Sycamores provides a spectrum of equitable mental health services through various programs to multicultural populations of all acuities. Although it serves a variety of consumers, the Agency focuses primarily on providing care to low-income, high-needs, at-risk children, youth, families, and adults.
The Sycamores Program Director for our Mobile Crisis Outreach Program is a management-level position responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the overall program, human and financial resources associated with our County Mobile Crisis program.
Sycamores is partnering with Riverside and LA County run dispatch centers and 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide support to people experiencing a mental health crisis. The 988 hotline will provide initial phone support to all callers and triage calls to County mental health dispatch center who will assign the Sycamores Mobile Crisis Outreach Program for in person support. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program will respond out to the community to provide timely support including crisis stabilization, safety planning, assessment for danger to self/ others, and gravely disabled write 51/50 holds as needed and provide follow up support. The Director will provide support and supervision to the Mobile Crisis team and be an integral part of the Sycamores larger Mobile Crisis Outreach Program. Close partnership with the County call center, 988 call center, police, sheriff, psychiatric hospitals, and ambulance transport companies will be important in this role.This position will be involved in all areas of recruiting, hiring, and supervising employees, utilizing data, forecasting, planning, and organizing program structures and processes to ensure efficient operations and sound outcomes, and developing, monitoring, and evaluating revenue and expenses to ensure effective operations. This position will be called on to work collaboratively with other Managers as well as with Executive level staff and outside stakeholders. The Director will be available for consultation during and following crisis calls, as needed, as well as to fill in when back-up is needed in the field.
Expected hours may range from 10:30 PM to 8:30 AM and days on workload and business need.
Home Office for this position will be both Riverside and Palm Springs.
Candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.
Sycamores is an Equal Opportunity Employer & does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, & basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
Sycamores is a Fair Chance employer & complies with California Government Code Section 12952, Employment Discrimination: Conviction History.