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About the Role

A Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist serves in a paraprofessional capacity within the crisis intervention unit. This role assists clients with various stages of admission, discharge, and post-discharge, including transportation. It also involves supporting crisis phone contacts, coordinating care for clients in stabilization sites, and performing medication deliveries, welfare checks, and phone prompts. The position is dedicated to helping clients develop and implement personal wellness goals.

Responsibilities

• Provider of rehabilitation support, recover-oriented activities, interventions, and skill development to improve self-management and reduce relapse of substance use and psychiatric symptoms.
• Assist individuals in identifying meaningful life role goals and objectives through a person-centered process.
• Train in coping skills to address symptoms, manage stress, and reduce vulnerability to stress.
• Assist in identifying trauma triggers and developing healthy coping alternatives.
• Encourage personal autonomy through stress management skills and recognition/coping with mental health symptoms.
• Encourage development of ways to manage free time.
• Assist in navigation of transportation.
• Guide in understanding and managing chronic medical conditions.
• Engage in further development of health social skills.
• Educate in wellness activities.
• Teach and strengthen daily living skills.
• Encourage development of financial management strategies.
• Assist in pursuing, securing, and retaining integrated, competitive employment.
• Assess on-going progress toward recovery and functional skill development.
• Maintain all required documentation in a timely manner.
• Communicate and report to Supervisor.
• Actively participate in timely completion of assigned trainings.
• Manages a caseload of clients to establish and implement individual health and wellness plans.
• Assist to establish a wellness support system outside of the PRS.
• Consulting with collaterals, with the client’s permission, towards the end of improving client outcomes while assisting them in addressing their goals.
• Provide psychoeducation with the goal to restore and support community tenure and avoid more restrictive placements, enhance personal relationships, establish support networks, increase community awareness, develop coping strategies toward effective functioning in all relevant environments.
• Teach and strengthen daily living skills to assist with self-management and reduction of the effects of psychiatric, emotional, physical, developmental, or substance challenges.
• Assist in developing wellness skills.
• Support personal autonomy skill development.
• Enrich personal skills.
• Develop health skills.
• Identification of personal interests and hobbies.

Requirements

• Must have a clean, valid driver’s license.

Skills

• Communication
• Organization
• Crisis Management/Composure
• Time Management
• Confidentiality
• Ethical Conduct

Location

• 125 Finney Malone - Malone, NY 12953
• North Country Region

Work Type

• Full Time
• Part Time
• Relief

Experience Level

• 1 year of experience working with individuals with substance use disorders and/or serious mental illness (for Adults)
• 3 years of relevant experience working with children involved with mental health, addiction and/or foster care (for Children)

Education Level

• High school diploma or equivalent (for Adults and Children)
• Bachelor's degree (for Adults)

Salary/Compensations

• $17.00 - $21.00 Hourly