Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

Job Description

Job Description

Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc.

NOTICE OF OPEN POSITION

Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

September 2025

For more than 50 years, Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) has served the Washington County community and the Orange County towns of Orange, Washington and Williamstown. WCMHS provides education, support, and treatment of individuals and families living with mental health challenges, substance use issues, and developmental and intellectual disabilities. Providing accessible, high-quality services in the community, schools, and health care settings, we work toward positive outcomes for wellness with collaborative, inclusive, and compassionate care. Washington County Mental Health Services is “Where Hope and Support Come Together.”

Position

Join our Mobile Crisis Response Team to provide compassionate, community-based support to adults experiencing mental health, substance use, or developmental disability-related crises. As part of a two-person mobile unit, you’ll use your clinical expertise to assess needs, de-escalate crises, and deliver tailored, trauma-informed interventions in real time.

This role involves conducting risk assessments, coaching coping skills, coordinating follow-up care, and connecting individuals to appropriate resources. You’ll collaborate closely with peer support specialists, internal teams, and external providers to ensure high-quality, person-centered care that promotes safety, recovery, and resilience. Timely documentation and collaboration with internal and external partners are essential. Your work will promote recovery, resilience, and safety across the community.

Job duties :

• Respond to mobile crisis calls from adults experiencing mental health, substance use, or developmental disability-related emergencies.
• Work alongside a peer support specialist to deliver personalized, high-quality crisis services.
• Assess individuals in community settings to determine crisis level, needs, support systems, and appropriate interventions.
• Use solution-focused strategies to help resolve crises, teach coping skills, and develop contingency plans.
• Provide clinical support and follow-up care using active listening to create response plans and connect individuals to ongoing services.
• Help individuals access internal and external resources, strengthen natural supports, and prepare for future challenges.
• Promote positive relationships with family, peers, and community supports, and participate in training, supervision, and data collection.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS :

This full-time, exempt position offers a competitive salary $54,579.20 - $56,784.00 and comprehensive benefits, including tuition reimbursement / student loan assistance; generous paid time off; employer-sponsored health, dental, life, and disability insurances; and a 403(b)-retirement plan with employer match.

TO APPLY : We encourage applicants to apply via the WCMHS website Careers page. Applications (resume and cover letter) may also be emailed to recruitment@wcmhs.org or mailed via USPS mail to WCMHS Human Resources, PO Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601. Please note that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. WCMHS strives to make our application process accessible to all. If you need language assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us at recruitment@wcmhs.org or 802-229-1399.

Washington County Mental Health Services is an equal opportunity employer. Grounded in our understanding that diversity makes us stronger, we are committed to inclusion in our workplace and services. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and consider applications for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, health care coverage status, military status, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

ICS – Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

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