Rehabilitation Specialist

Responsibilities

• Works with clients to learn or regain skills for successful community living including independent living skills (shopping, cooking, cleaning, budgeting and transportation) and socialization (enhancing social and/or romantic relationships, recreational and leisure pursuits that contribute to community integration)
• Utilizes deliberate and consistent skills training which typically includes staff demonstration, working side by side, facilitating groups, client practice/roleplaying and staff feedback, as well as prompting and cueing
• Participates in the Individual Rehabilitation Plan (IRP) process by drafting, re-framing and finalizing IRPs in collaboration with the client
• Monitors clients’ medications, ensuring compliance with medical regimen
• Coordinates comprehensive care to assigned clients

Requirements

• Ability to read, write, and speak English and working knowledge of specific patient population served (e.g., children and adolescents or adults with mental disorders)
• High school Diploma or equivalent required
• BA/BS in Human Service and/or related area preferred
• 1-2 years of relevant student, volunteer or work experience
• Ability to obtain additional certifications/trainings as may be required by certain programs (e.g., CPR/First Aid, Infection Control, Food Safety and Handling, and Crisis Intervention/Suicidal Protocol)
• Work requires orientation period to obtain sufficient familiarity with behavioral rehabilitation methods, procedures and techniques, program policies and procedures, and specific patient population
• Must possess a valid state driver's license with 3 or fewer points at time of hire
• Certain programs and positions may require access to a vehicle during working hours for work related duties, including transporting clients as necessary; when access to a vehicle is required vehicle insurance must name the employee as an insured driver
• Ability to physically assist clients with daily tasks
• Ability to establish rapport and to assist client to identify his or her own needs (i.e., self-care skills, social skills, independent living skills, medication management, health- mental and somatic, entitlements, and vocational) to establish appropriate rehabilitation goals and to provide internal and/or community referrals when necessary
• Must be able to work variety of shifts including day, evening and weekend hours and holidays

Pay

Pay rate $19.31

Schedule

Part Time, Sundays 3p-11p