persons who are ready to
transition to a lower level of care and performing follow up
contacts following an acute care crisis. Essential Functions/Major
Responsibilities Crisis De-Escalation, Crisis Assessment, Safety
Planning: + Respond in person to any individual experiencing a
behavioral health crisis in community-based settings. + Work with
the individual in crisis and their family or support network to
address and de-escalate the current crisis. + Help identify
additional services and support to meet the needs of the individual
in crisis and actively connect the individual directly to services
and supports whenever possible. + Perform follow up contacts with
individuals and families after the initial contact. + Accompany
individuals as an advocate, role model, and demonstrating living
skills when they are needing to connect to services and supports in
the community. Documentation/Reporting: + Complete Clinical
Documentation of Assessment, Interventions, follow up services and
safety planning. + Assist in the collection of Key Performance
Indicators. Education: + Provide mobile crisis program and crisis
skills training education to community partners when requested, or
as needed. + Participate in required training to maintain
competencies in mobile crisis response. Typical Qualifications
Minimum Education Level Associate 1: High School Diploma/ GED
Associate 2: Bachelors Specifics: In behavioral science field.
Minimum Experience Level Associate 1: Two- Three years Specifics:
Three years in a human services or related field. Associate 2: None
Specifics: Must meet minimum qualifications for a certification as
a Qualified Mental Health Associate per MHACBO. Substitution Note:
Experience can be used in lieu of minimum education requirements.
Will accept an Associates degree with 2 years of experience in
behavioral health field or a high school diploma/GED and 5 years of
experience in behavioral health field. Will consider experience in
highly acute situations, such as emergency medical response,
firefighting, disaster response, law enforcement, security, or
related field. Certifications Certification(s) required. Specifics:
Currently hold or able to obtain within six months of hire: QMHA
certification through MHACBO. See the MHACBO site for current
certification requirements. Drivers License Oregon Driver's License
required. Specifics: Must obtain within 30 days of hire. Desirable
Qualifications: Bilingual and/or bicultural competencies for the
Latino population are preferred. Knowledge of: + Basic knowledge of
Mental Health symptoms and diagnoses. + De-escalation techniques. +
Basic Motivational Interviewing. + Basic knowledge and
understanding of community services and how to access them. +
Privacy, Confidentiality, dual relationships, and ethics in
healthcare. Skill or ability to: + Document clinical activities in
the electronic health record (EHR) both effectively and
efficiently. + Integrate an understanding of diversity, equity, and
inclusion in the interactions with others, both inside and outside
of the organization. + Practice self-care, stress management
techniques, and understand professional boundaries to assure
ability to effectively work in acute settings. + Be organized, know
how to triage, be able to communicate intent when there may be
multiple requests for your assistance at one time. + Convey
information, ideas, and facts both orally and in writing to
supervisors, colleagues, and individuals, inside and outside the
county, using language and a format the audience will best
understand. + Utilize computers and other technology to communicate
in written and verbal forms (e.g., word processing, texts, emails,
spreadsheets, department-specific software). + Effectively relate
well with others, including supervisors, colleagues, and
individuals inside and outside the county. Exhibit a professional
manner in dealing with others and working to maintain constructive
working relationships. + Take personal responsibility for the
quality and timeliness of work. Show up to work on time, and
follows instructions, policies, and procedures. Meet productivity
standards, deadlines, and work schedules. Job Conditions and
Physical Demands WORKING CONDITIONS Job Conditions: Work with other
professionals in performing these duties. Primarily respond to
requests for assistance in the community (i.e., peoples homes, at
storefronts, at the library, at emergency shelters...wherever the
person in crisis is located) as long as it is safe to do so. May be
required to transport and provide side by side support to
individuals in a county owned vehicle to help connect them with
needed resources. Work Location: Lincoln County Travel: Travel
throughout the County is required; travel outside of the County may
be required for education, networking, training. PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands are typical of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical
capability to handle high mobility demands and complex personal
interactions. + Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to
exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically
involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and
crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing
and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20
pounds). + Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual
perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral
communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive
and discriminate sounds. + Environmental Factors: Tasks are
regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental
conditions, such as dirt, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain,
fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations,
electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife,
toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic
substances. Tasks are sometimes performed with exposure to
violence, disease, or pathogenic substances. REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATIONS Lincoln County is committed to providing reasonable
accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA). This job description indicates, in general, the nature and
levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and essential
functions expected of the position. Reasonable accommodations may
be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to
perform essential functions. Lincoln County offers a comprehensive
benefit package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well
as medical, dental, vision which is paid at 90% by the County and
10% by the employee. Other fully paid benefits include life,
AD&D, long-term disability insurance. Other optional insurances
are available. A 401K retirement plan is also provided. The
County's current contribution rate is 11%. Regular and Trial
Service employees working between 20 - 39 hours per week on a
regular basis are eligible for pro-rated employee benefits. Agency
Lincoln County Address 210 SW Second St. Newport, Oregon, 97365
Phone 541-265-4157 541-265-0375 Website
http://www.co.lincoln.or.us
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