QMHP-A

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Scheduling and assisting clients to Medical, Psychological, Psychiatric appointments
• Assessing needs for physical resources, equipment, and supplies
• Training and Teaching developing skills of daily living (i.e. hygiene, budgeting, food shopping and preparation)
• Identifying and establishing professional relationship with community resources
• Advocating on behalf of clients while teaching clients self-advocacy skills
• Participates in regular interdisciplinary staff meetings held at position location.
• Accepts newly assigned cases in which the diagnostic intake has been completed by a licensed provider.
• Develops appropriate treatment/service plans with clients as the means for implementing appropriate services and developing effective alliances with clients.
• Provides on-going supportive and/or case management functions in accordance with the problems, needs, and the strategies identified within the service plan in order to help the clients to achieve the stated goals and objectives.
• Provides face to face reviews with the client and/or relevant staff on a regular basis the progress made in reaching service goals so that the service plan can be modified as necessary to ensure that the goals and objectives are being achieved. The frequency reviews will be determined by relevant requirements.
• Documents all service contacts on a timely basis including face-to-face interviews, collateral and networking contacts, correspondence and maintains the case records in accordance with agency and regulatory standards and requirements.
• Participates in interagency planning and service coordination activities as directed to improve and enhance service continuity and effectiveness for clients.
• Meets regularly with the immediate supervisor as a means of enhancing professional growth, reviewing and processing the provision of case management services, and dealing with appropriate administrative issues.
• Maintains close communication with the consulting psychiatrist and the MH nurse for input regarding medication compliance, side effects of medication, and medication changes and alerts these members of the staff of any changes in client adjustment which might suggest decompensation and a need for more aggressive intervention.
• Maintains service logs and turns them in on a weekly basis so that staff and client service information can be reviewed by supervisors and management personnel

Qualifications:

• Must possess a combination of mental health work experience or relevant education, and training which indicates the possession of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform essential job duties. Bachelor degree in relevant human services field plus at least one year experience to meet Qualified Mental Health Professional according to DMAS requirements.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge: Working knowledge of the nature of serious mental illness and related treatment modalities, interventions and techniques; and their uses in treatment planning; of consumers’ rights; of local community resources and service delivery systems such as housing, social, welfare, educational, etc. . . ; of client record documentation requirements; and of client services plan development and implementation.

Abilities: Demonstrated ability to observe, record and report on an individual’s functioning; to read and understand assessments, evaluations, observation, and use in developing treatment plan; to identify community resources and services for clients and coordinate provision of services; to establish effective working relationships with internal agency staff as well as with relevant community organizations; interact positively with consumers and their families, work as a team member, communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to maintain confidentiality, and to work independently under general supervision.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $25.00 per hour

Medical Specialty:

• Psychiatry

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $16 - $25