As a Residential Clinical Support Specialist for Swope Health Services residential department, you will be part of a team that helps members of our community that need it the most. A Residential Clinical Support Specialist Provides management and leadership to Intensive mental health technicians to ensure coordination of care for residential clients.

Primary Functions

• Supervision and management of mental health technicians.
• Ability to engage and assist individuals in learning and practicing skills that promote independent living.
• Monitor individual participation and progress in organized treatment programs to assure the planned provision of
  service according to the individual’s treatment plan.
• Participate in the development or revision of a Person Centered Individualized Treatment Plan as a member of the
  CPRP and Healthcare Home treatment team.
• Assist and promote the person to engage and access family, guardians, significant others, friends, religious supports
  and a variety of community agencies and resources to provide ongoing social, educational, vocational and recreational
  supports and activities.
• Coach individuals to learn and practice symptom management skills within the community-at-large to assist the person
  in achieving and maintaining their community adjustment.
• Champion recovery efforts for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, chemical dependency and/or occurring disorders in a manner that supports the dignity, respect, self-determination, and empowerment of each
  individual
• Assist in implementation of individual treatment plan activities that promote independent living to include wellness
  activities, cooking and nutrition, transportation, budgeting, and household management.
• Assist with planning, coordination and scheduling of activities that promote recovery, symptom management, and
  community engagement.
• Ongoing training and development of staff to address training needs and to train staff to residential standard
  operating procedures.
• To provide crisis management support to individuals who reside in Swope Health Services residential facilities and to
  residential staff.
• Monitor safety, cleanliness, and condition of residents units.
• Monitor documentation of interventions to ensure compliance to ICPR standards.
• Provide protective oversight and follow crisis intervention protocol.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Successful Candidates will have:

• Bachelors Degree human services field (psychology, education, nursing, criminal justice, recreational therapy, social
  work, psychology, human development and family studies, counseling, child development, gerontology, rehabilitation
  counseling).
• OR at least two years of higher education with two years of experience in psychiatric, substance abuse treatment, or
  developmental disabilities, or any four year degree with two years of experience in psychiatric, substance abuse
  treatment, or developmental disabilities.
• OR four years of equivalent experience with consumers and their families receiving psychiatric, substance abuse,
  developmental disabilities services to move towards their personal, social and vocational competency in order to live
  successfully in the community.
• Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and current automobile insurance.
• Experience in working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in a mental health or social service
  residence preferred. Flexible schedule and reliable transportation with a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance.

Education

• High School or better