Mental Health Promoter​/Temporary

MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTER (Official

Title:

Community Health Worker)

EXAM NUMBER
: B8103Y

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT
: OPEN COMPETITIVE

JOB TYPE
: TEMPORARY

FILING DATES
: AUGUST 19, 2021 AT 8:00 AM

This announcement is a reposting to add special requirements. This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and may be closed without prior notice.

Assists professional staff in providing direct health, mental health, or social services to clients and patients.

• Provide services in the community they reside to bring cultural and linguistically appropriate education and information to their communities through workshops, group discussions, support groups, advocacy, peer support, outreach and linkages to resources.
• Reduce stigma by engaging in dialogue with community members to normalize the experience of individuals living with mental health conditions and serve as role models to battle community biases.
• Assess needs of individuals, families, and communities; utilize training and shared lived experiences to recognize risk factors and protective factors. Communicate to immediate supervisor when situations of abuse or neglect are observed or suspected in vulnerable populations such as children, disabled persons, and senior citizens.
• Advocate for the underserved, marginalized, and vulnerable populations within the mental health system and community at large.
• Assist community members in understanding and securing available resources, and/or completing applications for health screenings, housing, temporary shelter, benefits application, and other social services. Translate health information material and applications to benefits as needed. Follow up with the individuals they serve to ensure that linkage to mental health and wellness services has been successful.
• Attend community meetings to maintain, improve, and develop community partnerships (e.g. School Based Meetings, Clergy Breakfast, Health Neighborhood, Regional Center). Be knowledgeable about updated resources and community events. Communicate and share ideas from community voices to inform program. Provide outreach services to improve the community understanding of mental health and social systems. Outreach settings may include online, street, participant’s home, religious settings, health fairs, hospitals, senior centers, shelters, community recreational sites and other formal and informal settings.
• Document monthly activities including location of presentations, type of settings, and basic demographic data of participants. Maintain a binder of updated community resources and program policies. Collect assessment and outcome data as required by the program. Participate in community needs assessment and outcomes evaluation to support program involvement.
• Participate in ongoing professional development, program trainings, and meetings.

Option I: Six months of full-time experience
* working with the public or with community groups performing duties such as interviewing community members, clients or patients concerning health or social service matters, answering questions, and providing information about health, mental health, and social services to clients or patients.

Option II: Six months of experience at the level of Mental Health Advocate**. Work performed part-time in the specified capacities will be prorated on a month-for-month basis.

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical Class II - Light:
Light physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit, and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable walking may be involved.

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED.

* PAID OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED.

** Mental Health Advocate in the County of Los Angeles is defined as providing a variety of peer support, advocacy, and other recovery services to clients transitioning to community living.

*** Popular Education Model is defined as characterized by participatory activities and learning methods that value participants’ life experiences and help develop their critical consciousness. This approach attempts to inspire people to look at their world from new perspectives, empower people to think for themselves, and enable them to create change. Critical consciousness fosters an in-depth understanding of the world and encourages collective action against oppressive elements in a struggle for human dignity and liberation.

Examples of paid or volunteer work in the community:

• School volunteer
• Parent Advocate
• Any help at your church such as helping with any groups, ministries, food banks
• Helping at senior centers
• Helping support local community events, resource fairs, health fairs
• Helping at vaccination clinics
• Helping the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ) community
• Helping individuals with…