Community Rehabilitation Specialist

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (Required)
• Drivers License (Required)
• Six (6) months of experience providing rehabiltiation services in a volunteer or employment capacity (Preferred)

Rehabiliation Duties

• Provide ethical and culturally-sensitive rehabilitation services to meet patient needs as well as case management services
• Offer individual and group services in community, office, and telehealth settings
• Maintain a caseload of PRP (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program) patients (caseload size TBD in collaboration with program director)
• Create rehabilitation plans in collaboration with patient and PRP specialist
• Provide rehabilitation services in accordance with the rehabilitation plan, including psychoeducation about relapse prevention, patterns and behaviors, and treatment processes
• Complete clinical paperwork (intakes, rehabilitation plans, visit notes)
• Advocate for patient needs
• Offer consultation to patients and their representatives
• Manage medication compliance (with the help of Medical Team)
• Provide crisis intervention as needed in collaboration with the patient's therapist and PRP specialist
• Consult with other mental health professionals as necessary
• Facilitate internal and external referrals to treatment/social services programs, services, agencies as
• needed
• Participate in necessary team meetings based on caseload
• Engage in regular supervision (TBD by PRP Specialist)

Administrative Duties

• Maintain accurate and timely patient charts that includes clinical intakes, progress notes, assessments, treatment plans, and discharge summaries

Personnel Duties

• Complete all necessary HR paperwork
• Complete at least 12 hours of training per year

Physical Requirements

• Driving
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Standing and walking short distances
• Lifting (no more than 20 pounds)
• Carrying/pushing medical equipment
• Reaching & Grasping
• Use of senses (vision, hearing, smelling, touching)
• Listening attentively & Speaking

Mental Requirements & Conditions

• General Intelligence: Ability to learn and comprehend instructions; critical thinking and problem solving
• Verbal Intelligence: Ability to articulate self verbally and in writing; ability to understand through writing and verbal conversation
• Numerical Intelligence: Ability to perform basic arithmetic accurately
• Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate hands, eyes, and fingers; typing

Environmental Conditions & Requirements

• Noise Conditions: Ability to withstand noises that are typical for an office setting; Ability to withstand noises related to construction work on an intermittent basis (during routine upkeep and maintenance to the office)
• Injury Exposures: Exposure to mentally-ill and emotionally-disturbed patients; Exposure to sharps tools; Exposure to bodily fluids typical for a medical office setting (i.e., spit through talking)

*Other duties as assigned