Rehabilitation Specialist

Description

The Rehabilitation Specialist ensures child/youth voice is heard during the Child & Family Team (CFT) meeting; ensures the needs of the child/youth are addressed in the development of Family Plans and service delivery; and helps child/youth accomplish goals consistent with Integrated Core Practice Model.

Provides services to children, youth and families in their home, school, or other field location.

Acquires, maintains, and demonstrates knowledge of Continuum of Care, Integrated Core Practice Model, and trauma informed care.

Supports individual and family member decision-making in developing, implementing and coordinating an Intensive Mental Health Family Plan.

Individualizes and ensures care to client families, primarily in their home, but also in other community-based and office settings.

Conducts client outreach and engagement as appropriate

Maintains an emotionally safe and supportive environment for families to express their concerns and frustrations.

Actively participate in problem-solving and conflict resolution within the team and ensure that differences do not negatively impact clients and families.

Connects individuals and families to community resources and supports individual and family decision-making in selecting resources.

Encourage and support identification and inclusion of additional natural supports that emerge during Mental Health process.

Advocates on behalf of the individual and family and encourages self-advocacy.

Responds to crisis situations of families and coordinates with other team members to timely and effectively respond to such situations.

Provides transportation of client and family and actively participates in appointments, court hearings, CFT, internal team meetings, and other meetings as needed and assigned.

Prepares and submits timely progress notes, incident reports, and other documentation in appropriate formats and within time frames set by contractual or other requirements.

Requirements

BA/BS in DMH approved degree such as Psychology, Sociology, Human Services, Criminal Justice or

closely related field and a minimum of 1 years’ experience working directly with the target population OR an AA and 3 years’ experience working with the target population.

Must be able to work primarily in the field, which requires a valid California driver’s license, proof of vehicle insurance, and maintain consistent availability of a working vehicle.

To meet the needs of monolingual clients, bilingual proficiency in a threshold language is preferred and compensated with a bi-lingual stipend.

Basic math skills to assist families with budgeting.

Moderate English language proficiency to effectively participate in meetings, document activities, and develop Family Plans.

Moderate computer skills to effectively document and to learn and use Exym or other electronic record systems.

High degree of emotional skills to read social/emotional cues, body language, and surroundings, to manage environment, and to be sensitive to clients and community.

High level of reasoning ability to identify and respond to variables and to quickly solve practical problems.

Core Competencies
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Examples listed in each category are NOT an all-inclusive list of specific tasks, which may vary by shift, program, and assignment.

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Analytical/Assessment Skills
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Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issues; determining its significance; collecting data; using tools to disclose meaningful patterns; using logic and intuition to arrive at decisions.

Identifies a set of features, parameters or considerations to take into account in analyzing a situation or making decisions.

Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternatives and carefully weighs the priority of things to be done.

2.
Program Planning Skills.

Program Planning Skills focus on determining needed policies and programs; advocating for policies and programs; planning, implementing, and evaluating policies and programs; developing and implementing strategies for continuous quality improvement; and developing and implementing continual improvement plans.

With team,…