Crisis Support Staff (Part-Time)

Overview:

Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention by empowering a community of trained volunteers to support people in their moments of need.

Our mission is at the intersection of empathy and innovation — we promote mental well-being for people wherever they are.

Our vision is an empathetic world where nobody feels alone.

Our core values are at the heart of all we do: connect with empathy, center equity, get it done together, and reflect and evolve.

• Please Note: This position is limited only to candidates who permanently reside in Texas, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, Iowa, Utah, New Mexico, Missouri, or Florida at this time.

This is a temporary role with funding through September 30th, 2023 with the possibility of further extension in the future.

As a Crisis Support Staff, you will work closely with Crisis Counselor Supervisors to provide de-escalation to people in crisis via a text-based service. You will provide empathy and compassion while collaborating with your Crisis Counselor Supervisor on any necessary external intervention. You will provide a high quality service, when supporting our texters, while adhering to clinical policies and procedures. You will also provide quality assurance oversight into conversations between a texter and a volunteer.

This is an overnight position, working a set schedule between the hours of 10p EST to 4a EST -or- 11p EST to 5a EST, including weekends and holidays. You can expect to work 26 hours per week.

What you’ll do:

• De-escalate imminent risk conversations when users are at risk for suicide or homicide.
• Under supervision of a Manager of Clinical Supervision, provide quality assurance oversight to conversations between volunteers and users in crisis.
• Utilize quality improvement auditing methods to ensure strong delivery of our service.
• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Supervision team on users involved in medical emergencies, federal crimes in progress, or any mandatory reporting.
• Provide warmth and empathy to our users in crisis.
• Multitask by providing our service to multiple (4 to 5) users at once in order to reduce overnight wait times.

Requirements:

• Consistently exhibits effective and constructive communication
• 1+ year of crisis intervention work experience beyond volunteerism.
• Proven ability to work well under pressure while maintaining professionalism and maturity
• Understanding of quality improvement and quality assurance processes.
• Ability to work 26 non-traditional hours per week, specifically overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Salary Range: $22 per hour

Benefits:

Crisis Text Line employee benefits are thoughtfully designed using an equity lens, acknowledging that we are all unique human beings with individual life circumstances that require flexibility and support.

Benefits include:

• 15 vacation days
• Mental health (Monthly)
• Family support through a virtual childcare platform
• 3 personal days
• 20 paid holidays including:
• Federal holidays like Juneteenth and Labor Day
• Election day
• Professional Development (Annual)
• Wellness (Annual)
• Holiday break from Dec 24 through January 1
• 7 sick days
• Stipends/Allowances
• Internet Service (Monthly)
• 2 renewal days
• Flexible paid time off, including:
• Home office setup (One time/First year)
• 403B retirement plan (the nonprofit equivalent of a 401K): 3% contribution by Crisis Text Line to support building financial wellness, regardless of personal contribution
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for the staff member and family at no cost to the employee
• Student loan repayment (after 2 years of continuous full time service)
• 12 weeks paid parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
• 2 floating holidays

(Benefits only apply to full-time employees)

Crisis Text Line is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We provide reasonable accommodation to individuals who have a disability and meet the skill, experience, education, and other job-related requirements of the role to allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job.