RBHS Specialist

Growing Home Southeast Clinical/RBHS Specialist supervise the foster placement of youth and families in therapeutic care and have primary responsibility for case management and coordination. Clinical/RBHS Specialist are supervisors and consultants to contracted treatment parents of therapeutic family foster care.

The Clinical/RBHS Specialist will also be responsible to provide home and community-based interventions to address mental health/behavioral health needs of children for assigned cases. The part of the position operates under the supervision of the Community Behavioral Health Director and/or Foster Care Department.

Scope:

Clinical Specialist duties: Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assessing families for foster care licensure, conducting home study addendum, matching client needs with skills of treatment parents, facilitating placement goals and desired outcomes with the placement team, monitoring and documenting progress toward goals, and planning transitions for discharges.

RBHS Specialist duties: RBHS services will include but are not limited to assessment, service plan development, behavior modification, family support, and psychosocial rehabilitative services. Services are based on the needs of the child and family, with the purpose of improving the child’s ability to function in the home, community, and school settings.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Assist in the annual re-licensing and facilitate a monthly or quarterly support/training group for current foster homes assigned. Communicate and instruct treatment parents on completing paperwork, gathering and submitting the necessary paperwork to re-licensing and completing an annual home-study addendum.
2. Provide ongoing supervision to licensed treatment parents and perform annual treatment parent evaluations. Consult and collaborate with treatment parents to include: Identify problem areas with treatment parents; develop a plan for addressing those problems; and assess placement progress to minimize the risk of placement disruption. Assist in enhancing the skill level and professional status of treatment parents.
3. Provide on-going case consultation to treatment parents and youth, both individually and in groups, which support youth meeting the emotional, behavioral, social, cultural, and educational needs of youth/families in placement. Assist treatment parents in the coordination of community resources needed to meet youth/family needs.
4. Participate in monthly individual case supervision and consultations, required trainings, and monthly team meetings. Consult with team members, assess appropriate resources for youth or families, contact treatment parents and placement referral sources, and seek designated approval regarding placements and/or service needs.
5. Plan and supervise the pre-placement and placement planning for the youth/family to include organizing, facilitating, and documenting results of a treatment plan meeting of all involved parties. Assure financial responsibility for placement with referral worker.
6. Conduct quarterly reviews of treatment plans with the treatment team.
7. Complete and submit all required documentation within the stated guidelines: Documentation includes: assessments, treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, treatment plan reformulations, progress summary notes, medication logs, treatment parent notes and other client information required by state and federal laws.
8. Engage in internal and external public relations and marketing with referral sources and others concerned with the quality of care. This may involve serving as a team representative for agency work groups designed to enhance treatment foster care practice.
9. Participate in staff and regional team meetings and demonstrates support of other team members.
10. Maintain the required number of training hours annually as directed by federal, state and other regulations. Licensed staff must maintain those hours as required by local licensing boards.
11. Maintain and manage a caseload of 5-8 clients.
12. Engage with child and family in various service settings to provide authorized RBHS services. In all settings, focus interventions on meeting treatment plan goals as established by Growing Home SE (GHSE), the Referring Agency, and in accordance with Medicaid standards.
13. Maintain appropriate weekly service hours as specified by the Medicaid Authorization for services, the client treatment plan, and GHSE expectations.
14. Assist Clinical Care Coordinator in gathering documents and information needed for the authorization for initial services, ongoing authorizations, treatment plans, and behavior modification plans, as applicable.
15. All other duties as identified.

Position Supervised: Independently contracted treatment parents.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience Required: Clinical/RBHS Specialists should have knowledge of developmental and attachment theory, child psychopathology, behavior management, family systems dynamics, community organization theory, demonstrated ability to effectively work cross-culturally, and be able to approach interventions from an ecological framework. Skills in group and team facilitation, family assessment, and networking with community resources are essential. Clinical/RBHS Specialists must demonstrate an ability to work independently, possess effective organizational and time management skills, and demonstrate professional oral and written communication skills. Clinical/RBHS Specialists must be able to function under various amounts of stress and must have the self-knowledge to assure proper self-care and wellness. Clinical/RBHS specialists must possess a valid driver's license, have reliable transportation, be willing to work irregular hours, and be board licensed for the appropriate professional discipline as required by state law.

Clinical/RBHS Specialist - Master's degree in a field related to social work with three years social work experience working with the population being served; Preference will be given to social work experience specifically with families and children involved in foster care or the child/family welfare systems.

The Clinical/RBHS Specialist must be committed to understanding and conducting their work consistent with Growing Home Southeast’s mission, values and core principles and exhibit organizational citizenship. Must also have the ability to forge mutually respectful partnerships; conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change; the ability to maintain the helping role of the practitioner to meet the needs of the persons served or other family members; and the ability to work in partnership with other team members.