Momentum for Mental Health
PD Rehabilitation Services Specialist I **On-call position**
Momentum for Mental Health, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
PD Rehabilitation Services Specialist I – On-call Position
Job Category : Case Manager
Requisition Number : PDREH003916
Posted: September 24, 2024
Part-Time
Rate: $35.49 per hour
Locations Showing 1 location
San Jose, CA 95127, USA
Description This is an on-call as needed position that is 100% field based. The individual needs to understand the impact of behavioral health symptoms on presentation and importance of leveraging community and family supports.
Pay rates for Union positions are set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU Local 521. Each position has a total of six steps, Step 1 (entry level) through Step 6 (15 years of employment with the organization). Union staff are promoted from Step 1 to Step 2 upon their one‑year anniversary. The current Step 1 rate for this position is
$35.49/hr , and the current Step 6 rate is
$39.19/hr .
In addition to our competitive salaries, we pay a shift differential for certain shifts in our 24‑hour programs as follows (only one differential‑whichever is highest will apply at a time):
6.25% additional pay for overnight (NOC) shift from 11 pm to 7 am
4.75% additional pay for evening shift from 5:30 pm to 10:59 pm
4.75% additional pay for weekend shifts from 12:01 am on Saturday through 11:59 pm on Sunday
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Provide mental health rehabilitation and case management services for a varied caseload, involving families to support clients in all areas of daily living and facilitate integration into the community.
Develop curriculum and facilitate groups and one‑on‑ones through rehabilitation counseling processes that help develop and strengthen life, coping, and independent living skills; develop curriculums.
Provide group facilitation through field and periodic outings to promote community integration.
Assist clients and families with social integration into community life, housing, school, employment, and other independent living skills.
Assist in budgeting and financial planning; address health and safety issues and how to respond to common emergencies.
Interface directly with clients and provide counseling, particularly during times of conflict and crisis intervention.
Assess independent living skills of clients and their stability.
Alert other professional staff of adverse reactions to medication or medication avoidance.
When assessed as highly unstable, write up 5150 holds to determine the extent of the threat and de‑escalate that threat.
Update treatment plans per agency guidelines.
Provide appropriate consultation and backup to support other staff in responding to client crisis.
Help clients strengthen problem‑solving, socialization, and coping skills.
Encourage clients’ resourcefulness, self‑empowerment, and understanding of their diagnosis and/or illness.
Provide service to clients and families in linkage with professional and community resources.
Coordinate care with other programs; refer clients to agency and non‑agency therapists, if appropriate.
Communicate with clients’ probation agents, conservators, case managers, and the courts on an ongoing basis.
Advocate for clients with outside agencies; help and educate clients with researching outside, independent living and making the most of community resources.
Liaise with representatives of those resources, such as property managers, on behalf of clients; support families through linkage to appropriate resources.
Work with clients’ families and educate them on mental health issues to successful transitions.
Coordinate activities and provide food and other related services to support the smooth operation of agency kitchen and residential facilities and maintain regulatory health and safety standards.
Organize, prepare, and serve meals, and maintain safe hygiene and sanitation practices.
Plan and prepare menus; service/deliver meals and snacks.
Perform kitchen and dining room sanitation processes and activities.
Perform basic cleaning such as washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen and dining room.
Maintain proper food supplies and storage.
Complete clinical records and other documentation processes that enable clients to receive services in accordance with agency, payor, and regulatory requirements (paper or computer technology).
Develop and implement individual service and treatment plans; consult with clinicians to get assessments and treatment plans approved.
Document progress on a periodic basis, as directed.
Perform annual psycho‑social rehabilitation assessments.
Perform administrative admissions and/or discharge paperwork and procedures.
Enter and maintain up‑to‑date clinical documentation for each client file, including case notes per agency standards.
Track due dates for all paperwork to ensure quality standards are met and accurate and timely billings can be issued.
Perform general office work, including electronic and telephonic communications and processing of timecards; type up payment authorizations.
Provide transportation in personal or agency vehicles, including transport of clients and program supplies for agency business.
Perform First Aid in emergency situations at certain locations.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
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.
Facilitate client insurance benefits to expedite treatment and ensure timely payment to representative payees.
Provide appropriate consultation and backup support to other staff in responding to client crises.
Attend and participate in staff, program, agency and community meetings and training; coordinate events as needed.
Interface with staff, clients, and visitors, as conditions require and in an unobtrusive manner.
Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety or other regulatory requirements.
Ensure program facilities are clean and well kept.
Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities Required
Education and experience: Master’s degree in a mental health‑related field 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, OR Associate’s degree and six years full‑time experience.
