What are the responsibilities and job description for the Integrated Specialist position at Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers?
ABOUT US:
A professional mental health staff serves a growing caseload of 2,800 patients, of which greater than ninety-five percent are chronically mentally ill and suffering from major psychiatric disorders. BJK Peoples Health Centers operates a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center and a Comprehensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center for adults and youth. Many services are provided at schools.
Emergency services, including a crisis bed and mobile outreach, are available twenty-four hours per day. A multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, counselors, social workers, educators, and support staff work diligently to carry out the mission of providing comprehensive care to patients and their families.
The Phases team uses an array of techniques to engage difficult-to-treat consumers. All team members function as a unit to wrap around the individual. These techniques include: collaborative, motivational interventions to engage consumers and build intrinsic motivation for receiving services from the team, and, where necessary, therapeutic limit-setting interventions to create extrinsic motivation for receiving services deemed necessary to prevent harm to consumer or others. The team has a thoughtful process for identifying the need for assertive engagement, measuring the effectiveness of chosen techniques, and modifying approach when indicated. Persistent, caring attempts to engage consumers in treatment helps foster a trusting relationship between the consumer and the Phases team.
DESCRIPTION:
An Integrated Specialist provides integrated dual disorder treatment to the Phases team consumers. The specialist works with transition-age adults ages 26 and over in a community-based setting. An Integrated Counselor completes an assessment of current and historical substance use and the interplay of mental health issues is conducted along with the consumer’s stage of change readiness. The specialist is a key team member in the service planning for consumers with a dual disorder, models skills, provides individual consultation, and cross-training in dual-diagnosis assessment and treatment to team members, and attends treatment planning meetings for all consumers with a dual disorder and attends all team meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology (QMHP), a Master's preferred; must meet the standards for certification as a substance abuse or co-occurring specialist. 2 years of Substance Abuse, psychiatric or mental health setting.
Must have CADC, CRADC, CRAADC, CCJP, CCDP, CCDP-D, RADC, or RADC-P or other Qualified Substance Abuse Professional Certification.
