Opportunityalliance

Opportunityalliance

Crisis Intervention Specialist- Midcoast Region

85 Grant Street Portland, ME 04101 · Internship

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
LeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • Alliance is "Helping People Reach for a Brighter Future".
  • 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.
  • Through an extensive array of services, TOA provides opportunities for individuals to stabilize fragile situations and then works with them to achieve self-sufficiency.

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
  • Some evenings and weekends required
  • An Associate's Degree and two years of relevant experience is required.
  • Demonstrated competence with critical thinking especially as it relates to assessing information, ethical decision making, and problem solving is required.
  • Must demonstrate ability to work across differing systems, within a team framework, which encompass different rules, governing policies and leadership styles across cultural perspectives.
  • Must be able to demonstrate a belief that recovery is possible and maintain agency perspectives of recovery and treatment that is guided by the needs of the client.
  • Demonstrated computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, E-mail, and the Internet required.
  • Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background, child protective service check & sex offender check.
  • An Associate's or Bachelor's degree in education, psychology, human development, social sciences, Health/Human Services, Social Work, or Law Enforcement and two to three years of relevant experience is preferred.
  • MHRT/CSP certification or the ability to obtain MHRT/CSP certification within 30 days of employment (on-site training is provided) is required.
  • Technical literacy- electronic documentation, solid oral and written communication skills and strong organizational skills, and flexible schedule are required.
  • Flexible schedule is required.
  • Must not be on the state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
  • Normal office conditions such as sitting, with occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, typing and lifting up to 10 pounds.
  • Driving may be necessary to attend meetings and trainings and for the occasional need to meet with clients offsite and within the program service area. This may include transportation of clients or driving to agency location to complete work. A good driving record is required.

Nice to have

  • Technical literacy, knowledge of DSM-V, solid oral and written communication, strong organizational skills preferred.

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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