First Aid Certification or obtain successful completion within 30 days of hire (essential) or certification for other agency locations (desirable).
Certification in writing 5150 holds or obtain certification within six months of hire (essential).
Purchasing and kitchen experience, including basic nutrition, menu development, cooking techniques, safe food storage and kitchen sanitation practices, and kitchen supply management (essential).
Demonstrated safe and proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous materials (essential).
Work independently and in a small team environment (essential).
Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English (essential).
Monitor and support developmental growth and the recovery process (essential).
Manage multiple tasks and demands (essential).
Employ tact and diplomacy, exercise good judgment, and act calmly in emergency situations (essential).
Work from a strengths‑based, harm‑reduction, social rehabilitation model (essential).
Work effectively with persons differing in value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities, and disabilities (essential).
Work collaboratively with individuals identified as having serious mental illness who meet specific criteria such as histories of hospitalization, institutionalization, substance abuse, low medication engagement, and difficulty in structured activities and independent living (essential).
Work with populations identified as high‑risk and/or under‑represented in the county mental health system with multiple barriers (essential).
Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions (essential).
Work with participants who may also have histories of assaultive behavior, may have resided in long‑term care facilities, may have patterns of service that rely almost exclusively on emergency and institutional care, may have cognitive difficulties and medical comorbidities and be considered medically fragile or developmentally disabled, and may have long‑term patterns of homelessness and criminal justice involvement (essential).
Knowledge of clinical techniques for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of people with psychological disorders and associated medications; problem resolution and conflict resolution techniques (essential).
Knowledge of community resources, including those required to meet the non‑mental health needs of the target population (essential).
Knowledge of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) (desirable).
Special requirements: Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance as required by Title XXII and other licensing regulations (essential).
Proven proficiency in typing—minimum 40 net words per minute; computer literacy, including Internet search and a basic proficiency level in Microsoft Office applications and Windows‑based databases; familiarity with UNIX‑based databases (desirable).
A valid California Driver License and access to a reliable vehicle or ability to drive a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record, with eligibility for a Class B license (essential).
Physical requirements: standing, walking, grasping, finger flexion, moving/lifting/carrying objects up to 40 lbs., bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, and repetitive motion for 2/3 of the workday (essential); hearing and talking on telephone and in person occasionally (1/3 of workday) (essential); balancing, climbing and crawling occasionally (essential); physically able to assist clients and staff in evacuation of facilities in emergency situations (essential).
Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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Requisition Number : PDREH003916
Posted: September 24, 2024
Part-Time
Rate: $35.49 per hour
Locations Showing 1 location
San Jose, CA 95127, USA
Description This is an on-call as needed position that is 100% field based. The individual needs to understand the impact of behavioral health symptoms on presentation and importance of leveraging community and family supports.
Pay rates for Union positions are set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU Local 521. Each position has a total of six steps, Step 1 (entry level) through Step 6 (15 years of employment with the organization). Union staff are promoted from Step 1 to Step 2 upon their one‑year anniversary. The current Step 1 rate for this position is
$35.49/hr , and the current Step 6 rate is
$39.19/hr .
In addition to our competitive salaries, we pay a shift differential for certain shifts in our 24‑hour programs as follows (only one differential‑whichever is highest will apply at a time):
6.25% additional pay for overnight (NOC) shift from 11 pm to 7 am
4.75% additional pay for evening shift from 5:30 pm to 10:59 pm
4.75% additional pay for weekend shifts from 12:01 am on Saturday through 11:59 pm on Sunday
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Provide mental health rehabilitation and case management services for a varied caseload, involving families to support clients in all areas of daily living and facilitate integration into the community.
Develop curriculum and facilitate groups and one‑on‑ones through rehabilitation counseling processes that help develop and strengthen life, coping, and independent living skills; develop curriculums.
Provide group facilitation through field and periodic outings to promote community integration.
Assist clients and families with social integration into community life, housing, school, employment, and other independent living skills.
Assist in budgeting and financial planning; address health and safety issues and how to respond to common emergencies.
Interface directly with clients and provide counseling, particularly during times of conflict and crisis intervention.
Assess independent living skills of clients and their stability.
Alert other professional staff of adverse reactions to medication or medication avoidance.
When assessed as highly unstable, write up 5150 holds to determine the extent of the threat and de‑escalate that threat.
Update treatment plans per agency guidelines.
Provide appropriate consultation and backup to support other staff in responding to client crisis.
Help clients strengthen problem‑solving, socialization, and coping skills.
Encourage clients’ resourcefulness, self‑empowerment, and understanding of their diagnosis and/or illness.
Provide service to clients and families in linkage with professional and community resources.
