IFSS Manager

The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County is seeking a full-time Manager for its Intensive Family Support Services (IFSS) program. The IFSS Manager reports to the Vice President of Clinical Services.

Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing consultation sessions to families of adults with a serious mental health condition to influence change, improve stability and quality of life, enhance empowerment, and ensure the basic rights of the family.


• Complete biopsychosocial assessments, including accurately identifying the family's psychosocial and behavioral concerns, strengths, vulnerabilities, and expressed needs and goals. Goals will include counseling interventions to develop coping and stress-reduction strategies, set limits, solve problems, and enhance communication skills.


• Provide ongoing group support for families.


• Deliver current psychoeducation on severe mental health conditions, such as bio-neurological aspects, the impact of substance use and abuse, psychotropic medication, and the associated risks of mixing mood-altering substances.


• Design and deliver psychoeducational workshops and presentations on evidence-based treatment practices and modalities.


• Provide crisis intervention and safety planning.


• Complete all required documentation in family files in a timely manner, in accordance with applicable policies and regulations. (Evidence of consultation sessions shall be reflected in the clinical record and reference the family's preferences and status.)


• Assist families in utilizing all available community resources to best meet their needs.


• Deliver services according to the family's needs and preferences, including in-home and off-site.


• Attend peer supervision meetings and other meetings as requested.


• Coordinate the development and delivery of quarterly community-based programs designed to educate on critical topics relevant to the broader community.

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication.


• Assess general family status and interpret documentation.


• Identify clinical crises that may require emergency intervention.


• Network with a variety of both formal and informal community resources.


• Educate families on mental illness and other functional impairments.


• Discuss substance use and dependence issues.


• Possess an awareness of clinical resources available and the means to obtain them.


• Create a crisis safety plan with each family that utilizes all community emergency 24-hour services.


• Educate families on following a crisis plan.
  

Education:

• A master's degree in a mental health clinical discipline.


• Three years' experience providing mental health services to individuals with severe and persistent mental health conditions, as well as their families.

About the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County

Established in 1950, the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County is an affiliate of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) and the national nonprofit Mental Health America (MHA). Our professional staff has been on the forefront of creating a meaningful system of mental health care that strategically focuses on eliminating social barriers and mental health discrimination. With over 15 free programs and services, we create healthy communities for the future.

Our mission is to promote mental health as a critical component of overall wellness, including prevention services for all, early identification and intervention for those at risk, integrated care and treatment for those who need it, with recovery as the goal.