Strtp Rehabilitation Specialist at 36th Place

Job Description

Job Description

About Us

Join a growing team of professionals who are making a positive impact on young people and our communities. Through our group homes and short-term residential therapeutic programs (STRTPs), Deliann Lucile Achievement Homes (STRTP) strives to help our girls reach the bright futures they are destined for through educational, recreational, treatment and support services in a warm, loving, and therapeutic environment.

DeliLu is a well-respected 20-year old agency with more than 60 employees that are committed to meeting the developmental, physical, emotional, social, educational, intellectual and spiritual needs of at-risk youth being served.

We provide a therapeutic and social environment in which youth and their families can address issues to maximize the potential for their independence and success.

Job Summary

The Rehabilitation Specialist is a mental health professional who works under the supervision of the Clinical Supervisor / Head of service and coordinates clinical care with the program therapist.

The Rehabilitation Specialist provides linkage and consultation as well as direct services to a caseload of clients. The two primary focus areas of direct service include case management and resource support, and behavioral intervention plan development and implementation.

The Resource Specialist works with clients, teachers, and family members to provide behavioral rehabilitation, education, and training.

The Rehabilitation Specialist maintains client charts, develops service plans, case synopsis, completes assessments and program outcomes, and writes progress reports.

The RS collaborates with programs and agencies such as schools, DCFS, Probation and other community agencies, and utilizes them as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Conducts child / youth and family focused, strength-based assessments, within the context of a local school / home / community service plan.
• Assist in the development of Client Treatment Plans including identifying goals and objectives, in coordination with the therapist, to address the client’s needs for Rehabilitation and Case Management services, includes an appropriate transition plan.
• Implements behavior intervention plans in the school, home, and community setting.
• Provide direct mental health rehabilitation services to clients
• Provides support and training to parents and teachers.
• Conducts regular case conferences with therapists, teachers, and family members in order to effectively coordinate care and efficiently manage services.
• Provide Education and Rehabilitation groups as needed to broaden the scope and range of services and ensure that client and family needs are met.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Education and Experience - Bachelor's degree in a social science field plus at least four (4) years of experience in a mental health setting as a specialist in the fields of physical restoration, social adjustment, or vocational adjustment.
• Up to two years of graduate professional education may be substituted for the experience requirement on a year-for-year basis;

up to two years of post-associate arts clinical experience may be substituted for the required educational experience, in addition to the requirement of four years of experience in a mental health setting.

CCR, Title 9 CCR 630)

• License or Certification - BBS Registered as AMFT or ACSW (NOT Required)
• Valid California Driver's License. Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB / Health Physical, valid CDL and clean driving record.

Meets all compliance requirements of federal, state, and country regulations by periodic sanction checks.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / Hazards

• Ability to visually and audibly assess client's behaviors and needs. Ability to drive to and from client’s in company vehicles.
• Hazards include verbally / physically Assaultive clients. Blood and Body Fluid Contact (Category I)

Benefits

• AMFT and ACSW’s receive supervision for BBS hours w / Competitive compensation
• Benefits package including medical, dental and vision and many other voluntary benefits
• Rewarding work environment with excellent opportunities for career growth

Status : Full Time Only / Non-Exempt

Salary : DOE

COVID-19 precautions

• Remote interview process
• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Temperature screenings
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

We are taking every precautions to make sure our staff and the residents are safe. We take daily temperature checks, and use masks, gloves and various sanitizing materials in the homes and work space.