What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinician (Mobile Crisis Team) - Las Cruces, NM position at Families and Youth, Inc.?
As a cornerstone of Las Cruces and Southern New Mexico for over four decades, Families and Youth Innovation Plus has empowered countless youth and families through life-changing resources and opportunities. Our mission is to create a safer and healthier community by focusing on children and families. Join our passionate team and be part of our continuing legacy of positive change!
Clinician (Mobile Crisis Team) - Las Cruces, NM
Make a Difference in Youth & Family Services!
Families and Youth Innovation Plus is looking for a Clinician to join our Mobile Crisis Team. The Clinician will work alongside a certified peer support worker as a two-person mobile crisis team. The team will respond to dispatches for behavioral health crises in Doña Ana County, to deliver timely support at the location of the crisis. The clinician will provide immediate, on-site mental health assessment, intervention, and regulatory services to individuals experiencing psychological distress. The intention of the mobile crisis team is to provide appropriate care for the nature of the crisis, provide transportation to definitive care, if needed, and connect individuals to follow-up services.
What You'll Do
Clinician (Mobile Crisis Team) - Las Cruces, NM
Make a Difference in Youth & Family Services!
Families and Youth Innovation Plus is looking for a Clinician to join our Mobile Crisis Team. The Clinician will work alongside a certified peer support worker as a two-person mobile crisis team. The team will respond to dispatches for behavioral health crises in Doña Ana County, to deliver timely support at the location of the crisis. The clinician will provide immediate, on-site mental health assessment, intervention, and regulatory services to individuals experiencing psychological distress. The intention of the mobile crisis team is to provide appropriate care for the nature of the crisis, provide transportation to definitive care, if needed, and connect individuals to follow-up services.
What You'll Do
- Respond promptly to crisis calls and conduct on-site risk assessments
- Provide trauma-informed service, de-escalation, and crisis intervention
- Develop safety plans and coordinate appropriate level of care
- Facilitate warm hand-offs to higher level of care or ongoing care navigation
- Document all clinical interventions according to program standards
- Collaborate with emergency services, mental health facilities, and community providers
- Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or related behavioral health field
- Current professional license or license-eligible status in state of practice
- 2 years experience in crisis services, emergency psychiatry, or similar settings
- Experience conducting risk assessments and crisis intervention
- Knowledge of psychiatric conditions and crisis modalities
- Strong interpersonal and communication abilities
- Training in suicide prevention and trauma-informed care
- Familiarity with community resources and referral networks
- Experience working with both adults and youth in crisis
- Bilingual preferred
- Competitive salary
- Compensation and Benefits Compensation is commensurate with experience. Benefits include health, dental, life insurance, short term and long term disability, supplement plans
- 403(b), PTO, and 14 paid holidays
- Opportunity to make real community impact
- Willingness to work non-traditional hours, to potentially include weekends
- Strong emotional resilience and stress management skills
- Capacity to make rapid, sound, clinical judgments
- Considerable physical activity; possible heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects up to 20-30 pounds
- Ability to sit in a vehicle for extended periods of time, often up to 2 hours
