Job Description

Job Description

Title : Transition Specialist, Young Adult Apartments

Function : Provides care coordination and delivers community rehabilitation services to young adult population. Facilitates admissions and transitions to more independent living.

Reports to : Program Director

Location : Queens (Jamaica) or the Bronx (Mott Haven)

Tasks:

• Reviews applications, sets up screenings, facilitate tours, presents referrals to agency teams and recommends admissions in accordance with agency policy.
• Conducts home visits on a regular basis for assigned case load.
• Obtains psychosocial histories and conducts functional skills assessments.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with primary provider of psychiatric care.
• Assures access to psychiatric, substance abuse and medical services, and entitlement benefits.
• Monitors client medication, including adherence and side-effects.
• Administers standardized health screening tools
• Develops an individualized rehabilitation plan (Wellness 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, including: Assertiveness/Self Advocacy Training, Community Integration Services/Resource Development, Daily Living Skills Training, Health Services, Medication Management Training, Parenting Training, Rehabilitation Counseling, Skill Development Services, Socialization, Substance Abuse Services, and Symptom Management.
• Documents client response to service, progress and regressions, and regularly updates the Wellness Plan.
• Trains clients in safety procedures and conducts fire drills and self-preservation tests.
• Prepares residents for transition to independent living and makes necessary referrals.
• Facilitates crisis intervention in the event of an emergency.
• Staffs Emergency 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 maintenance problems.
• 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”
• Duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications: Possess a Master’s degree in psychology or a related field or a Bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field with significant experience in the field, young adult experience preferred.

Salary: $59,890 plus generous benefits

ACMH is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and is a leader in the provision of outreach and engagement, care management, rehabilitation, crisis support, and supportive housing. ACMH is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and seeks to promote actionable change to create an intentional culture of equity at individual, interpersonal and institutional levels.

For more information, visit our website: www.acmhnyc.org

ACMH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment decisions based on race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, mental or physical disability, marital status, veteran status or citizenship status.

Company Description

ACMH is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and is a leader in the provision of outreach and engagement, care management, rehabilitation, crisis support, and supportive housing. ACMH is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and seeks to promote actionable change to create an intentional culture of equity at individual, interpersonal and institutional levels.
For more information, visit our website: www.acmhnyc.org

Company Description

ACMH is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and is a leader in the provision of outreach and engagement, care management, rehabilitation, crisis support, and supportive housing. ACMH is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and seeks to promote actionable change to create an intentional culture of equity at individual, interpersonal and institutional levels.\r\nFor more information, visit our website: www.acmhnyc.org