Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
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The Power to Change Someone’s Life Starts With You
Call (414) 257-7222 now if you believe you or a loved one is experiencing a crisis.
Milwaukee County residents experiencing behavioral health crises deserve trained professionals to serve them during their most vulnerable moments. Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services is hiring Mobile Clinicians to join our team. This licensed clinician provides comprehensive assessment, de-escalation, stabilization and linkage to resources for individuals experiencing a mental health or co-occurring mental health, substance use crisis. Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services has career opportunities on Milwaukee Mobile Crisis (MKE Mobile Crisis) and Crisis Assessment Response Team (CART).
The Mobile Crisis Team wearing masks and working with a patient in a waiting room.
The Milwaukee Mobile Crisis team supports callers on the Milwaukee County Crisis Line and provides mental health crisis responses and intervention to individuals of all ages in the community. The team also provides mental health assessments, assistance with stabilization and connections to ongoing resources. Milwaukee Mobile Crisis is a multidisciplinary team composed of therapists, social workers and nurses. This non-police mobile response provides services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Interested in joining the team as a Mobile Crisis Clinician? Milwaukee Mobile Crisis is accepting applications and looking for individuals with a bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling or a closely related field with appropriate valid state licensure. Supervised on-site hours are offered for those pursuing full licensure.
The Crisis Assessment Response Team wearing masks and working with a patient in a waiting room.
The Crisis Assessment Response Team (CART) clinician will work in partnership with law enforcement for co-response to mental health emergency calls. CART responds to 911 dispatch and requests from other police officers or mobile clinicians for mental health emergencies. The focus of the services CART provides is to assist individuals to stabilize in the community, link them to appropriate resources and divert from detention or arrest. CART currently operates in collaboration with the Milwaukee Police Department, West Allis Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
Milwaukee County offers a wide variety of jobs for people who want to make a difference in our community. Milwaukee County provides a competitive benefit package and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Join our team and discover the rewarding and fulfilling career that both supports your community and gets you great benefits. We are redefining the way you think about Milwaukee County!
BHS employees have access to perks*
*Restrictions apply. Talk to our Mobile Crisis Management Team for more details.
If this is your first time applying to Milwaukee County, you will need to create an account in order to submit your application. You will receive a response on your application status within seven to 10 business days. If you have any questions regarding your application, contact the Milwaukee County Human Resources Department at 414-278-4143 or [email protected].
See what a day in your life would be like if you joined our Crisis Assessment Response Team.
Milwaukee Mobile Crisis Clinician
CART Clinician