Sea Mar Community Health Centers·Vancouver, British Columbia
The Crisis Intervention Specialist provides behavioral health crisis intervention services and outreach, assessment, referral, and follow-up supportive services as the primary responder. They collaborate with community partners and maintain documentation of crisis services.
Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization
The Crisis Intervention Specialist (CIS) provides behavioral health crisis intervention services to individuals who are referred to Sea Mar’s Adult Mobile Crisis Intervention (AMCI) team through the Southwest Washington Crisis line, 911 or CRESA.
A Sea Mar Mental Health Professional (MHP) will always be available to the CIS for consultation.
The CIS provides outreach, assessment, referral and follow up supportive services for these individuals as the primary responder.
The outreach services would always require a second staff for safety.
The assessment, follow up and referral activities and collaboration will occur with natural supports, community partners, service providers, housing providers and other community organizations.
This job description does not suggest or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.
This person will be required to follow other instructions and to perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Duties: and
As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self- worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered,
culturally-aware services.
As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Assists in insuring agency compliance with WAC's, RCW's, and other pertinent laws, regulations, and contracts.
Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures as directed by the Program Director.
Educates staff regarding the process for crisis behavioral health service referrals and regarding "psycho educational topics (suicide risk assessment, behavior modification, etc.) as directed by the Program Director.
Maintains documentation of crisis services in EPIC.
Clinical duties
Receives, processes and responds in person to mobile crisis referrals.
Documents nature of crisis referrals, outreaches and outcomes.
Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide adult crisis outreach services.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of risk assessment, de-escalation, safety planning and referral to more restrictive alternatives (DCR, Inpatient, 911).
Refers patients to psychiatric and other health care services as appropriate.
Maintain professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of Sea Mar, and of the federal, state, and local regulations. Has a thorough working knowledge of appropriate WAC and RCW's.
Attends AMCI daily crossover meetings and shares relevant information.
Provides suicide risk assessment and develops safety plans to address suicidal ideation or gestures. Provide other crisis stabilization and de-escalation servcies as needed.
Perform opioid overdose risk screening and appropriate follow up to include distribution of narcan.
Gathers information regarding past mental health services to be used in the individual’s treatment plan development.
Maintains an active Department of Health Credential.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and experience, certificates, licenses, registrations, and medical screening
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional evening/weekend hours may be required to fulfill the duties of this position.
Hourly - Hourly Plan, 24.81 USD Hourly
Sea Mar is an equal opportunity employer.
Please visit our website to learn more about us at www.seamar.org. You may also apply thru our Career page at this link. [http://seamar.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/sea_mar]
Market context
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