Crisis Response Specialist
Burlington County, NJFull-time$20–23/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Crisis Response Specialists evaluate consumers in crisis and determine whether additional psychological, psychiatric, or clinical services are needed, activating an on-call Master’s Level Clinician when appropriate. The 988 Program provides 24/7 mobile community outreach to adults experiencing mental health, substance use, or suicidal emergencies. Staff work in pairs to assess risk, plan for safety, connect consumers with services, and provide follow-up care, aiming to de-escalate crises without law enforcement unless safety requires it.
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Full job description
Salary Range $20.00 - $23.00 Hourly
Level Entry
Position Type Full Time
Education Level 4 Year Degree
Description
Crisis Response Specialists will be responsible for evaluating consumers and deciding if additional psychological, psychiatric, or clinical services are needed. If this is the case, the Crisis Response Specialist will be responsible for activating the on-call Master’s Level Clinician for additional support. Crisis Response Specialists must be able to demonstrate competency in culturally appropriate care, trauma informed care, de-escalation techniques, suicide assessment, and safety planning prior to rendering services independently.
The 988 Program provides 24/7 mobile community outreach services to adults in crisis, including mental health, substance use, and suicidal emergencies. Staff dispatch to crises in teams of two, with a Crisis Response Specialist and a Peer Support Specialist, to provide assessment, risk assessment, safety planning, linkage to services, and follow-up care. The Program aims to provide crisis de-escalation without use of law enforcement unless necessary for consumer or team safety.
Hours:
Full time; 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m - 11:00 p.m.
This position has the following benefits:
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$1,250 retention bonus every six months
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3.2 weeks of Paid Time Off during the first year
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Medical, vision, dental and life insurance
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403(b) employee participation and employer match
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9 Agency-paid holidays
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Training opportunities provided throughout the year
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Tuition Reimbursement after 1 year of employment
Qualifications
Education/Experience:
Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in a mental health related field from an accredited institution plus two years post Bachelor's professional experience. Crisis Response Specialists may also possess a Bachelor’s Degree in any field from an accredited institution but will need three years’ post Bachelor’s professional experience in a mental health field.
Your driver's license must be in good standing, with no recent suspensions or violations of careless/reckless driving or excessive speeding of more than 20 MPH, and no more than 2 moving violations within the last 3 years.
Legacy Treatment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,865 open Behavioral Health jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20–23/hr
- New Jersey median$23–27/hr48 hourly ranges
- US median$24–32/hr777 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $21.50/hr, is 13% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Behavioral Health hourly ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Behavioral Health jobs in New Jersey and 1,865 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Behavioral Health postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (1,036 postings).
- Education
- 692 of the 1,865 open Behavioral Health jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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