Mental Health Specialist / Professional

HCO Behavioral Health; Ponchatoula (LA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

HCO Behavioral Health seeks a Mental Health Specialist/Professional to render psychosocial rehabilitation services to adolescents and adults in our Louisiana program. You will help clients set treatment goals, develop daily living and social skills, and establish community supports to improve functioning in home, work, and school environments.

You will provide crisis intervention when needed, document all services within 24 hours, and participate in team-based service planning and improving care

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Rehabilitation Services, Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Secondary Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Human Growth and Development.
• 21 years of age or older. Valid Louisiana driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Render PSR services to adolescent and adult clients.
• Assist clients in developing treatment goals.
• Develop social, interpersonal, and daily living skills.
• Identify and utilize community resources and support networks.
• Provide crisis intervention to ensure safety.
• Document services within 24 hours of delivery.
• Attend meetings, trainings, and supervision as required.
• Collaborate with team for service planning and coordination.

Skills

Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)

Crisis intervention

Client goal setting

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Behavioral Health fields

Job description

Mental Health Specialist / Professional

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Render individual Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) services to both adolescent and adult clients;
• Assist clients in developing goals for treatment;
• Assist clients in restoring, rehabilitating, and developing social and interpersonal skills;
• Identify, enhance, and establish support networks, community awareness, coping strategies, and improve functioning in the individuals social environments (home, work, school);
• Help restore, rehabilitate, and support the development of daily living skills;
• Help improve each clients self-management of the negative effects of psychiatric or emotional symptoms;
• Assists clients in identifying, effectively responding to or avoiding identified precursors (triggers) that lead to functional impairments;
• Provide crisis intervention to ensure the safety of the client and others;
• Develop, sign and date service documentation within 24-hours of services;
• Ensure attendance at meetings, trainings, and supervision administered by the agency;
• Serving as a team member for service planning and actively participate in team coordination and review in an effort to ensure cohesiveness in services rendered on behalf of the agency for the population served;
• Participates in the agency's Performance Improvement initiative;
• Communicates effectively and in a timely manner with other clinical/administrative staff, as needed for client related concerns;
• Assess, review and/or monitor a recipient's status in relation to rehabilitation;
• Identify, report, and maintain weekly appointments for community resources.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Valid Louisiana Drivers License
   
2. Bachelor's or Master's Degree in one of the following fields: Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Rehabilitation Services, Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Secondary Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Human Growth and Development; OR
   
3. Be 21 years of age or older.

***Human services field is defined as an academic program with a curriculum content in which at least 70 percent of the required courses are in the study of behavioral health or human behavior.***

JOB TYPES:

Full-Time, Part-Time, or Contract