MH Professional

Centerstone•Benton, IL

3d•$18 - $26

About The Position

The Mental Health Professional works with and supports clients who are severely and/or persistently mental ill with self-management, community reintegration training, individual and group programming, skill acquisition, community living skills training, monitoring, support, assessment, treatment planning, linking, monitoring and advocacy, as well as outreach and supportive counseling in assigned programs. It is expected that the Mental Health Professional function as an integral, cooperative member of the agency team of professionals and provide outstanding internal and external customer service.

Requirements

Knowledge of role and function of various community resources
Skill in customer service techniques
Skill in written and oral communication
Skill in problem-solving
Skill in use of audio/visual and office equipment (VCR, computer, etc.)
Bachelors degree in human services (Social Work, Juvenile Justice, etc.) or related field with some specific course work (e.g., psychology, education, social work, rehabilitation, sociology, special education, therapeutic recreation) required.
Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Provide group training or individual programming focusing on improvement of the client’s functional deficits. (e.g. symptom/medication management, life skills, community reintegration, etc.)
Complete assessments, assessment updates and treatment planning as required by Rule 132.
Provide opportunities for utilization of new skills in other community settings through in-vivo skills practice on outings and role playing in group.
Provide transportation services for clients (e.g., In-Vivo Skills Training Outings and other community activities in support of consumer program goals).
Perform and initiate planning for service delivery to each assigned consumer by coordinating and assisting the client with receiving necessary services, advocating for and supporting the client in obtaining resources, or interacting with collaterals on behalf of the client regarding consent forms, record keeping and periodic status assessment.
Monitor service recipient's potential for vocational-related activities, make referrals as needed.
Provide a minimum of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reviews of consumers’ progress toward established program Treatment Plan goals/objectives including but not limited to assessment, assessment updates, treatment plan review, treatment plan updates, and coordination of care with other providers, linking, monitoring, referral, and client advocacy.
Provide ongoing case management, community support services and outreach services to service recipients and/or collaterals to maintain or improve service recipient’s level of functioning (promote law abiding conduct, etc.) and when recipient is unable or unwilling to make office visits for assigned service recipients.
Maintain appropriate contact with other providers and referral sources including providing information on consumer’s progress, behavior, and needs (with appropriate releases), and maintain ongoing consultation when appropriate.
Assure service recipient safety during groups and on outings by monitoring the mental state of group participants, knowing whereabouts of each consumer, providing emergency services and crisis intervention as needed.
Assist service recipient in making discharge plans.
Make appropriate referrals to other treatment services, both internal and external.
Provide on-going development/enhancement of program-related activities.
Provide or arrange for logistical support to recipients in need of financial, medical, housing or transportation assistance, health education, social and recreational orientation or other advocacy services essential to recipient’s community adjustment and promote constructive alternatives.
Provide crisis management services for recipients with daily living crises.
Make initial assessments of recipient’s crisis and make referrals to emergency clinicians according to established guidelines.
Function as the designated QMRP according to established DPA and DMHDD guidelines, as assigned.
Compile and provide necessary data for program and corporation statistical and fiscal/billing reporting, and other regular or special documentation, on a timely basis and as needed.
Establish and maintain working relationships with allied resources, including school, probation, court personnel, public assistance agencies, employment and training programs, and social agencies.
Attend court hearings, case staffings, and program staff meetings.