Mobile Crisis Teaming
8:30am - 12:30pm
Course Description
Mobile Crisis Response Teams are an essential element of an integrated crisis system and designed to engage individuals in the community rather than at an emergency department. By providing community-based response and intervention, mobile crisis teams afford individuals the opportunity to receive behavioral health stabilization and assessment in a preferred and familiar environment. This 4-hour virtual training provides learners with a comprehensive overview of mobile crisis response team services including the functions of teams, safety of teams, roles of staff, techniques, and more.
About Your Trainer
Liz Bartz, MS
Elizabeth (Liz) Bartz, MS (she/her/hers) holds a Master of Science degree in Community Mental Health Counseling, with an emphasis on children with emotional and behavioral disturbances and their families, as well as a substance use disorders specialty to compliment the counseling major. Liz has a diverse array of experience serving folks as a human service professional in various roles and through teaching in higher education.
Her professional experience began at a domestic abuse and sexual assault support center; moving on to working with youth in a residential treatment facility; and to county-based case management for children receiving services through the autism waiver program and the state children’s waiver for a county community programs department. Liz then transitioned to a role within community mental health services, providing crisis intervention services (on call crisis, mobile crisis, court monitoring court ordered civil commitments), completing initial assessments, functional screens and referrals to mental health and substance use treatment, case management and waiver programs, certifying and renewing adult family homes, and serving on the safety committee, organizing and providing training opportunities within the agency and the community.
While continuing to work within the county system, Liz also began teaching general studies psychology courses part-time at local community colleges. In the fall of 2017, Liz began working with UW-Green Bay’s Behavioral Health Training Partnership, primarily training the three Crisis Core trainings and facilitating special skills and topics trainings.
Liz is passionate about serving you by sharing knowledge and her professional experience; while learning from each of you and facilitating a human services professional network of peers.