Behavioral Health Co-Responder

Behavioral Health Co-Responder

Description

Summary of Program:

The City of Aurora believes in providing the right resources at the right time to citizens in need, especially for those in crisis. The City of Aurora and the Aurora Police Department partner with UCHealth and Falck Rocky Mountain to provide three different crisis intervention programs to ensure that Aurora citizens have access to the most appropriate resource regardless of their situation. The civilian-led Aurora Mobile Response Team (AMRT), the Aurora Police Department's Crisis Response Team (CRT), and the Targeted Violence Prevention (TVP) program operate to provide a continuum of care through direct intervention, individualized crisis case management and resource referrals.

Summary of Role:

CRT is a crisis intervention team that pairs mental health trained (CIT trained) law enforcement officers with mental health professionals and is housed in the Aurora Police Department's Special Operations Bureau. CRT units respond to patrol calls for service and prioritize calls for service where the primary concern is behavioral health.

This position will be assigned a patrol officer to ride in the patrol car with for 40 hours a week. CRT clinicians are expected to respond to 9-1-1 calls for service with their officer counterpart and provide behavioral health screenings, crisis intervention care, emergency mental health hold evaluations/ commitments, and care planning as necessary.

Aurora CRT Co-Responder

Work Schedule: Full Time

(4) 10 hour shifts

12p-10p Monday-Thursday

Work Schedule: Full Time Evenings

Responsibilities:
Interviews and assesses patients and/or patient's family, caregivers, and/or legal representatives.

Determines, provides and/or arranges for needed internal and external services/interventions. Participates and/or arranges case reviews/care conferences to evaluate progress. Consults with healthcare team members to promote, monitor and evaluate compliance with patient's treatment plan.

Responds in the field as a co-responder with local law enforcement to patients in active crisis. Identifies appropriate resources including transportation, housing, healthcare, and social/spiritual services, and provides referrals as part of the field response.

Utilizes appropriate teaching methods and/or referrals to ensure patient/family educational needs are met. Participates and/or trains new staff, students and interns as assigned.

Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.

Requirements:

• Minimum required education: Master's degree in Social Service or Behavioral Health related field.
• Required Licensure/Certification: State licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPC-C) or a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate (MFT-C) or Licensed Addiction Counselor (ACD), Social Work Candidate (SWC) or State licensure as Licensed Social Worker (LSW).
• Minimum experience: None Required. Preferred: 2 years of relevant experience.

The pay range for this position is: $29.54 - $44.31 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

UCHealth offers a Five Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of five years' employment.

UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package:

• Full medical, dental and vision coverage
• Retirement plans to include 403(b) matching
• Paid time off. Start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance with additional buy-up coverage options
• Tuition and continuing education reimbursement
• Wellness benefits
• 5 year incentive bonus
• Full suite of voluntary benefits such as identity theft protection and pet insurance
• Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may also qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year

Loan Repayment:
UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program!
UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.

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