TITLE: CHILD SERVICE PROFESSIONAL (CSP) 

REPORTS TO: Clinical Director

PURPOSE: 

Staff providing RBHS consist of mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation interventions necessary to assist consumers in achieving rehabilitative and recovery goals. This is an intensive community rehabilitative service that provides treatment and restorative interventions. RBHS includes the following services: Behavioral Modification, Family Support, Psychosocial Rehabilitative Services, as well as crisis management interventions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS: 

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, social work, early childhood education, child development or a related field; or bachelor's degree in an unrelated field and has a minimum of 45 documented training hours related to child development and children's mental health issues and treatment. An individualized supervision plan shall be developed and reviewed annually. Supervision shall be provided by a qualified professional within the population served. 

CSP staff should have experience in the following:

• Knowledge of using successful behavioral interventions.
• Knowledge of Medicaid policy and documentation standards
• Possess the ability to write and speak effectively and work with others.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assistance with therapeutic interventions to rehabilitate: 

• Functional skills 

• Adaptation, socialization, relational, and coping skills 

• Self-management of symptoms 

• Daily and community living skills 

• Behavior and anger management skills 

• Assumes the role of advocate, broker, coordinator, and monitor of service delivery system on behalf of the consumer.

• Coordination of movement across levels of care.

• Coordinate discharge planning and community re-entry following hospitalization, residential services and other levels of care. 

• Must be willing to provide services in various environments, such as homes, schools, jails, homeless, shelters, street locations, etc.

• Therapeutic mentoring that directly increases the acquisition of skills needed to accomplish the goals of the IPOC

• Psycho-education and training of family, unpaid caregivers, and others who have a legitimate role in addressing the needs identified in the consumer's IPOC. 

• Direct preventive and therapeutic interventions that will assist with skill building. 

• Relapse prevention and disease management strategies.

• Ongoing symptom monitoring and management

• Ongoing medication monitoring, with report to medical providers. 

• Service coordination activities within the established IPOC. 

• Input into the Person-Centered Plan modifications.

• Assist with assuring compliance to all applicable rules, regulations, and policy and procedures of the agency and governing standards.

• With support the guidance directs and participates in policy and program implementation.  Assists with meeting deadlines.

• Assist with working with the mental health agency to solve day to day problems regarding clients and/or their families.

• Assist with auditing clinical charts to ensure completeness accuracy and regulatory compliance.

• Assist with providing On-Call support under the supervision of the QP.

• Maintain ongoing communication with agency stakeholders such as DSS, DJJ, COC, etc. 

• Ensure all paperwork is submitted in a timely manner.

• Assist with implementing, monitoring and participating in quality assurance and improvement program.

• Participate in treatment team meetings along with other team members.  

• Performs other duties as assigned or directed.