Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) Care Coordinator

Description

At Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center our vision is to empower people, foster hope,
support choice, and celebrate success.

**HILL COUNTRY MHDD CENTERS IS OFFERING A $2,000 SIGN-ON BONUS FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS

THAT ARE FULL-TIME, NEW HIRE EMPLOYEES**
 

Help us help others:

We are searching for a Mental Health Crisis Care Coordinator to join the Comal Mental Health Mobile Crisis

Outreach Team (MCOT). This position will provide crisis intervention, prevention, and postvention services to

individuals experiencing a mental/behavioral health crisis in Comal County. They will assess needs, develop

treatment plans and effectively collaborate with individuals and their family members. The MCOT Care

Coordinator will assess strengths and needs and, in collaboration with the individual, develop a person-centered

recovery plan. The Crisis Care Coordinator will provide skills training, crisis prevention/management, linkage, and

referral to support goal progress for children and families living with mental health challenges. This compassionate,

caring, and supportive team member will contribute to the skills improvement, achievements, and overall lifetime

potential success of a child and their state of wellbeing.

You will get to:

▪ Assess individual needs and collaborate with people to develop and execute effective recovery and life

management plans.

▪ Provide relevant skills training to improve daily life.

▪ Collaborate with service providers and agencies to be a liaison for effective care and positive outcomes.

▪ Collaborate with, and provide outreach to, community partners, organizations, and stakeholders.

▪ Maintain compliance with all legal requirements and company policies and procedures.

▪ Consistently meet with individuals to maintain progress as well as compliance.

▪ Work alongside law enforcement and emergency medical personnel

Requirements

You’ll definitely need:

• At least one year of experience implementing the Needs and Strengths Assessments (CANS/ANSA) or theTexas Resilience and Recovery Model for Adults or Children (TRR guidelines).

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, sociology, behavioral or human services or related degree. 

• A valid Texas State Driver’s License.

• Current automobile insurance and the ability to travel

We’ll also want you to:

▪Be available to manage crisis situations as they occur in sometimes off-scheduled hours.

▪ Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to mental health crisis situations, up to twice weekly.

Weekend rotations on Sundays.

▪ Employ excellent verbal and written communication skills to engage and report effectively.

▪ Maintain a well-organized schedule while allowing room for flexibility and adjustments.

▪ Maintain accurate and timely collaborative documentation.

▪ Sustain a calm demeanor when under pressure to meet deadlines and handle sometimes difficult

situations.

▪ Provide exemplary customer service and care to individuals with their best interest at heart.

▪ Work autonomously to complete assignments within company and state parameters with a high level of

quality.

▪ Complete and maintain both CPR certification and Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior training.

▪ Document, maintain, analyze, and report data using Google Docs, Excel, Microsoft TEAMS

We’re excited to provide:

• PPO health insurance plan with option to add dependents.
• PPO dental plan and vision insurance options for healthy teeth and eyes.
• Employer paid life insurance.
• 401(a) plan, employer matches your contributions dollar for dollar up to 8% of your salary. You are 100% vested after 3 years of service.
• 457/403(b) plan, employees are immediately eligible to contribute pre-tax earnings.
• Generous paid time off for fun and vacations and paid sick time for when you’re under the weather.
• Authentic and caring environment where folks care about each other and want to do good in the world.

We can pay you:

$22.78 - $27.16 per hour and benefits plus good karma for doing good in the world.