TITLE: OUTREACH COUNSELOR II DEPARTMENT: Emergency Mental Health Response Services Mobile Outreach Program – REPORTS TO: PROGRAM DIRECTOR/SUPERVISOR EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full Time CLASSIFICATION LEVEL: Exempt VACANCIES: 3 (Three) POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for providing on-site crisis intervention and assessments to individuals in crisis or emergency mental health situations, as well as providing trauma response services, and screenings for the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program. The primary goals of this program are client safety and suicide prevention, and other tasks relating to this goal are assigned as needed. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Maintain a commitment to the mission and work of Crisis Services with a deep appreciation for and sensitivity to the guiding principles of the organization. Provide short-term crisis intervention services in the community for children and adults, which include intake, outreach visits, telephone lethality monitoring, linkage, and follow-up services. Provide mental health evaluations to assess for need for involuntary transport under Section 9.45 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law; provide signature for 9.45 documents. Provide assessment to determine suicide lethality or dangerousness to others, mental status, and other behavioral, cognitive, and/or affective indicators as required. Provide Critical Incident Stress Management to individuals or groups affected by traumatic events, as well as provide appropriate follow-up and referral services, and subsequent documentation. Provide screenings for individuals referred to the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program. Complete all required charting, casework, documentation, and computer entry, on a timely basis. Maintain a working knowledge of the mental health and human service system in Erie County in order to provide appropriate referral and linkage for clients served. Attend and participate in all required training, staff meetings, and case conferences, as indicated by the Program Director or Program Supervisor. Assist in providing coverage in other agency programs in emergency situations or staff shortage situations as required by agency managers. Engage in agency or community projects or work groups that contribute to the agency and/or program mission. Maintain and increase skills in the field through trainings in the agency and/or community. Provide marketing and/or educational presentations to the community, or training to other agency staff, as assigned by Program Director or Program Supervisor.
TITLE: OUTREACH COUNSELOR II DEPARTMENT: Emergency Mental Health Response Services – Mobile Outreach Program REPORTS TO: PROGRAM DIRECTOR/SUPERVISOR EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full Time CLASSIFICATION LEVEL: Exempt VACANCIES: 3 (Three) POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for providing on-site crisis intervention and assessments to individuals in crisis or emergency mental health situations, as well as providing trauma response services, and screenings for the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program. The primary goals of this program are client safety and suicide prevention, and other tasks relating to this goal are assigned as needed. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Maintain a commitment to the mission and work of Crisis Services with a deep appreciation for and sensitivity to the guiding principles of the organization. Provide short-term crisis intervention services in the community for children and adults, which include intake, outreach visits, telephone lethality monitoring, linkage, and follow-up services. Provide mental health evaluations to assess for need for involuntary transport under Section 9.45 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law; provide signature for 9.45 documents. Provide assessment to determine suicide lethality or dangerousness to others, mental status, and other behavioral, cognitive, and/or affective indicators as required. Provide Critical Incident Stress Management to individuals or groups affected by traumatic events, as well as provide appropriate follow-up and referral services, and subsequent documentation. Provide screenings for individuals referred to the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program. Complete all required charting, casework, documentation, and computer entry, on a timely basis. Maintain a working knowledge of the mental health and human service system in Erie County in order to provide appropriate referral and linkage for clients served. Attend and participate in all required training, staff meetings, and case conferences, as indicated by the Program Director or Program Supervisor. Assist in providing coverage in other agency programs in emergency situations or staff shortage situations as required by agency managers. Engage in agency or community projects or work groups that contribute to the agency and/or program mission. Maintain and increase skills in the field through trainings in the agency and/or community. Provide marketing and/or educational presentations to the community, or training to other agency staff, as assigned by Program Director or Program Supervisor.
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