About the Opportunity
Be a part of the transformative effort to expand Mobile Crisis services in support of the national suicidal crisis line : Suicide Crisis Helpline. is a 3-digit suicide distress helpline that is providing urgent, live, and trauma-informed support via phone and text 24/7. Join our established interdisciplinary mobile crisis team as we continue our commitment to driving positive change and supporting Nova Scotians in crisis.
As the Crisis Intervenor on the Provincial Crisis Team, under the direction the Health Services Manager, delivers crisis support services to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis as well as community organizations and families/friends who are supporting them.
The support includes triage of the caller, clinical assessment of the client's psychiatric or mental health status, overall health status, the current situation, and risk to self or others. Intervention to provide culturally sensitive and non-judgmental support, education and problem solving facilitation; and referral or disposition to appropriate services and resource deemed necessary. The interventions include crisis prevention, intervention, and follow-up immediately after the crisis. Interventions take place on the phone, as well as in the community.
The Crisis Intervenor would work in a multidisciplinary team providing support and consultation as needed and will participate in program development and evaluation and quality improvement on an ongoing basis. The incumbent will also be responsible for providing an integrated crisis intervention service with an interdisciplinary team including the IWK, Halifax Regional Police and EHS across the age spectrum.
Compensation and Incentives
$33.97 - $42.89 Hourly
Developmental (less than 2yrs experience) $32.32 - $39.23 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. (Permanent and Long Assignments only)