Cohort Coaching – Crisis Now: Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams

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Overview:

Jamie Sellar MA, LPC will discuss elements of SAMSHA’s National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care (2020) in relation to Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams. He will review what it takes to have full fidelity to this model. Having helped write the Guidelines, Jamie can illuminate the history of the model and the reasoning behind the recommendations. Following a brief presentation, he will lead session attendees in a collaborative discussion about factors related to implementing the Guidelines at the local county level across California.

Complete Series Topics

• SAMHSA Guidelines
  February 3, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• Staffing Models in SAMHSA’s Guidelines
  February 10, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• Key Performance Indicators in Mobile Teams
  February 17, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• Essentials of Training Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams
  February 24, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• Role of Lived Experience in Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams
  March 3, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• The Crisis Intervention Timeline with Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams
  March 10, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• Policy and Procedure Development in Relation to Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams
  March 17, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT
• Law Enforcement Coordination in Relation to Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams
  March 24, 2022 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PT

Meet the Presenter

Jamie Sellar, MA, LPC, is a behavioral health executive with 25 years of successful experience running crisis programs in multiple states. These programs have included inpatient, sub-acute, residential, mobile crisis outreach teams, hospital rapid response, and mental health urgent care centers. Currently, Jamie specializes in crisis system development and operational management. In his current role as Chief Strategy Officer at RI International, he consults both nationally and internationally on topics such as crisis system optimization, peer use in the workforce, and program design. Jamie has a long history of training professionals and paraprofessionals on practical client engagement strategies. A licensed clinician, Jamie strongly believes that the rapport between caregivers and those in need is a primary driver of success in crisis work.