Crisis Intervention Team/Critical Incident Coordinator (CIT)

• Coordinates and organizes the semi-annual Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trainings to include the following:
  • Schedules training dates and training location
  • Coordinates community on-site visits, including mental health providers, individual/family meetings, etc.
  • Schedules presenters,
  • Updates, maintains and distributes training materials for each participant,
  • Coordinates registration of training with law enforcement, first responders and criminal justice agencies, and other related agencies
  • Maintains financial records and grant related paperwork
  • Develops evaluation sheets for training participants and provide feedback to the Steering Committee on participant evaluations
• Develops, schedules and coordinates CIT refresher courses.
• Coordinates the Centre County CIT Steering Committee.
• Coordinates and maintains data on CIT incident calls and presents data to Steering Committee for review.
• Develops other CIT related training curricula in conjunction with the CIT Steering Committee.
• Attends bimonthly Criminal Justice Advisory Board (CJAB) Meetings to provide updates on CIT.
• Attends mental health provider meetings and trainings as requested.
• Attends law enforcement meetings and trainings as requested by law enforcement.
• Attends special committee meetings, trainings, and events as requested by committees.
• Promotes CIT with local law enforcement agencies, criminal justice agencies, local mental health agencies, human service agencies, and NAMI and consumer groups.
• Collaborates with statewide CIT programs to ensure best practices.
• Attends statewide CIT meetings and any statewide or nationwide training as necessary.
• Explores additional grant funding opportunities for CIT Training.
• Acts as Centre County Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Coordinator
  • Develops policy and procedures supporting county staff in response to a critical incident.
  • Develops peer team members for CISMevents
  • Coordinates necessary service and/or peer response following critical incident.
  • Works with County departments to identify needs based on critical incidents.
• Creates mental health wellness plans for designated county departments.
• Provides relevant trainings to county staff to include de-escalation, Mental Health First Aid and other related trainings.

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