Amanda Young Leads Region VI Mobile Crisis Committee

Amanda Young, LCSW, PCS Mobile Crisis Director and Clinical Supervisor, was recently selected by her peers to chair the Region VI Mobile Crisis Committee. The Committee comprises various crisis providers from the area contracted with the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

The Committee meets once per quarter at the request of TDMHSAS and TennCare as a platform for networking, troubleshooting, and best practice guidelines in best serving community members in mobile crisis.

Mobile crisis services are non-hospital, community-based services offered twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, three hundred sixty-five days per year for a behavioral health illness, a crisis, or a perception of a crisis situation. Services are available to individuals physically present in the provider's service area during the behavioral health crisis. Region VI crisis providers cover all West Tennessee, excluding Shelby County.

PCS CEO/ Executive Director Jimmie Jackson said in a statement, "It is a high honor not only for the individual but also for PCS anytime one of our workforce members is recognized by their peers and asked to serve in a leadership role. Amanda joined our team in 2015, and in that time, she has served in a number of roles, including leadership positions for PCS. She started as a therapist, was promoted to Somerville Site Director, and now serves dual roles as Director of Mobile Crisis Services for PCS and Clinical Supervisor. We are excited to see Amanda have this opportunity and know she will do an excellent job".