Mental Health Trainings

Community-Based Crisis Intervention

This training applies a racial equity lens to skill-building behavioral health techniques.

Participants

This training is designed for mobile outreach staff at all levels who provide crisis and community outreach to people in a mental health crisis or who are experiencing homelessness.

The training provides 9.58 designation under the Mental Hygiene Law, for qualified mental health professionals, social workers, psychologists, registered professional nurses and physicians, operating on a mobile outreach team approved by the Commissioner of Mental Health.

Social workers who complete the full training will receive continuing education units.

Location

The 14-hour training is virtual and must be taken over two consecutive days. It is offered once a month.

Registration (collapsible) • First Name • Last Name • Provider type (drop down menu) • Company • Email • Work Address • Work Address 2 • City • State • ZIP Code • Primary Phone • Other Phone

Involuntary Removal

This training covers the involuntary removal of people in need of immediate hospitalization, under certification of a director as outlined in the Mental Hygiene Law 9.37.

The course reviews the removal statute and the necessary procedures involved.

Participants

This training is for psychiatrists who work as part of a mobile crisis or other outreach team and wish to have the authority to authorize involuntary removals.

Location

This is a one-hour virtual training offered on the third Friday of every month.

Registration (collapsible) • First Name • Last Name • Provider type (drop-down) • Company • Email • Work Address • Work Address 2 • City • State • ZIP Code • Primary Phone • Other Phone

Required Documents

You must bring the following documents when you attend either training:

• Verification of Employment
• Current copy of Employment ID
• Verification Letter of Role on a Removal Team
• Name and approval by Supervisor (letter on business letterhead)
• New York State Identification

Provide proof of identification with one of the following:

• State driver’s license
• State Enhanced or REAL ID
• U.S. Passport
• Verification of New York State Department of Education Registered License • Send copy of current registration of license listed in the Office of the Professions by the State Department of Education.
• Identification Card • Complete upper portion of ID application On the day of your ID appointment, you must return your expired NYC Health Department ID to receive a new one. The ID will expire two years from the date of your renewal designation.