PSRB​/Competency Monitor Office​/On-site

Introduction

Do you want to utilize your skills and make a difference in your community? Are you looking to take the next step in your career? Find out more information on this great opportunity below!

River Valley Services (RVS), under the umbrella of the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a PSRB/Competency Monitor (PCN 155188). This important position will serve as part of our Forensic Unit team in Middletown.

• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday
  - Friday
• Work Hours:
  
  Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Work Shift:
  
  First shift, 8:30 a.m.
  
  - 5:00 p.m.
• Location:
  
  351 Silver St, Middletown, CT

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• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

• Coordinate comprehensive transition and discharge plans for individuals under PSRB supervision
• Collaborate with inpatient treatment teams, outpatient providers, residential programs, and community partners
• Ensure continuity of care and effective risk management during transitions
• Support individual recovery and help facilitate safe movement to community living
• Promote long‑term stability and connection to ongoing behavioral health services

The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), is a health care agency whose mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of persons with behavioral health needs through an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, effective, and efficient services and supports that foster dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency in those we serve.

River Valley Services (RVS), a community mental health center serving Middlesex County and the towns of Lyme and Old Lyme, is operated by the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). RVS’s goal is to provide the highest quality crisis intervention, case management, and residential and clinical services to adult citizens, 18 years of age and older, who suffer from serious mental disorders and who lack the financial means to secure such services in the private sector.

River Valley Services (RVS) provides comprehensive behavioral health services throughout the community, helping individuals achieve greater independence, stability, and successful integration into community living.

Please note:

A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment.

All state employees must adhere to Connecticut’s Policy for a Drug Free Workplace.

In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) or the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) this class is accountable for providing monitoring, evaluation, competency restoration and consultation services involving complex forensic cases.

• At a DMHAS facility, restoration to competency services program, or other PSRB related programs, provides evaluation and consultation services to inpatient treatment teams responsible for providing direct treatment to clients with complex psychological and social problems;
• Initiates consultation and collaboration with other DMHAS staff and mental health providers to assess current services;
• Collaborates with consulting psychiatrists in monitoring and evaluating PSRB and restoration to competency patients, their privileges, and treatment programs;
• Monitors and evaluates the ability of community programs to meet statutory mandates;
• Provides consultation and technical and/or clinical advice to community programs, facilities and/or DMHAS staff;
• Performs comprehensive clinical assessments;
• Evaluates patients for risk factors for violence;
• Develops data for statistical and planning systems and/or research and publication;
• Prepares statutorily required six-month reports, competency status reports and other clinical or special reports for the PSRB;
• Testifies before and responds to questions at PSRB hearings or at state Superior Courts;
• Compiles current clinical statistics for PSRB, court clinic or competency restoration;
• Represents program or agency during hearings or serves as a liaison with other community agencies and resources;
• May monitor and evaluate the development of individual patient treatment and/or service plans;
• May monitor compliance with PSRB orders;
• May provide in-service…