If you're an experienced crisis clinician who enjoys working independently, thinking on your feet, and collaborating across disciplines, this position offers a unique opportunity to make an immediate impact. As a CAPS/CUPD Co-Responder, you'll provide real-time mental health intervention in the community while helping connect individuals to the least restrictive, most appropriate care. The CAPS/CUPD Co-Responder program provides direct mental health and crisis related services to support the health and safety of the CU-Boulder community, its affiliates, and local community members. The Co-Responder team will be employees of Counseling and Psychiatric Services, embedded in the University of Colorado – Boulder Police Department (CUPD).

The Co-Responder clinician will be paired with CUPD officers responding to mental health calls (both in person and via telehealth) to provide in-the-moment crisis assessments, disposition planning, and follow-up care coordination. This position may also be deployed with CUPD officers as part of a mutual aid request from other area law enforcement agencies for mental health-related crises. The majority of this work will take place in the field, outside of a traditional office. The co-responder team, in partnership with CUPD, primarily operates using a primary response model. Co-responder clinicians typically spend the first portion of their shift completing follow-up care coordination, documentation, consultation, and other administrative responsibilities before joining a CUPD officer for the second half of the shift to respond to mental health-related calls and provide field-based crisis intervention. On occasion, the co-responder clinician may be asked to transport themselves to join the officer on scene. A University vehicle may be available to the co-responder clinician in these situations.

CU Boulder CAPS is a training clinic, and as such, this position may have the opportunity to provide formal or informal supervision to staff in training including Post-Master's Social Work Fellows; Psychology Interns, Psychology Practicum Students and/or Psychology Post-Doc Fellows.

This position works collaboratively with CAPS, CUPD, campus departments, and community partners to support coordinated, multidisciplinary responses to behavioral health concerns. The Co-Responder approaches assessment, intervention, referral, and consultation through a culturally responsive, trauma-informed lens that considers the unique experiences, identities, and systemic factors affecting those served

The website for the posting is located at:  https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=74257