Vocational Specialist

RHA Health Services, LLC • Stroudsburg, PA

3d • $21 • Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring for: Vocational Specialist. Type: Regular. If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services! Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a comprehensive community-based treatment program for persons with severe and persistent mental illness. The ACT Team is a multi-disciplinary group of mental health professionals organized to help provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to consumers in the community.

Requirements

• Ability to Access Community Resources
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Cognizance
• Team Player
• Flexibility
• Time Management Skills
• Following Policies and Procedures
• Meeting Basic Work Expectations
• Complete criminal background check
• Name checked in the registries (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out rehabilitation and support functions with the consumers.
• Assisting in treatment through implementing substance abuse services, providing education, support, and consultation to families, and providing crisis intervention.
• Communicating with consumers on a weekly basis to determine progress and revise the service plan as necessary.
• Assisting consumers with resolution of problems and/or concerns.
• Developing and enhancing consumer network of vocational supports with their families in the community, neighborhood, and workplace settings.
• Observing and responding to significant changes in consumer mental and physical health and communicating changes to the consumer's treatment team.
• Collaborating with county Office of Mental Health/Intellectual Disability personnel and other service providers involved in the consumer's treatment to assess consumer needs and provide the most appropriate services.
• Providing 24 hour a day, 7 day per week on-call crisis services on a rotational basis.
• Maintaining case records and completing appropriate documentation, letters, assessments and summaries as needed or designated by established policies and procedures.
• Understanding and following company policies; encouraging others to follow work rules; calling attention to actions that may violate policies and procedures.
• Complying with basic job requirements and tasks; arriving at work on time as scheduled; proactively informing others when he/she encounters problems that may limit his/her ability to meet expectations.
• Developing treatment plans and crisis plans based on the client’s strengths and needs.
• Gaining an understanding of the client’s relevant personal, familial, social, vocational, and cultural data.
• Preparing and completing all necessary documentation, including assessments, new consumer admissions, medication records, progress notes, incident reports, treatment and crisis plans and miscellaneous paperwork/reports within required timeframes as requested.
• Assisting the client in gaining funding authorization for needed services and entitlements.
• Participating in agency investigations.
• Providing individual vocational supportive counseling, and establishing vocational and career goals, and plans that recognize symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work.
• Planning and providing work related supportive services including development of job seeking skills, development of jobs based on client abilities and interest, job coaching and support on both on and off the job site.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with employers in the community setting.
• Provided supervision and guidance from supervisor, by attending daily team meetings and individual supervision.

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed