ACT Team Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist (Clayton County)

Traime Behavioral Health•Morrow, GA

About The Position

This position of moderate difficulty is responsible for providing a variety of case management and outreach interventions to consumers in their natural environment. Serves as advocate in assisting consumers in accessing community resources, teaching and modeling self-help and coping skills.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a related field and two years of full-time work experience in the field of mental health.
Any combination of an associate degree with two years of experience in community mental health outreach/case management or four years experience in community mental health outreach/case management may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
A Vocational Specialist is a person with a minimum of one-year verifiable training and/or experience in vocational counseling.
Must have excellent assessment and crisis management skills.
Candidate will work closely with metro area hospitals, city/county jails and courts.
Must be able to negotiate system boundaries.

Responsibilities

Attend and participate inTreatment Team
Assist CSR with Job Readiness Skills, Case Management, and Skill building activities
Maintain a case load as assigned by Team Lead
Meet the minimum unit count of 360 units per month
Collaborate & Coordinate with Supported Employment Agencies
Develop Job Sites
Monitor consumers on job sites
Ensure all Failed Activities are completed within 24hrs
Participate in ACT Fidelity Review
Participate in ASO Audit
Participate in CARF Review