Mental Health Residential Specialist - Crisis Stabilization

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and conducts group skills restoration sessions.
• Provides intensive case coordination services including referral and application assistance to programs and services.
• Affirms service needs to develop individualized service plans.
• Processes program participant intakes, performs initial assessments, prepares admission documentation, provides orientation to the facility, and screening for contraband.
• Assists program participants with the self-administration of prescribed medications.
• Inputs assessment and other data into the electronic records system.
• Enforces program policies and health and safety regulations with program participants.
• Provides crisis intervention and deescalates hostile incidents.
• Processes discharges and coordinates follow-up care and services with other agency programs.
• Performs supportive and administrative tasks to include cooking meals, kitchen clean up, picking up supplies and medications, assisting with daily facility clean up.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of group and individual skills restoration principles, practices and techniques including crisis intervention and stabilization methods.
• Considerable knowledge of the medical providers, social services and other agencies and community organizations providing services to the individual population.
• Considerable knowledge of individual management guidelines for Virginia.
• Considerable knowledge of the operation of electronic medical records and associated documentation.
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with the individual population.
• Ability to conduct effective interviews, observe, assess and record individual behaviors and functioning.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff of other private and public agencies and organizations.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to operate a vehicle.
• Ability to function calmly in stressful situations.
• Ability to prepare and maintain detailed records and prepare related reports.

Typical Education, Training and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in the Behavioral Sciences and considerable work experience in providing behavioral health services to the mentally ill, emotionally disturbed and substance abusive populations including crisis intervention.

Licenses and Certifications

• Approved Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP).
• Valid VA driver's license.