Also called: Crisis Clinician, Mobile Crisis Team Clinician
A mental health professional who responds to 911 calls with or instead of police.
Co-responders ride with officers or on their own crisis teams to calls involving suicide threats, psychosis, or homelessness, de-escalating and connecting people to care instead of jail. Programs like Denver's STAR have spread nationwide.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in social work or counseling plus clinical license.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Psychology, Counseling.
Growing faster than average. Approximate; programs growing.
Low risk for 10 years. AI handles notes and referrals; de-escalating a person in crisis on scene stays human.
Classes: AP Psychology, Sociology, Health, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1014.
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