Role: Family Advocate for a Children’s Mobile Crisis Team, providing rapid, community-based support to children and families experiencing behavioral or emotional crises.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct intake and assess needs during crisis response.
- Provide emotional support, de-escalate situations, and promote immediate safety.
- Collaborate with clinicians on safety and care planning.
- Connect families to mental health, social, and educational resources.
- Advocate with schools and community agencies to remove barriers and support access to services.
- Document services and participation in care coordination.
- Educate caregivers on coping skills and individualized crisis plans.
- Deliver trauma-informed, culturally sensitive care throughout all interactions.
Qualifications & Skills: Strong crisis-intervention abilities, effective communication and advocacy, empathy, collaboration with clinical and community partners, sound documentation skills, and a commitment to culturally responsive, trauma-informed practice.