Job Description

About the Company -

At RHA Services, we help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes. Regardless of a person's struggles and challenges, we all deserve the chance to live our best possible lives. That's why RHA is here doing what we are doing. We want to provide everyone we serve with the chance to grow, learn, and bloom.

For over 30 years, the people we service, and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennesse, and New Jersey.

About the Role

Provides support to individuals experiencing a Mental Health (MH) or Substance Abuse crisis in an office-based setting. This position provides support to individuals in crisis by providing behavioral health assessment, crisis counseling, and linkage to recommended treatment options within a supportive team setting. Interventions are strength-based and focused on promoting recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills, and achievement of the highest level of functioning in the community. Must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served may deliver supports within the requirements of the staff definition specified in the service definitions. Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment with clinical and operational supervision and direction to provide quality services.

Education, Licensure, and Experience required for the position. Must meet the requirements of a Qualified Professional

Responsibilities

• Facilitating relationships and serving as a link between the company, parents, guardians, local agencies and the community
• Minimizing the negative effects of psychiatric symptoms or substance dependence that interfere with the recipient’s daily living and personal development, providing supportive counseling
• Supporting the client in the development of various skill building activities, including: daily and community living skills, socialization skills, adaptation skills, and behavior and anger management
• Participating in a first responder on-call system available to consumers and/or his/her natural support network on a 24/7/365 basis; coordinates “first response" resources according to consumer need and the PCP
• Performing Case Management functions of linking and arranging for services and referrals
• Working closely with other clinical/professional staff to maintain communication and providing feedback, standardizing procedures and expediting PCP implementation
• Ensuring that all initial and reauthorizations for services occur in a timely fashion
• Monitoring utilization of service to ensure that it is effective, appropriate, and within the limits set forth in both rule, PCP, and the service authorization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Not Human Services field) & 4+ years full-time experience with population served OR
• Bachelor's degree (in Human Services field) & 2+ years full-time experience with population served OR
• Master’s Degree or Higher & 1+ years full-time experience with population served.
• License, Provisional License, Certificate, Registration, Permit issued by governing board regulating human service profession.
• Human Service Degrees Include: Social Service, Sociology, Psychology, or other Human Service Degrees.
• Populations Served Include: Mentally Ill-Child, Mentally Ill- Adult, Substance Abuse-Adult, Substance Abuse-Child
• Must meet Qualified Professional requirements
• Must meet the education, experience, licensure/certification requirements specified by the service definition of the service being provided
• Valid driver’s license and automotive insurance required
• CPR, first aid, NCI and/or relevant certification, a plus

Required Skills - LCSW or LCHMC accepted

Associates Licensures also accepted

Pay range and compensation package - Starting at $27.00 per hour

Equal Opportunity Statement - RHA is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact our solutions center.

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