Behavioral Health Specialist II - Blythe

ABOUT THE POSITION

The County of Riverside's Behavioral Health department seeks to fill multiple Behavioral Health Specialist II positions in Blythe, CA.

The incumbents will be responsible for, but not limited to:



* Providing outreach, engagement, and case management services to homeless individuals.


* Assisting individuals with obtaining required documents to apply for housing programs, and completing housing applications and forms.


* Completing progress notes, reports and documentation in a timely manner.


* Transporting consumers to medical, psychiatric and other appointments in the community.

Under general supervision, job duties include, but are not limited to the following; work with a team of mental and behavioral health professionals in planning and providing mental health services and provision of consumer treatment, directly assist clients in the utilization of appropriate community resources, provide education and information to the community, provide general counseling, provide case management services, outreach and engagement to homeless individuals, assist individuals with obtaining required documents to apply for housing programs, complete housing applications and forms, complete progress notes, reports and documentation in a timely manner, transport consumers to medical, psychiatric and other appointments in the community, provide community services, and perform other work as required.

Incumbents in this class provide support, encouragement, advocacy, and related services in order to assist the client in coping with immediate situations with no attempt to modify or change the consumer's personality structure.

Classes in this series differ from those in the Clinical Therapist series in that the latter, due to advanced education and experience, use independent judgment in making diagnoses, developing treatment plans, and provide a wide range and variety of behavioral health services including psychotherapy.

Work Schedule: Will be discussed during the interview.

Tentative: 9/80
Work Location:1297 W Hobsonway, Blythe, CA 92225



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*This is a field based, homeless outreach position in which staff are out in the field for 6 to 8 hours per day regardless of weather which may include strong winds, heavy rain or high heat.

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Meet the Team!

The Riverside University Health System is here for you when you or someone you love is in need of help to achieve and maintain a life of whole health wellness and recovery.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Interviews consumers to team with mental health professionals in determining the needs of individuals or groups on a walk-in/telephone basis; responds to potential suicide or other emergency telephone calls; describes basic services to consumers; discusses goals and objectives of proposed treatment plans and establishes contract with consumer; assists consumer in recognizing and solving conditions in the consumer's environment which may contribute to mental health problems;...