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Response Worker- Overnight
Agency:
Legacy Treatment Services
Program:
Children’s Mobile Response – Burlington County
Position:
Response Worker
Location:
Hainesport, New Jersey
Contact:
Ashley Lucas-Vera, at ALucas-Vera@legacytreatment.org
Link to apply:
Duties:
The Response Worker intervenes in crisis situations through mobile outreach response. Interviews clients, performs assessment and crisis interventions, creates individual crisis plans, and provides case management by making linkage and referrals. Reaches out to post-intervention clients to perform follow-up. Responds to crisis outreach immediately and is on-site of the crisis within one hour of receiving crisis outreach call. On-call as needed (some weekends included on rotation). Answers 24-hour hotline, as scheduled. Updates Consumer logs on a daily basis. Works in a team approach. Updates the CSA with clinical information. Works with Lead Response worker with additional duties such as attending training, conducting informational sessions for outside agencies, and other duties as needed.
Legacy operates the State-designated Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization program for Burlington County. The program provides crisis intervention to families with a child or youth exhibiting emotional or behavioral disturbances that threaten to disrupt their current living arrangements. Trained response workers diffuse crises at the site of the crisis for up to 72 hours. They work with the family to develop an individualized crisis plan and coordinate in-home follow-up intervention services for up to eight weeks.
Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Full-time benefits include:
3.2 weeks of PTO in the first year
Health insurance, vision, dental & life insurance benefits
9 Agency-paid holidays
Training opportunities are provided throughout the year
Retention bonus offered bi-annually, $1,500 for full-time staff
Sign-on bonuses of $500 after 30 days; $500 after 90 days
Education/Experience:
Master’s Degree in a related field or Bachelor’s Degree in a behavioral health or related human services field such as social work, counseling, or psychology, and have a minimum of one year of related experience.
Hours
The position is full-time, overnights; some weekend hours are required.
Legacy Treatment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Additional Info
Job Type : Full-Time
Education Level : Masters
Experience Level : Mid to Senior Level
Job Function : Administrative