Rehabilitation services specialist i **25hrs/Week**

Other duties and responsibilities

• 1. Provide medical follow-up assistance to clients in obtaining a primary care physician, coordinating care with medical doctors, and assisting with medical issues, schedules, appointments, and transportation. 2. Facilitate client insurance benefits to expedite treatment and ensure timely payment to representative payees. 3. Provide appropriate consultation and back-up support to other staff in responding to client crises.
• 4. Attend and participate in staff, program, agency and community meetings and training; coordinate events, as needed. 5. Interface with staff, clients, and visitors, as conditions require and in an unobtrusive manner.
• 6. Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety or other regulatory requirements.
• 7. Ensure program facilities are clean and well kept.

Knowledge, skill, and abilities required: (E = Essential; D = Desired)

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• Master's degree in a mental health-related field (e.g., child development, child psychology, counseling and guidance, counseling psychology, early childhood education, human services, social psychology, social science, social welfare, social work, or sociology) and two years’ full-time experience in the mental health field; OR Bachelor's degree (not necessarily mental health-related) and four years’ full-time experience in the mental health field; OR Associate's degree (not necessarily mental health-related) and six years’ full-time experience in the mental.
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• First Aid Certification or successful completion of First Aid Certification within 30 days of hire for certain Agency locations; (E) Certification for other Agency locations. (D) 3.
• Certification in writing 5150 holds or obtain certification within six months of hire. (E) 4.
• Purchasing and kitchen, experience, including basic nutrition; menu development, cooking techniques, safe food storage and kitchen sanitation practices, and kitchen supply management. (E) 5.
• Demonstrated safe and proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous materials. (E) 6.
• Demonstrated ability to: 1.
• Work independently and in a small team environment; (E) 2.
• Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English; (E) 3.
• Monitor and support developmental growth and the recovery process; (E) 4.
• Manage multiple tasks and demands; (E) 5.
• Employ tact and diplomacy, exercise good judgment, and act calmly in emergency situations; (E) 6.
• Work from a strengths-based, harm-reduction, social rehabilitation model; (E) 7.
• Work effectively with persons differing in value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities and disabilities; (E) 8.
• Work collaboratively with individuals identified as those with serious mental illness who meet the following criteria: histories of hospitalization, institutionalization, including with the criminal justice system, substance abuse, low engagement in medication treatment, and difficulty in participating in structured activities and living independently; (E) 9.
• Work with populations identified as high risk and/or considered under-represented in the County Mental Health system with multiple barriers; (E) 10.
• Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions. (E) 7.
• Demonstrated ability to work with participants who: 1.
• May also have histories of assaultive behavior; (E) 2.
• May have resided in long term care facilities for extended periods; (E) 3.
• May have patterns of service that relied almost exclusively on emergency and institutional care; (E) 4.
• May have cognitive difficulties and medical co-morbidities and are considered medically fragile; may also be developmentally disabled; (E) 5.
• May have long-term patterns of homelessness and criminal justice involvement. (E) 8.
• Knowledge of: 1.
• Clinical techniques for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of people with psychological disorders and associated medications; problem resolution and conflict resolution techniques; (E) 2.
• Community resources, including those required to meet the non-mental health needs of the target population; (E) 3.
• Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). (D) 9.
• Special Requirements: Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance, as required by Title XXII, other licensing regulations and Momentum practices. (E) 10.
• Proven proficiency in typing—minimum 40 net wpm; computer literacy, including Internet search and a basic proficiency level in Microsoft Office applications and Windows-based databases; (E) familiarity with UNIX-based databases. (D) 11.
• A valid California Driver License, with access to a reliable vehicle or for driving a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record, with eligibility for a Class B license. (E) 12.
• Physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job, with or without accommodation: 1.
• Standing, walking, grasping, finger flexion, moving/lifting/carrying objects up to 40 lbs., bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, withstanding repetitive motion, and reaching repeatedly are required constantly (over 2/3 of the workday); (E) 2.
• Hearing and talking on telephone and in person is required occasionally (under 1/3 of workday); (E) 3.
• Balancing, climbing and crawling may be required occasionally; (E) 4.
• Physically able to assist clients and/or staff in the evacuation of program facilities in emergency situations. (E)

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