Child Specialist

SUMMARY

The Child Specialist provides targeted case management and mental health services within their scope of practice to clients and works with therapists as part of a therapeutic team.

• Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency:
  Foothill Family empowers children and families on their journey to achieve personal success.
• Provides mental health services for clients in Department of Mental Health (DMH) funded programs or in other programs as funded that reinforce and practice skills the client has learned in therapy with the goal of decreasing symptoms, meeting treatment goals, and improving functioning.
• Works collaboratively with therapists, psychiatrists, school personnel and parents/guardians to ensure treatment progress.
• Provides service in client homes, schools, in their community and in Agency offices.
• Reinforces positive parenting skills to increase the parents’ ability to manage the behaviors of their special needs child.
• Provides case management services to link clients to resources needed to support the achievement of their treatment goals. This includes linkage to collaborating agencies as well as any advocacy needed to ensure needs are appropriately met.
• Facilitates immediate response to a client exhibiting acute psychiatric symptoms when needed and works in collaboration with the treating therapist and/or supervisor to ensure client safety and crisis management.
• Facilitates child and parent groups within the scope of education and training. This may include psycho educational groups and evidence-based practices in which the staff have received training and have been certified.
• Assesses client's financial status and collects outcome measures. Compiles data as directed.
• Drives to clients’ home, school, community or Agency offices to provide field-based services to clients and families as assigned and based on the families’ needs and availability.
• Drives or arranges transportation for clients as appropriate and necessary to ensure that service needs are met.
• Maintains case records of own case activity and completes in a timely and comprehensive manner according to program and Agency mandates.
• Complies with client service provision, documentation requirements and rules and regulations as specified by the Agency and funding sources.
• Prepares for and participates in meetings, training sessions and other activities pertaining to program, or Foothill Family as directed.
• Prepares for supervision and can incorporate their supervisor’s input into treatment plans.
• Represents the Agency at community meetings, provides in-service training to other agencies and Foothill employees, consults with other agencies and schools, and represents the Agency at marketing events.
• Provides care or services to minors or comes into contact with minors as part of their job duties.
• Provides services relating to the administration of public funds or benefits, including eligibility for public funds or public benefits.
• Travels between Foothill Family sites for training, meetings, and other in-person interactions.
• Attends in-person meetings and events at various locations within the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas.
• Displays sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomics characteristics.
• Performs work in a safe manner at all times and ensures that other individuals do not put themselves or others at risk.
• Follows all policies, procedures and legal mandates related to HIPAA and maintenance of client files.
• Ensures performance and behaviors support the Agency’s performance quality improvement (PQI) goals and objectives.
• Reports to work on time and maintains reliable and regular attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Child Specialist:
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