Do you want to serve firefighters with the Elbow Tree Co-Op?

Elbow Tree Co-Op serves as a resource for promoting firefighter resilience in our local community. We have become a dedicated rallying point for linking firefighters with locally vetted, firefighter informed, licensed clinicians from trusted private practices all throughout our community.
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MINIMUM STANDARD: 

• A mental health professional in good standing with their licensing authority as licensed counseling professional (LMHC, LMFT, LCSW) or Registered Intern (MFT, MHC, CSW) under current supervision of a Qualified Supervisor in the state of Florida.
• Maintain professional liability insurance policy of $1M/$3M.
• Maintain general liability insurance of $1M. 
• Comfortable being a 1099 Independent Contractor. 
• Signed subcontract and affidavit. 
• Complete training to be culturally competently to work with fire rescue and first responders. 

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  Within six months of involvement with Elbow Tree Cooperative;

• Certificate of Completion of the Florida Fire Chiefs Health and Safety Collaborative Clinician Awareness Training 
• 10 hours of documented ride time at a fire rescue department.
• Pursuing inclusion in the Redline Rescue database. 

​OPPORTUNITIES:  

• Deploy to different fire stations before and after critical incidents to provide critical incident stress debriefs and if needed, organize critical incident stress management events. 
• Assist in the development and delivery of continuing education training for peer support team.
• Work alongside peer support to identify mental health trends plaguing the department. 
• Provide culturally relevant educational opportunities to all personnel regarding pertinent behavioral health topics.
• Individual, couples, and family therapy with firefighter employees, spouses and/or children.

​To inquire about this opportunity, email our founder, Hayne Steen or call him at (904) 290-6822.