Job Description for a Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator
A crisis intervention team coordinator is in charge of coordinating a team that works with at-need individuals and their family and friends, most often involving mental health cases. The coordinator ensures that each member of the crisis intervention team is properly trained and effectively provides intensive support to identified individuals and their family and friends in times of need. The coordinator is often employed by police departments, social service agencies and schools.
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Background
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A crisis intervention team coordinator should have a background in psychology, mental health services or prior crisis intervention team experience. A bachelors or masters degree in a related field is required.
Qualifications
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A crisis intervention team coordinator must have knowledge of mental health legislation and regulations; experience with planning, assessing and implementing care processes; knowledge of human psychology and abnormal behavior; experience answering to and working with large social service and enforcement agencies; and the ability to create and maintain community partnerships.
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Responsibilities
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The responsibilities of a crisis intervention team coordinator vary, depending on the employing organization's needs. Most often, the coordinator must ensure that a mobile crisis intervention team is trained and ready to respond immediately to a crisis call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The team leader must coordinate follow-up care service for those in need, and ensure that databases and logs are maintained for all crisis victims. In addition, she may be responsible for victim advocacy in court hearings.
Salary
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Depending on the size of the crisis intervention team and the coordinator's experience, a crisis intervention team coordinator can expect a starting salary between $60,000 and $80,000.
Job Outlook
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As the public's understanding of mental health issues grows, the demand for crisis intervention specialists will increase in accordance. More and more, public institutions like police departments and public schools are realizing that it is financially and socially beneficial to both their organizations and the communities they serve to have individuals trained and prepared to confront mental health crises. This ensures that crisis intervention is safe for both the suffering individual and the responders.
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