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Job Location (Full Address):
220 Hutchison Rd, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14620
Opening:
Work Shift:
UR - Day (United States of America)
Range:
Compensation Range:
$19.72 - $26.62
The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.
Responsibilities:
GENERAL PURPOSE:
Functions as a professional member of the Rochester Community Mobile Crisis Team (RCMCT) serving complex mentally ill patients in crisis in a variety of settings across Monroe County. Functions as a member of inpatient psychiatric and CPEP units serving complex mentally ill patients in crisis within the hospital in support of a therapeutic milieu. Provides expertise with regard to community resources and agencies and ensures continuity of care via direct and indirect means of communication with persons involved in care of the patient.
Job Profile Title
Crisis Specialist
Department
The University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry is one of the largest behavioral health providers in the U.S. We offer diverse career opportunities across multiple divisions and clinical service campuses.
Division
The Acute Adult Psychiatry Division Mobile Crisis Team is a psychiatric emergency team serving anyone within Monroe County who is experiencing anxiety, distress, sadness, or emotional or behavioral difficulty that’s disrupting life. The team believes that mental health crisis services are best provided quickly and in a familiar place.
Position
We are seeking a Crisis Specialist to join our team. The Crisis Specialist functions as a professional member of the Department of Psychiatry's Monroe County Mobile Crisis Team serving complex patients in mental health crisis in a variety of settings across Monroe County. Provides expertise with regard to community resources and agencies and assures continuity of care via direct and indirect means of communication with persons involved in care of the patient.
Essential Functions
Responds patients in mental health crisis at off-site locations in homes, group homes and other settings. Interviews patients and families in concert with Crisis Therapist. Provides patients and family members emotional and tangible support, advocacy and linkage to resources. Responsible for facilitating the referral process. Confers with other community agencies, Therapists, and law enforcement agencies as necessary at the request of the Crisis Therapist.
Enhances patient efforts in receiving Medicaid and other social services. Provides support and education to families and agencies involved with the patient in psychiatric crisis. Promotes and ensures continued staff education around multicultural factors which affect care and treatment of patients. Assists in all planning regarding food, shelter or transportation for patients.
Visits patients in their community setting to assess their progress toward meeting the goals of the care plan and to monitor compliance with the treatment plan. Teaches, guides, and assists patients and family members to ensure their clear understanding of the patient's needs and expectations of the specific care plan. Makes recommendations to mental health professionals regarding treatment plans.
Carries out strategies for implementation of treatment plan by: establishing contact with various service providers and family…