Job Overview
Description
Love working with people and exploring strategies to meet their mental health needs? The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is seeking a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist to join our Twin Falls Team.
This position is Limited Service and will work Monday – Friday with the opportunity of a flexible work schedule and the option of telework.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialists will provide services and support to Serious Mental Illness (SMI) /Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) populations focusing on Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) participants that are or have transition to a community-based provider under Medicaid Expansion. The psychosocial rehabilitation specialist will be under the umbrella of the regional behavioral health clinic and will report to the DBH Regional Program Manager.
In addition to the duties described in the current Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist classification, work performed by psychosocial rehabilitation specialists funded through the Block Grant supplemental may include participation on mobile response teams, check-ins and community-based services to current and former participants and assisting with client discharges from state hospitals.
Minimal travel may be necessary throughout the region and the use of a state vehicle will be provided.
Benefit Information:
Our generous benefits package increases the total compensation of a full-time (benefits eligible) Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist making $25.00/hour to an estimated $35.98/hour.
Our competitive benefits package offered to eligible employees includes:
excellent medical, dental and vision insurance-employee only coverage for PPO $65/month for medical and vision & $10.06/month for dental- generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start
- 11 paid holidays a year
- paid parental leave
- participation in PERSI – one of the Nation’s best state retirement systems (the state currently contributes 11.94% of gross wages to an employee’s PERSI account)
- multiple savings plans, optional 401K, and optional 457
- basic life insurance for employee and family
- employee covered at one times annual salary
- spouse covered at $10,000
- child covered at $5,000
- wellness programs
- ongoing training opportunities
- an opportunity for student loan forgiveness
- and more!
If you have previously applied for Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist and wish to be considered for the current vacancy, you must reapply under this announcement. Previous scores will not be used.
**Length of limited service appointments are determined by the availability of funds such as grants, alternative funding sources and/or timeframes such as pilot projects, alternative funding sources or program termination.
The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare is a drug-free workplace. Any applicant offered employment in this position at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare will be required to pass a pre-employment drug test. In addition, successful candidates will be required to complete a criminal history background investigation. Employment is dependent upon satisfactory results of the investigation.
Example of Duties
- Support Clinicians with crisis intervention, assessment, triage, safety planning, and linkage to community resources
- Provide case management services for adults experiencing symptoms of a mental illness
- Interact with clients and families
- Provide encouragement and psychoeducation on symptom management and pro social community interactions
- Visit clients and collateral contacts to observe clients and services; ensuring the least restrictive environment and treatment alternatives
- Monitor medication compliance and provide emergency crisis intervention
- Answer and triage calls
- Co-respond with mobile crisis team
- Provide short term support to clients in crisis
Minimum Qualifications
You must possess all the minimum qualifications listed below to pass the exam for this position. Click on the Questions tab associated with this announcement for the details regarding minimum qualification requirements. The Supplemental Questions on the application are the exam questions. If it is a written answer, please make sure you answer each question with enough detail to determine how you meet the requirements. Do not put see resume as your answer to written questions . Answer each written question thoroughly. Failure to do this may result in not passing the exam and disqualify you from being considered for this position.
- Good knowledge of human services principles and practices to include behavioral management methods, social and family systems, cognitive behavioral education, and case management methods. This requires a bachelor’s degree in social work, behavioral science, education, or healthcare from a nationally accredited university or college. Your bachelor’s degree must have included at least twenty-one (21) semester credit hours (or quarter hour equivalent) in human service fields such as psychology, social work, special education, counseling, and psychosocial rehabilitation.
- Computer literacy for data entry, electronic mail, composing reports and letters, and storing and retrieving documents.
- Possess a valid driver’s license.
Supplemental Information
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If you have questions, please contact us at:
TROUBLE APPLYING: 1-855-524-5627
(Monday through Friday, 6am – 5pm, Pacific Time)
EMAIL:
dhwjobs@dhw.idaho.gov
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PHONE:
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EEO/AA/Veteran
Hiring is done without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability. If you need special accommodations to satisfy testing requirements, please contact the Division of Human Resources at (208) 334-2263.
Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.
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