Crisis Intervention Specialist - Emergency Services & ...

Crisis Intervention Specialist - Emergency Services & Crisis Care Print ( Apply ufeff Crisis Intervention Specialist - Emergency Services & Crisis Care Salary $83,009.89 - $138,349.74 Annually Location FAIRFAX (HH12), VA Job Type FT Salary W BN Job Number 26-00566 Department Community Services Board Opening Date 04/11/2026 Closing Date 4/24/2026 11:59 PM Eastern Pay Grade S28 Posting Type Open to General Public + Description + Benefits + Questions Job Announcement $10,000 Sign-On Bonus The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board is seeking a dynamic, clinically experienced individual to supervise a large multidisciplinary team in Emergency Services serving individuals with mental health and/or co-occurring disorders in psychiatric crisis. Must be passionate about working with people, knowledgeable in evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions, and exhibit creativity and flexibility when working with individuals in the community to refer to appropriate levels of care. Exciting opportunity to work with a program that provides specialized services such as assessment for temporary detention, evaluation for hospitalization, and critical stress incident management response. Must be clinically competent to work with clients of all ages, backgrounds, and diagnoses, as well as be able to provide support and direction regarding county and regional services. A recovery-based orientation is essential, along with strong leadership skills and the confidence to work with agencies both within and outside of the Fairfax County Community Services Board. Experienced conducting risk assessments, making rapid differential diagnosis, providing crisis intervention along with providing supervision. Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to: + Assesses, diagnoses, provides crisis intervention and when necessary. Hospitalizes individuals who are extremely high-risk. Attends civil commitment hearings providing expert testimony as required under 37.2-817b of the code of the Commonwealth of Virginia. + Maintains specialized knowledge and level of experience to work effectively and flexibly with individuals in life and death situations as a routine and daily part of the job. Recognizes and works with a wide variety of disabilities, including Mental Illness (MI), Substance Abuse (SA) and Dependence, and Intellectual Disabilities (ID). Keeps abreast of civil psychiatric detention and commitment law and uses its provisions effectively to effect involuntary hospitalization when a high-risk individual refuses voluntary care. + Uses a comprehensive knowledge of community resources and referral agencies to connect people in crisis with appropriate ongoing clinical treatment and with agencies that may alleviate exacerbating issues such as hunger, homelessness, medical illness, and other factors. Has a sound understanding of psychiatric disorders, psychotropic medications, and medical conditions to connect individuals with psychiatrist, when needed. + Uses highly specialized skills in hostage/barricade situations, critical incident stress management, and disasters and responds on a 24-hour basis to such situations. Acts as a subject matter expert to other teams and agencies on complex, high-risk cases. To learn more about this position see our Crisis Intervention job preview video. Here are some of the benefits CSB employees enjoy: + This position includes a signing bonus for new merit county employees in the amount of $10,000 (full-time). + In addition, to the annual environmental bonus pay of $3,600 for full-time positions (paid biweekly). + Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home u2014 including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others (. We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity. A foreign language skills stipend of up to $1560/year (full-time) may be given for qualified bi-lingual employees. + CSB provides clinical supervision for employees who are registered as licensed eligible mental health in one of the following areas: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner or Licensed Nurse Practitioner. + In addition, to recognize and reinforce the importance of professional development and enhance future recruitment of licensed professionals, if approved, the licensure supervisors will receive a stipend of $1,500 paid out biweekly over a 12-month period whether for one or more Department of Health licensure candidates. + License/Certification Reimbursement - Reimbursement for job related licenses and/or certifications once per year. + To find out more about the benefits of working with Fairfax County Government, please visit the CSB Careers Page (. 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Created: 2026-04-15