SOCIAL SERVICES COUNSELOR - F/C - 67036914 APD/ DDDP CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL
About The Position
The Agency for Persons with Disabilities is hiring a Social Services Counselor for its Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program (DDDP), which operates in a secure setting on the Florida State Hospital campus in Chattahoochee and at Sunland in Marianna. DDDP supports people with developmental disabilities who have been charged with felony crimes, helping them develop skills for future environments and work toward competency to stand trial. The program provides rehabilitative, vocational, and daily living skills training to support transition to a non-secure residential or community setting. This is a highly responsible clinical and administrative position serving as a Support Coordinator for residents in a specified treatment unit. The Support Coordinator coordinates resident services, prepares for and chairs support plan meetings, maintains required documentation, and ensures compliance with applicable rules and procedures. The role is the single point of accountability for assigned residents’ overall services and includes maintaining meaningful relationships with residents, advocating for them, coordinating service providers and community contacts, and supporting discharge planning. The position works 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for up to six months.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, education, or nursing.
- One year of professional experience in a setting providing social work, psychology, education, training, medical, case management, or therapy services.
- Certification in the agency-approved crisis prevention and intervention program.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee and/or resident information.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Knowledge of rehabilitation or mental health treatment techniques.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of social work, education, or counseling.
- Knowledge of methods for compiling, organizing, and analyzing data.
- Ability to administer or participate in major mental health service programs and functions.
- Ability to conduct on-site evaluations of facilities and programs.
- Ability to interpret and coordinate implementation of mental health service programs, goals, and administrative procedures.
- Ability to maintain liaison with other agencies.
- Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
- Ability to communicate effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Responsibilities
- Notify residents, family members, significant others, and team members in writing of support plan meeting times and locations, and record the notifications in medical records.
- Prepare residents for support plan meetings and identify issues or concerns they want addressed.
- Review prior evaluation reports, progress notes, and assessments to identify issues, needs, and inconsistencies.
- Chair support plan meetings, facilitate review of resident progress, and integrate input from residents, team members, and others into support plans.
- Encourage active and respectful resident participation and advocate for residents when disagreements or conflicts arise.
- Ensure issues are documented in support plans and distribute updated plans with relevant service action items clearly highlighted.
- Monitor and evaluate service providers to ensure services are delivered as prescribed, and provide feedback to supervisors and providers on performance issues or corrective actions.
- Complete admission documentation, psychosocial assessments, summaries, and required daily, monthly, and annual reports.
- Ensure service activities are incorporated into residents’ schedules.
- Identify and schedule follow-up meetings or special staffing as needed, and chair quarterly or as-needed interdisciplinary reviews.
- Coordinate the discharge process, including placement referrals and outside contacts.
- Maintain meaningful relationships with assigned residents, meet with each resident as needed at least monthly, and document meetings with progress notes.
- Promote resident empowerment through encouragement, engagement, and involvement in the support plan process.
- Work with each resident’s Personal Advocate to promote continuity of care.
- Communicate with Residential Planning Coordinators, Court Liaisons, and other community personnel about support plan reviews, documenting notifications in medical records.
- Coordinate outside contacts with residents’ families, friends, the legal system, and others, and provide case management guidance and counseling to residents and families.
- Coordinate and ensure appropriate scheduling, coordination, notification, and documentation for releases, including leave of absence.
Benefits
- Annual and sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and one personal holiday each year
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition waivers
- Paid maternity and parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
