Group Services Director - Mental Health

Description

The Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Director will develop and maintain regular PSR Services to ensure participants are provided with active treatment that will improve or maintain the individual's condition, improve functional level, and prevent institutionalization by teaching emotional, cognitive, and social skills. The PSR Director implements programs aimed to help individuals live as independently as possible and become fully integrated into the communities in which they live. The PSR Director will be consistently scheduled onsite, spending at least half of his/her time in the provision of PSR Services.  

Requirements

• Maintain a minimum of an hourly billable caseload of       per week. 
• Oversee all PSR services and its curriculums from development to implementation. 
• Develop and update monthly calendars pertaining to PSR services. 
• Maintain a minimum of 20 hours per week of therapeutic services as evidenced in the plan of care as required by state regulations 
• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.  
• Perform assessments and behavioral screening as assigned, and update as required. 
• Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships. 
• Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.  
• Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports. 
• Counsel clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes. 
• Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, and tests. 
• Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.  
• Develop and implement program activities based on clinical experience and knowledge, utilizing co-occurring disorder treatment interventions, CBT, problem-solving and social skills, and update as required.  
• Oversee individual PSR services implemented by CTS case workers and therapists. 
• Collaborate with U/M and staff members to ensure PSR service eligibility on IM+CANS. 
• Evaluate clients' physical or mental condition based on review of client information. 
• Meet with families, probation officers, police, and other interested parties in order to exchange necessary information during the treatment process. 

Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in counseling and guidance, rehabilitation counseling, social work, vocational counseling, psychology, pastoral counseling, or family therapy or related field, who has successfully completed a practicum or internship that included a minimum of 1,000 hours of supervised direct service in a mental health setting, or who has one year of clinical experience under the supervision of a QMHP