Behavioral Health Specialist

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PSYCHOSOCIAL WORKER (PSR)
Job Summary: Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) worker will use rehabilitation interventions individualized, collaborative, hands-on training to build developmentally appropriate skills for child/youth in care. The intent is to promote personal independence, autonomy, and mutual supports by developing and strengthening the individual’s independent community living skills and support community integration in the domains of employment, housing, education, in both personal and community life
The services provided will restore, rehabilitate, and support a child’s/youth’s developmentally appropriate functioning as necessary for the integration of the child/youth as an active and productive member of their family and community with the goal of achieving minimal on-going professional intervention. Applicants are required to work flexible schedules, including a minimum of one weekend day each week.
Duties & Responsibilities:
As a valuable member of an interdisciplinary team provides psychosocial rehabilitative services to children/youth.
Assist the child/youth to develop and apply skills in natural settings.
Foster and promote the development of skills identified in assessment or through the ongoing treatment of a licensed practitioner.
Deliver services in a trauma-informed, culturally, and linguistically competent manner.
Provide services to children/youth within the context of each child’s treatment plan.
Provide child/youth with social and interpersonal skills with the goal to restore, rehabilitate, and support.
Establish support networks, build and enhance personal relationships for child/youth
Develop coping strategies and effective functioning in the individual’s social environment, including home, work, and school locations.
Support the effect of the child’s diagnosis and reestablish daily functioning skills and personal autonomy skills including but not limited to learning self-care, developing personal interests, managing medication and treatments, learning about community resources, and good health routines.
Assist the individual with generalizing coping strategies and social interpersonal skills in a community setting
Assist individuals with effectively responding to or avoiding identified precursors or triggers which may result in functional impairments.
Provide training on social etiquette and develop self-regulatory skills including anger management.
Education & Experience
CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Ability to interact with and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Communicate effectively
Ability to understand and use Micro-soft Word and Excel
Ability to interact with community resource
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
High school diploma required. High School equivalency or Associates preferred, or a State Education Commencement Credential with a minimum of three (3) years experience in children's mental health, addiction and/ or foster care
$20.00-$25.00 Per Hour
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PLANNED RESPITE SPECIALIST
Job Summary: Respite service focuses on short-term assistance and/or relief for children/youth with disabilities (developmental, physical, and/or behavioral), and family/caregivers which can be provided in a planned mode or delivered in a crisis environment. Respite workers supervise the child/youth and engage the child in activities that support his/her and or caregiver/family’s constructive interests and abilities.
Respite Service providers will offer services with a level of expertise in understanding and implementing behavioral/developmental interventions required to support optimal functioning for children/youth. Respite Service providers will regularly communicate the details of the child/youth’s intervention plan so that there is a carryover of skill from the respite.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Planned Respite
Provide planned short-term relief for family/caregivers that are needed to enhance the family/caregiver’s ability to support the child/youth’s functional, mental health/substance use disorder and/or health care issues.
Provide direct care for the child/youth to support the child/youth’s needs while providing relief from caregiver activities for the family/caregiver.
Help the child/youth to attain his/her Treatment Plan goals by providing support and coaching.
Provide supervision and engage the child/youth in community recreational activities that match the child/youth's developmental stage and continue to maintain the participant’s health and safety.
Education & Experience
CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Ability to interact with and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
EDUCATION
High School Diploma required. One (1) year of experience working with children, special education, or related preferred. Must be able to competently demonstrate the functional skills required.
$17.50 Per Hour

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