MRSS - Crisis Intervention Specialist

• Case Manager: Bachelor's degree in Social Work related field
• Valid Driver's license

• Clinician: Master's degree in Social Work or related field
• Valid driver’s License required.

• The Crisis Intervention Specialist provides in-home and community based crisis de-escalation/intervention and assessment, safety planning as well as stabilization and case management services to families and children when a child is experiencing an escalating behavioral, emotional issue.
• The length of service ranges from a minimum of 72 hours and up to 8 weeks thereafter. All service interventions and supports are determined according to the families' individualized service needs.
• The Crisis Intervention Specialist is also responsible for coordination of discharge/transition services to include referral and linkages to services and supports appropriate to the level of need of the child/family.

• Charities’ Mobile Response program, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, provides families with counseling, guidance, and referral services to address juvenile crises and to help in stabilizing and preserving the family unit. The program addresses juvenile behavioral problems, such as truancy, chronic runaways, family disputes, and curfew violations. Mobile Response services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to help children and youth who are experiencing emotional or behavioral crises. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families safe, and maintain the children in their own homes or current living situation (such as a foster home, treatment home or group home). Mobile response/crisis intervention workers respond to calls received by the program through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for services. Workers must respond to calls within one hour by traveling to wherever the crisis occurs, such as in the child’s/family’s home, in school, or other community locations. The Mobile Response program utilizes agency-owned cars that workers use to drive to the site of the crisis.

• If you are a qualified candidate, passionate about working with children and families, please submit a resume online.

• In response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities, as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves the poor and marginalized and advocates for their needs in order to promote the inherent dignity and worth of all people without regard to race, religion, or culture

• CCAN offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package for employees, with an 80/20% cost split between employers (80) and employees (20). CCAN is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin/ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or family status, and military or veteran status.
• Potential eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark