PD GROUP FACILITATOR ** La Selva OP**

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate groups and one-on-one sessions to help clients develop and strengthen life, coping, and independent living skills.
• Interface directly with clients and provide counseling, particularly during times of conflict and crisis intervention.
• Assess the independent living skills of clients and their stability.
• Alert other professional staff of adverse reactions to medication or medication avoidance.
• Provide appropriate consultation and back-up to support other staff in responding to client crises.
• Complete required documentation in accordance with agency, payor and regulatory requirements, utilizing computer technology.
• Provide transportation in personal or agency vehicles including, but not limited to, the transportation of clients and/or program supplies for agency business.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• 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: High School diploma, GED, or equivalent education, and one year human service experience. Experience in a mental health setting preferred.
• Experience: Demonstrated safe and proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous materials.
• Communication: Work independently and in a small team environment; Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English; 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, 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 with multiple barriers; Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions.
• Licenses and Certifications: Valid California driver’s license, current car insurance, and a good driving record as documented by a DMV report.
• Computer Literacy: 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: 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); Hearing and talking on 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 and Schedule

• Pay Rates: 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).
• Step 1 Rate: The current Step 1 rate for this position is $35.49/hr.
• Step 6 Rate: The current Step 6 rate for this position is $39.19/hr.