Psychiatric Rehabilitation Specialist

About the role

The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Specialist supports the effective delivery, oversight, and quality of psychiatric rehabilitation services for adults, minors, or both, depending on credentials, qualifications, experience, and program assignment. This role ensures that rehabilitation services are meaningful, person-centered, recovery-oriented, and connected to each participant’s IRP or ITRP.

Responsibilities

• Develop and assure that rehabilitation services meet the needs of individuals served by the program.
• Provide oversight of the daily psychiatric rehabilitation services.
• Ensure services are consistent with each participant’s IRP or ITRP.
• Educate direct care staff on how to provide rehabilitation services that correlate with goals identified in the IRP or ITRP.
• Review rehabilitation activities to ensure they are meaningful, person-centered, recovery-oriented, and goal-directed.
• Advise program leadership on the development and implementation of rehabilitation services.
• Support staff in understanding psychiatric rehabilitation principles, documentation requirements, and service expectations.
• Promote recovery, independence, wellness, social functioning, coping skills, daily living skills, and community integration.
• Collaborate with program directors, supervisors, licensed professionals, direct care staff, families, caregivers, and other team members as appropriate.
• Participate in staff meetings, case reviews, trainings, quality improvement activities, and program planning.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and professional documentation in accordance with program standards.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and all applicable privacy and regulatory requirements.
• Support a safe, respectful, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and client-centered service environment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Human Services, or a related field required.
• CPRP or CFRP certification preferred.
• Experience working in psychiatric rehabilitation, community mental health, behavioral health, or human services strongly preferred.
• Candidate must have the education, license, certification, and experience required for the population served.
• Candidate must be able to provide documentation of current credentials, licensure, certification, education, and experience upon request.
• Must be able to comply with HIPAA, confidentiality, documentation, training, and regulatory requirements.
• Must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be reliable, professional, organized, and able to work in a structured behavioral health environment.

Skills

• Knowledge of psychiatric rehabilitation principles, recovery-oriented care, community mental health services, and person-centered service delivery.
• Ability to support rehabilitation services aligned with each participant’s IRP or ITRP.
• Understanding of documentation standards, service planning, rehabilitation goals, and compliance expectations.
• Ability to educate and support direct care staff regarding rehabilitation activities and documentation requirements.
• Strong communication skills with participants, staff, families, caregivers, supervisors, licensed professionals, and leadership.
• Ability to support services for adults, minors, or both, depending on assignment and qualifications.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, coaching, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive behavioral health information professionally.
• Ability to support a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, respectful, and client-centered service environment.

Benefits

This position is eligible for standard W-2 employee benefits, including but not limited to those outlined in the Company’s official benefits package. Eligibility and participation are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Full details are provided in the current benefits package documentation.

Pay

$20.00–$35.00 per hour commensurate with education, licensure, certification, psychiatric rehabilitation experience, community mental health background, and experience serving adults, minors, or both.

Schedule

Full-time or part-time opportunities available. Services are generally provided Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Schedules may vary based on program needs, client service requirements, staff coverage, and employee availability. Evening, weekend, and flexible hours may be required as needed.