Psychiatric Rehabilitation Specialist

Enterprise Mangement Solutions Inc•Baltimore, MD

6d•$20 - $35•Hybrid

About The Position

Freedom Healthcare, LLC (FHC), doing business as Community Wellness Primary Care Clinic, is a mission-driven organization dedicated to advancing health equity through integrated, compassionate, and community-based care. The clinic provides high-quality primary care services with a focus on underserved populations, including individuals with co-occurring behavioral health conditions, chronic illnesses, and complex social needs. As part of Freedom Healthcare’s broader commitment to holistic wellness and community empowerment, Community Wellness Primary Care Clinic offers accessible services such as preventive care, chronic disease management, health screenings, and coordinated support with behavioral health providers, delivered by a multidisciplinary team committed to meeting patients where they are while ensuring dignity, respect, and quality in every interaction.

Requirements

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 program environment.
Minimum of 2 years of direct care experience working with youth with a serious emotional disorder; and One of the following: Licensed mental health professional; or Certified by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and has obtained the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Children’s Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate.
Candidates serving minors must provide a copy of their current license and/or certificate, as applicable.
Licensed mental health professional; or Rehabilitation counselor currently certified by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification; or Bachelor’s-prepared Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner currently certified by the U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
Candidates serving adults must provide documentation of current licensure or certification, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

CPRP or CFRP certification preferred.
Experience working in psychiatric rehabilitation, community mental health, behavioral health, or human services strongly preferred.

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.
Develop and assure that rehabilitation services meet the needs of adults served by the program.
Oversee the daily program of rehabilitation services for adults.
Educate direct care staff on how to provide services that correlate with goals identified in the participant’s IRP or ITRP.
Support services that promote recovery, independence, community living skills, social skills, coping skills, wellness, and functional improvement.
Monitor service delivery to ensure activities are appropriate, individualized, and connected to rehabilitation goals.
Identify service gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen adult psychiatric rehabilitation programming.
Meet the applicable credentialing requirements for serving minors.
Advise the Program Director regarding the development and implementation of rehabilitation services for minors.
Maintain overall responsibility for rehabilitation services for minors, including service development, quality, and oversight.
Oversee the daily program of rehabilitation services for minors.
Educate direct care staff on how to document the correlation between rehabilitation activities and IRP or ITRP goals.
Support developmentally appropriate, strengths-based, and family-aware rehabilitation programming.
Ensure services address emotional, behavioral, social, community, educational, and functional skill needs as appropriate.
Assist staff in providing services appropriate for youth with serious emotional disorders and related behavioral health needs.
Respond to urgent participant, staff, documentation, service delivery, or program concerns as needed.
Support crisis-related coordination, urgent rehabilitation service needs, incident follow-up, and continuity planning as assigned.
Assist with unexpected staffing support, participant service concerns, family or caregiver coordination, and community-based service needs.
Assist with unplanned audits, reviews, quality assurance requests, or compliance-related program needs.
Coordinate communication between direct care staff, program leadership, licensed professionals, families, caregivers, and other authorized team members.
Assist with corrective action plans when rehabilitation service or documentation concerns are identified.
Provide evening, weekend, flexible, or urgent support as needed based on program needs.
Complete other related duties as assigned.