Response Worker Job Details Job Location Mobile Response - Hainesport, NJ Position Type Full Time Education Level 4 Year Degree 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. Answers 24-hour hotline, as scheduled. Works in a team approach. The individual demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the consumer population served. He or she must be able to assess and interpret data about the consumer’s status in order to identify each consumer’s needs and provide the appropriate care, including age-related care, needed by the consumer group. 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 first year + Health insurance, vision, dental & life insurance benefits + 403(b) employee participation and employer match + 9 Agency-paid holidays + Training opportunities provided throughout the year + Retention bonus offered biannually, $1,500 for full time staff + Sign on bonuses of $500 after 30 days; $500 after 90 days + Scheduled flexibility Hours Position is full time; various shifts available; some weekend and evening hours are required. Education/Experience: Master’s Degree in social service field or Bachelor’s degree in a social services field plus one year of experience of field work with children. Ability to become certified in the Crisis Assessment Tool within six months of hire. Legacy Treatment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LTS456