PD-BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRAINEE

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engage and engender trust for the purpose of developing therapeutic relations with clients.
• Plan and organize activity programs, utilizing activities as an evaluation tool and as a therapeutic process.
• Facilitate individuals and groups through rehabilitation counseling processes that help develop and strengthen life, coping and independent living skills.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team on client treatment, progress and discharge planning.
• Assist clients in implementing and following thru with their treatment plan goals.
• Perform general office work, including electronic and telephonic communications and processing of timecards.
• Interface directly with clients and provide support, particularly during times of conflict and crisis intervention.
• Assist staff to help with 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.
• Provide transportation in personal or agency vehicles, including, but not limited to, the transport of clients and or program supplies, for agency business.
• Attend and participate in staff, program, agency and community meetings, and training.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide a safe and welcoming living environment for residents.
• Correct safety and potential safety hazards, or report them to Medical Services or maintenance.
• Ensure work area is clean and well kept; assist in the daily upkeep of the facility, including housekeeping and supplies.
• Interface with staff, clients, and visitors, as conditions require and in a welcoming and unobtrusive manner.
• Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety or other regulatory requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Educational Requirements: High School diploma, GED, or equivalent education and at least one year Mental Health experience.
• Experience: Experience in a residential or in-patient Mental Health setting.
• Essential Skills: Work independently and in a small team environment; Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English; write legibly; Monitor and support developmental growth and the recovery process; Manage multiple tasks and demands; Employ tact and diplomacy, exercise good judgment, and act calmly in emergency situations; Work from a strengths-based, harm-reduction, social rehabilitation model; Work effectively with persons differing in value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities and disabilities; Work collaboratively with individuals identified as those with serious mental illness who meet the following criteria: histories of hospitalization, and/or institutionalization, including with the criminal justice system, substance abuse, low engagement in medication treatment, and difficulty in participating in structured activities and living independently; Work with populations identified as high risk and/or considered under-represented in the County Mental Health system facing multiple barriers to services and assist such individuals in attaining services; Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion and care in the execution of all duties and interactions; Demonstrate ability to work with participants who: May also have histories of assaultive behavior; May have resided in long term care facilities for extended periods; May have patterns of service that relied almost exclusively on emergency and institutional care; May have cognitive difficulties and medical co-morbidities and be considered medically fragile; may also be developmentally disabled; May have long-term patterns of homelessness and criminal justice involvement.
• Desired Skills: Knowledge of Problem resolution and conflict resolution techniques; Community resources, including those required to meet the non-mental health needs of the target population; Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP); First Aid Certification or successful completion of First Aid Certification within 30 days of hire; Meet government and/or regulatory standards for continuing education credits and recertification, including a minimum of 20 hours of directly related professional training, if assigned to a residential facility; Special Requirements: Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance, as required by Title XXII, other licensing regulations and Momentum practices; 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; Familiarity with UNIX-based databases; Physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job, with or without accommodation: 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); Communicate via telephone and in person is required occasionally (under 1/3 of workday); Balancing, climbing and crawling may be required occasionally; Physically able to assist clients and/or staff in the evacuation of program facilities in emergency situations.

PAY

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 $32.78/hr, and the current Step 6 rate for this position is $36.19/hr.