About this role
As a Mobile Crisis Response Specialist for Swope Health Services, you will be a part of a team of specialist who provide care for the people who need it most. Our Crisis Response Specialist is responsible for providing mobile mental health crisis and outreach services in the Kansas City area. Crisis Response Specialists are dedicated to resolving emergency situations by providing brief and intensive services with the goal of reducing the need for hospitalization, diverting from justice system contact, providing crisis intervention. If you have a passion for service and helping others, this is the role for you.
Successful Candidates will have:
• MSW or Master's Degree in Psychology or related field
• One year experience in the Behavioral Health field.
OR
• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or related field.
• Three year's experience in the Behavioral Health field.
• License eligible in Missouri preferred.A strong desire to provide intensive crisis intervention services to the community, be well versed in suicide and safety assessments, and be willing to strongly advocate for the best interests of the clients we serve.
• Crisis experience preferred
• Valid Driver's license required
About Swope Health
Swope Health, the Kansas City region's largest Federally Qualified Health Center, has provided comprehensive primary care, dental care and mental health services in the Greater Kansas City area for more than 56 years.
Recognized as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, our commitment to an integrated model of healthcare aligns with our mission to improve community health and wellness through accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care.
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and The Joint Commission, we served nearly 56,000 patients in 2025 at 24 locations throughout the area, including Kansas City, Belton, Independence, North Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community.
As a Swope Health Associate you will be expected to help deliver on the Swope Health Promise of “We Make Care Visible”.
You will do this by V.I.S.I.B.L.E 1. Valuing every person 2. Impacting communities 3. Serving with professionalism 4. Inspiring Innovation 5. Believing that healthcare is a basic human right 6. Leading with accountability and praise 7. Empowering Excellence