PRS/PSR
About The Position
A Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist (PRS/PSR) serves in a paraprofessional capacity as part of the crisis intervention unit. The role assists clients with paperwork related to pending admissions, discharges, and post-discharge phases; transports patients or clients to and from inpatient psychiatric and crisis stabilization placements; backs up crisis workers with support and informational crisis phone contacts; helps coordinate care for clients placed in crisis stabilization sites; and provides in-person medication deliveries, welfare checks, and phone prompts. The specialist also helps clients develop and implement personal wellness goals. For adults, the position provides recovery-oriented rehabilitation support, activities, interventions, and skill development to improve self-management and reduce relapse to substance use and the effects of psychiatric or emotional symptoms that interfere with daily living and remaining at home, school, work, and in the community. This includes person-centered goal setting; coping, stress-management, and wellness skill development; support with transportation, chronic medical conditions, social and daily living skills, finances, and employment; progress assessment; documentation; supervisor communication; and management of a client caseload and individual health and wellness plans. The specialist helps clients establish wellness support systems outside the PRS. For children, the position works with collaterals—with the client's permission—to improve outcomes and support client goals. It provides psychoeducation and skill development to support community tenure, avoid more restrictive placements, strengthen relationships and support networks, increase community awareness, and develop coping strategies. Duties also include teaching daily living, wellness, autonomy, personal, and health skills; identifying interests and hobbies; assessing progress; maintaining documentation; communicating with a supervisor; completing assigned training; managing a caseload and individual health and wellness plans; and helping establish wellness support systems outside the PRS. The role requires frequent travel throughout the North Country Region. Work schedules may include weekdays and weekends and any shift; hours and schedules may vary according to company needs and workload, with as much advance notice as possible.
Requirements
- For adult services: High school diploma or equivalent and at least 1 year of experience working with individuals with substance use disorders and/or serious mental illness, or a bachelor's degree and 1 year of relevant experience.
- For children's services: High school diploma or equivalent and at least 3 years of relevant experience working with children involved with mental health, addiction, and/or foster care.
- Clean, valid driver's license.
- Communication, organization, crisis management/composure, time management, confidentiality, and ethical conduct competencies.
- Maintain certifications as needed or required, such as personal training certification if applicable.
Responsibilities
- Assist clients with paperwork related to pending admissions, discharges, and post-discharge phases.
- Transport patients or clients to and from inpatient psychiatric and crisis stabilization placements.
- Provide backup support to crisis workers, including support and informational crisis phone contacts.
- Assist with coordinating care for clients placed in crisis stabilization sites.
- Provide in-person medication deliveries, welfare checks, and phone prompts.
- Help clients develop and implement personal wellness goals and individual health and wellness plans.
- Provide recovery-oriented rehabilitation support, interventions, activities, and skill development.
- Assist clients in identifying meaningful life-role goals and objectives through a person-centered process.
- Teach coping, stress-management, wellness, health, social, autonomy, and daily living skills.
- Assist clients with identifying trauma triggers and developing healthy coping alternatives, including for anger and challenging situations.
- Support clients with managing psychiatric or emotional symptoms, chronic medical conditions, transportation, free time, finances, and employment goals.
- For children, consult with collaterals with client permission and provide psychoeducation to support community tenure, relationships, support networks, community awareness, and effective functioning.
- Identify children's personal interests and hobbies and support development of personal, wellness, and health skills.
- Assess ongoing progress toward recovery and functional skill development.
- Maintain required documentation in a timely manner.
- Communicate and report to a supervisor.
- Participate in timely completion of assigned training.
- Help clients establish wellness support systems outside of the PRS.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
