Opportunityalliance

Opportunityalliance

Crisis Intervention Specialist

Portland, ME · Part-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
Leadership

About the role

  • Alliance (TOA) is hiring full-time Crisis Intervention Specialists to join our Mobile Crisis Response & Outreach Program!
  • The Crisis Intervention Specialist is a professional social work position for Cumberland County Crisis Response program (CCCR).
  • This position provides direct service and immediate intervention as identified and appropriate to the provision of crisis intervention and stabilization services; both in the field and through the Crisis Telephone Response system.

Responsibilities

  • Engage, de-escalate, assess needs, and develop collaborative action steps
  • The person in this position attends staff meetings as needed to ensure continuity of care, participates in other meetings as needed, establishes and maintains positive work relationships, engages fully as a member of the team, proactively demonstrates constructive conflict resolution skills and employs helpful self-care tools that recognize and safely attend to issues of secondary traumatization.
  • Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities.
  • We provide advocacy, leadership, and support to identify the goals and address the needs of individuals, families, and communities.
  • Mission: The Opportunity Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities.

Requirements

  • Associate degree or higher
  • Proficiency with technology
  • Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background check
  • Driver's license and a vehicle - A good driving record is required.
  • Some evenings and weekends required
  • A good driving record is required.

Compensation

  • Alliance (TOA) is a dynamic, results-focused Community Action Agency providing approximately 50 integrated community-based and clinical programs serving more than 20,000 people annually throughout the state of Maine.

Benefits

  • Our benefits include but are not limited to:
  • Generous paid time off accrual
  • Excellent medical benefits at very reasonable cost
  • Dental and Vision insurance options
  • Agency paid basic life insurance and STD & LTD disability insurances
  • 403(b) retirement with a generous agency match (all employees are eligible)
  • Tuition Reimbursement - offered once per year through an
  • To learn more about our benefits please visit, https://www.opportunityalliance.org/explore-our-benefits
  • Respond to and support adults, children, and families in mental health crises

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