Community Crisis Intervention Worker (CCIW) 9-8-8 Pilot Project

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:5773b550-5d82-4888-82d4-8b1b00163705

Job Summary:

The Community Crisis Intervention Worker (CCIW) provides crisis intervention, de-escalation, crisis management and follow-up services and referrals to individuals in the community who are experiencing mental health and/or substance use crisis. The CCIW will work collaboratively with community members to provide help and assistance that is adapted to diverse needs and includes diversion away from unnecessary police or medical emergency response. Successful applicants will have:

• at least three-five years of experience working in community mental health, crisis intervention, substance use specific services or experience in a related field;

• a broad understanding of all of the factors that impact an individual’s mental health and well-being including the social determinants of health, trauma, poverty and homelessness; •

a demonstrated capacity to provide crisis intervention and utilize de-escalation strategies and interventions;

• a demonstrated ability to provide suicide risk assessment and interventions using the ASIST model;

• a demonstrated ability to work with issues related to substance use and concurrent disorders within a harm reduction framework;