PD Rehabilitation Services Specialist **On-call position

PD Rehabilitation Services Specialist I – On-call Position

Job Category
:
Case Manager

Requisition Number
: PDREH
003916

• Posted:
  September 24, 2024
• Part-Time
• Rate: $35.49 per hour

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San Jose, CA 95127, USA

This is an on-call as needed position that is 100% field based. The individual needs to understand the impact of behavioral health symptoms on presentation and importance of leveraging community and family supports.

Pay rates for Union positions are set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU Local 521. Each position has a total of six steps, Step 1 (entry level) through Step 6 (15 years of employment with the organization). Union staff are promoted from Step 1 to Step 2 upon their one‑year anniversary. The current Step 1 rate for this position is $35.49/hr
, and the current Step 6 rate is $39.19/hr
.

In addition to our competitive salaries, we pay a shift differential for certain shifts in our 24‑hour programs as follows (only one differential‑whichever is highest will apply at a time):

• 6.25% additional pay for overnight (NOC) shift from 11 pm to 7 am
• 4.75% additional pay for evening shift from 5:30 pm to 10:59 pm
• 4.75% additional pay for weekend shifts from 12:01 am on Saturday through 11:59 pm on Sunday

• Provide mental health rehabilitation and case management services for a varied caseload, involving families to support clients in all areas of daily living and facilitate integration into the community.
  • Develop curriculum and facilitate groups and one‑on‑ones through rehabilitation counseling processes that help develop and strengthen life, coping, and independent living skills; develop curriculums.
  • Provide group facilitation through field and periodic outings to promote community integration.
  • Assist clients and families with social integration into community life, housing, school, employment, and other independent living skills.
  • Assist in budgeting and financial planning; address health and safety issues and how to respond to common emergencies.
  • Interface directly with clients and provide counseling, particularly during times of conflict and crisis intervention.
  • Assess independent living skills of clients and their stability.
  • Alert other professional staff of adverse reactions to medication or medication avoidance.
  • When assessed as highly unstable, write up 5150 holds to determine the extent of the threat and de‑escalate that threat.
  • Update treatment plans per agency guidelines.
  • Provide appropriate consultation and backup to support other staff in responding to client crisis.
  • Help clients strengthen problem‑solving, socialization, and coping skills.
  • Encourage clients’ resourcefulness, self‑empowerment, and understanding of their diagnosis and/or illness.
• Provide service to clients and families in linkage with professional and community resources.
  • Coordinate care with other programs; refer clients to agency and non‑agency therapists, if appropriate.
  • Communicate with clients’ probation agents, conservators, case managers, and the courts on an ongoing basis.
  • Advocate for clients with outside agencies; help and educate clients with researching outside, independent living and making the most of community resources.
  • Liaise with representatives of those resources, such as property managers, on behalf of clients; support families through linkage to appropriate resources.
  • Work with clients’ families and educate them on mental health issues to successful transitions.
• Coordinate activities and provide food and other related services to support the smooth operation of agency kitchen and residential facilities and maintain regulatory health and safety standards.
  • Organize, prepare, and serve meals, and maintain safe hygiene and sanitation practices.
  • Plan and prepare menus; service/deliver meals and snacks.
  • Perform kitchen and dining room sanitation processes and activities.
  • Perform basic cleaning such as washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen and dining room.
  • Maintain proper food supplies and storage.
• Complete clinical records and other documentation processes that enable clients to receive services in accordance with agency, payor, and regulatory…