Crisis Specialist On-Call - Kingman

Terros Health is pleased to share an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Crisis Specialist On-Call - Kingman. Terros Health’s Crisis team provide behavioral health, prevention, education and crisis stabilization services. They serve children, adolescents, adults, senior adults and families as well as schools, neighborhoods, organizations and businesses by providing phone, walk-in and in-home crisis counseling to clients to facilitate immediate stabilization of emotions and behavior.  The individual will need to be professional, friendly, a self-starter, organized, and compassionate.     

Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment. For more than four decades, the heart of everything we do is inspiring change for life. We help people manage addiction and mental illness, provide primary medical care, restore families, support our veterans, and connect individuals to the care they need.

 If you are interested in working for one of the State's Leading Healthcare Organizations that promotes Integrity, Compassion, and Empowerment, we encourage you to apply!  

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Responsibilities:

Terros Health is now hiring for a On Call Crisis Specialist at our Kingman location.

**Competitive Compensation!**

*** New Hire Sign On Bonus of $500***

$ Bilingual Language Differential Pay Available! 

The Crisis Specialist will be asked to assess individuals in crisis situations including but not limited to: alcohol and substance use issues, psychosis, paranoia, suicidality and victims of domestic violence.  They must operate closely with Police and Fire departments and community organizations to provide the utmost care and protection for both clients and staff; and incorporate knowledge about de-escalating clients and help them discover creative solutions to their immediate problems.  They will provide written and/or verbal data as well as daily follow through with clients providing additional referrals and resources as needed.

Your duties would include but are not limited to:

• Providing phone, walk-in and in-home crisis counseling to clients in order to facilitate immediate stabilization of emotions and behavior. Focus of care will be with the seriously mentally ill, children/ adolescents and includes suicide and family
• Develop short-term crisis management plans with clients/or families when appropriate.
• Assist clients in developing a plan of action and makes appropriate referrals to other agencies and/ or long-term counseling when appropriate.

Minimum Requirements:

• GED/High school diploma with a minimum of 1.5 years of behavioral health experience, or an associate’s degree in the behavioral health field, or
• A bachelor's degree (not in the field of behavioral health) and 1 year of behavioral health experience, or
• A bachelor's degree in the behavioral health field (e.g. Psychology, Social Work, Counseling) 
• Must have or obtain a valid Arizona Driver License, be (21 years of age) with a minimum 4 years driving experience. Must meet requirements of Terros driving policy.
• Must have a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card (Level 1) or apply for an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card within 7 working days of employment.
• Must have or be able to attain CPR/First Aid certification
• Proficiency with computer-based systems including electronic health records, Microsoft Outlook, and other Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to perform physical duties associated with this role
• Access to personal vehicle to drive to the scene of mobile crisis interventions (primarily hospital settings)

Preferred:

• A Master's degree or higher in the field of behavioral health, Arizona BH licensure
• 1-3 years of Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and/or other crisis management skills