Join Our Team
What is a Community Responder?
A Community Responder
Responds to individuals in need of immediate support with difficult or crisis situations utilizing trauma-informed and person-centered practices.
Provides on-the-ground emotional support, de-escalation, conflict resolution, collaborative problem solving, and referrals for community members.
Addresses immediate concerns and identifies underlying needs.
Provides individualized support in coordinating care with other disciplines internally and externally, to link individuals with other care providers for ongoing support.
Provides relationship based case management.
Provides collaborative problem solving for ongoing or novel situations.
What experience do I need?
Our Community Responder Team
We hope our Community Responder Team will have members with a wide variety of educational, work, and lived experience. Those with with non-traditional work/educational experiences are encouraged to apply.
Required
High school degree or GED required.
One or more years of demonstrated experience in crisis or peer support practices, any equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Preferred
Knowledge and direct experience of local mental health resources, including clinical and non-clinical resources, systems of care for complex and co-occurring conditions, substance use, peer support and harm reduction, houselessness and or other services.
Bilingual English/Spanish
Class D Driver’s License
Is training provided?
We will be providing over 150 hours of training for our Community Responders
These trainings will include but are not limited to the following topics:
Emergency Medical Response
De-escalation
Collaborative Problem Solving
Racial Equity and Inclusion
Harm Reduction
Human Rights
Crisis Response
How do I apply?
Applications for the position are closed
Training for Responders began June 2023