Starting

Salary

:

$20.50

hourly;

$42,636

annually

FLSA

:

Non-

Exempt

Overview

Job

Code:

CITSPEC

-

113

Revision

Date:

June

29,

2023

We

are

an

agency

committed

to

innovative

behavioral

health

services

in

trauma-informed

care

that

promote healing and recovery to instill a sense of empowerment and foster a lifelong sense of resilience.

General

Description

The

position

of

CIT

Specialist

is

a

Crisis

Intervention

Team

assignment

where

you

will

be

partnered

with

a

police officer assigned from the El Paso Police Department, a Deputy with the El Paso County Sheriffs Office, or an officer with the Socorro Police Department that will respond to mental health crisis calls throughout the community and will offer crisis intervention, stabilization, and assessment services while in the field.

This unit is

operational

24

hours

a

day,

7

days

a

week,

365

days

a

year.

Work

involves

developing

short-term contact

with clients, client families, and service providers for medical, social, educational, and related service needs.

This

class

works

independently,

under

limited

supervision,

reporting

major

activities

through

periodic

meetings.

Duties

and

Responsibilities

The

functions

listed

below

are

those

that

represent

the

majority

of

the

time

spent

working

in

this

position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

Staffs all screenings with Administrator on Duty, the clinician, and or Practitioner on call to provide the most appropriate

disposition based on the client's individual needs, using least restrictive environment to stabilize the individual.

Respond to mental health