Position: Community Reintegration Specialist
Reports to: Program Director
Function: Provides intensive case coordination and delivers community rehabilitation services to forensic and prison re-entry clients in Manhattan, Queens, Bronx
Schedule: Mondays through Fridays (9:00am-5:00pm)
Tasks:
- Conducts home visits for assigned case load according to individual client need (up to daily during first 3-6 months of residency).
- Assists with intake process and transition of referred forensic/re-entry clients.
- Assures access to psychiatric, substance use, medical services and entitlements.
- Obtains psychosocial histories and conducts functional skills assessments.
- Provides intensive case management services during initial 3-6 months post admission according to individual client need.
- Establishes and maintains liaison with primary provider of psychiatric care.
- Monitors client medication, including adherence and side-effects.
- Develops an individualized rehabilitation plan (Service/Support Plan) in accordance with client needs, strengths, and goals and in consultation with the treatment team and others of the client’s choice.
- Delivers community rehabilitation services according to individual need.
- Documents client response to service, progress and regressions, and regularly updates the Service/Support Plan.
- Trains clients in safety procedures and conducts fire drills and self-preservation tests.
- Prepares residents of community residences for transition to independent living and makes necessary referrals.
- Facilitates crisis intervention in the event of an emergency.
- Staffs Emergency Cell Phone on a rotating basis.
- Maintains client charts and submits necessary notes and reports, including incident reports, in compliance with agency procedures.
- Oversees maintenance of apartments, inventories furniture, and alerts program director of issues.
- Attends in-service training as requested by supervisory personnel.
- Provides coverage as needed for other staff on the program team.
- Serves as “Qualified Mental Health Staff Person”
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