Mental Health Specialist Ii Multiple Vacancies (All Shifts)

Recruitment/Posting Title

Mental Health Specialist II Multiple Vacancies (All Shifts)

Job Category

Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Medical and Patient Services

Department

UBHC-Access Center-PISC

Overview

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC’s 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.

Posting Summary

• Promptly accepts telephone service requests, and when support staff is unavailable, responds to incoming calls within three rings, as observed by supervisor.
• Documents assessments, interventions, and interactions with callers in a timely manner and in accordance with established policies.
• Maintains comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of resources and programs used by the Center and Unit in order to provide guidance to callers and make appropriate referrals, as observed by supervisor.
• Performs assessment and makes appropriate disposition as indicated by feedback from receiving program/referral; caller satisfaction and supervised observations or other provider.
• Assists callers in identifying their personal recovery goals, assists in setting objectives for each goal, and determines interventions to be used based on the consumer’s recovery/life goals.
• Follows unit polices in the reporting of child abuse and neglect and situations of impending danger to the appropriate persons and/or agencies as indicated by supervisor’s direct observation and review of records.
• Responds to telephone contacts with callers or family members in an appropriately courteous, helpful fashion as observed by supervisor.
• Models for callers’ good communication skills, recovery-oriented living skills, effective coping skills, and self help strategies as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from consumers and team members.

Position Status

Full Time

Hours Per Week

Daily Work Shift

Evening

Work Arrangement

FLSA

Nonexempt

Grade

1875

Position Salary

Annual Minimum Salary

24.980

Annual Mid Range Salary

25.480

Annual Maximum Salary

26.240

Standard Hours

40.00

Union Description

Teamsters, Local 97

Payroll Designation

PeopleSoft

Benefits

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment

Staff - 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility

PERS

Minimum Education and Experience

Certifications/Licenses

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preferred Qualifications

Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Special Conditions

• Shifts available are 4:00pm – 12:30am and 12am – 8:30am.
• Weekend shifts may be required.

Posting Number

22ST0837

Posting Open Date

Special Instructions to Applicants

Regional Campus

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus

Off Campus

City

State

NJ

Location Details

New Jersey