Coordinate care with other programs; refer clients to agency and non‑agency therapists, if appropriate.
Communicate with clients’ probation agents, conservators, case managers, and the courts on an ongoing basis.
Advocate for clients with outside agencies; help and educate clients with researching outside, independent living and making the most of community resources.
Liaise with representatives of those resources, such as property managers, on behalf of clients; support families through linkage to appropriate resources.
Work with clients’ families and educate them on mental health issues to successful transitions.
Coordinate activities and provide food and other related services to support the smooth operation of agency kitchen and residential facilities and maintain regulatory health and safety standards.
Organize, prepare, and serve meals, and maintain safe hygiene and sanitation practices.
Plan and prepare menus; service/deliver meals and snacks.
Perform kitchen and dining room sanitation processes and activities.
Perform basic cleaning such as washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen and dining room.
Maintain proper food supplies and storage.
Complete clinical records and other documentation processes that enable clients to receive services in accordance with agency, payor, and regulatory requirements (paper or computer technology).
Develop and implement individual service and treatment plans; consult with clinicians to get assessments and treatment plans approved.
Document progress on a periodic basis, as directed.
Perform annual psycho‑social rehabilitation assessments.
Perform administrative admissions and/or discharge paperwork and procedures.
Enter and maintain up‑to‑date clinical documentation for each client file, including case notes per agency standards.
Track due dates for all paperwork to ensure quality standards are met and accurate and timely billings can be issued.
Perform general office work, including electronic and telephonic communications and processing of timecards; type up payment authorizations.
Provide transportation in personal or agency vehicles, including transport of clients and program supplies for agency business.
Perform First Aid in emergency situations at certain locations.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
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.
Facilitate client insurance benefits to expedite treatment and ensure timely payment to representative payees.
Provide appropriate consultation and backup support to other staff in responding to client crises.
Attend and participate in staff, program, agency and community meetings and training; coordinate events as needed.
Interface with staff, clients, and visitors, as conditions require and in an unobtrusive manner.
Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety or other regulatory requirements.
Ensure program facilities are clean and well kept.
Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities Required
Education and experience: Master’s degree in a mental health‑related field 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, OR Associate’s degree and six years full‑time experience.
First Aid Certification or obtain successful completion within 30 days of hire (essential) or certification for other agency locations (desirable).
Certification in writing 5150 holds or obtain certification within six months of hire (essential).
Purchasing and kitchen experience, including basic nutrition, menu development, cooking techniques, safe food storage and kitchen sanitation practices, and kitchen supply management (essential).
Demonstrated safe and proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous materials (essential).
Work independently and in a small team environment (essential).
Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English (essential).
Monitor and support developmental growth and the recovery process (essential).
Manage multiple tasks and demands (essential).
Employ tact and diplomacy, exercise good judgment, and act calmly in emergency situations (essential).
Work from a strengths‑based, harm‑reduction, social rehabilitation model (essential).
Work effectively with persons differing in value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities, and disabilities (essential).
Work collaboratively with individuals identified as having serious mental illness who meet specific criteria such as histories of hospitalization, institutionalization, substance abuse, low medication engagement, and difficulty in structured activities and independent living (essential).
Work with populations identified as high‑risk and/or under‑represented in the county mental health system with multiple barriers (essential).
Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions (essential).
Work with participants who may also have histories of assaultive behavior, may have resided in long‑term care facilities, may have patterns of service that rely almost exclusively on emergency and institutional care, may have cognitive difficulties and medical comorbidities and be considered medically fragile or developmentally disabled, and may have long‑term patterns of homelessness and criminal justice involvement (essential).
Knowledge of clinical techniques for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of people with psychological disorders and associated medications; problem resolution and conflict resolution techniques (essential).
Knowledge of community resources, including those required to meet the non‑mental health needs of the target population (essential).
Knowledge of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) (desirable).
Special requirements: Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance as required by Title XXII and other licensing regulations (essential).
Proven proficiency in typing—minimum 40 net words per minute; computer literacy, including Internet search and a basic proficiency level in Microsoft Office applications and Windows‑based databases; familiarity with UNIX‑based databases (desirable).
A valid California Driver License and access to a reliable vehicle or ability to drive a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record, with eligibility for a Class B license (essential).
Physical requirements: standing, walking, grasping, finger flexion, moving/lifting/carrying objects up to 40 lbs., bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, and repetitive motion for 2/3 of the workday (essential); hearing and talking on telephone and in person occasionally (1/3 of workday) (essential); balancing, climbing and crawling occasionally (essential); physically able to assist clients and staff in evacuation of facilities in emergency situations (essential).
Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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