Also called: Behavioral Health Crisis Director
Runs a region's crisis system — hotlines, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization centers.
Reviews overnight call data from the 988 line, meets with police about sending counselors instead of officers to mental health calls, and works on a state grant. Gets paged when a major incident happens.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 12 years after high school. Master's in social work or counseling plus license and ~8-10 years in crisis or behavioral health.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Counseling, Public Health.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps analyze 988 call data and route calls; leading crisis teams, police partnerships and major incidents stay human.
Classes: Psychology, Government, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9151.
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