Behavioral Health Community Housing Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Actively facilitates treatment planning, utilization management and discharge planning with the individual receiving housing services and the treatment team.
• Coaches and/or teaches skills related to psychoeducation, understanding diagnosis, triggers and basic coping skills, advocacy, understanding stigma, empowerment and recovery support.
• Coaches and teaches skills related to Activities of Daily Living, included but not limited to food preparation, meal planning, laundry, personal hygiene, household organization, employment/volunteer activities, organizing personal schedule, budgeting, transportation, socialization and/or other housing goals.
• Provides assistance with the location of housing, roommate matching, renter skills training and/or landlord/tenant negotiations as outlined by housing program.
• Completes all required documentation for individual documentation to maintain services (ie-Intake Assessment, Outcome Measures, C-SSRS, Treatment Plan, Safety Plan and other clinical documentation).
• Acquires knowledge or resources for Lebanon County while maintaining an excellent working relationship with all providers and community agencies.
• Acts as a liaison with other community agencies/groups, funding sources and businesses that relate to the services provided to individuals in housing programming.
• Provides support and/or assistance and consultation to families, social supports, landlords, and community agencies of the individual.
• Assists in providing access to behavioral health services throughout Lebanon County.
• Supports individual in community setting such as teaching community safety, assist with transportation efforts (ie-public transportation), support individual identified access to spiritual needs, accompany to other socialization activities as it relates to the individual's goal.
• Serving as an on-going liaison to community resources, through referrals and accompanying the individual to appointments when appropriate.
• Completes necessary documentation for each individual encounter within 48 hours of provided service.

Common Expectations:

• Attends all meetings with supervisor, staff, and team meetings as well as trainings and in-services.
• Models in all interactions respect, trauma-informed care, and recovery model.
• Advocates and informs regarding mental health and resiliency.