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Mental Health Specialist Ii

3 months ago


Piscataway, United States Rutgers University Full time

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Recruitment/Posting Title**
- Mental Health Specialist II - Per Diem - NJ Hopeline**Job Category**
- Staff & Executive - Healthcare**Department**
- UBHC NJ Hopeline**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**
- Rutgers The State University is seeking a Mental Health Specialist II in the NJ Hopeline of Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

- Interacts with caller in a therapeutic manner.
- Models for callers’ good communication skills, recovery-oriented living skills, effective coping skills, and selfhelp strategies as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from consumers and team members.
- 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.
- Develops and maintains a relationship with callers so that he/she can identify emotional, psychiatric or behavioral changes which may require further intervention or treatment. Helps the caller effectively address the problem, and/or refers the consumer to the appropriate clinical staff as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from consumers, families, and team members.
- Advocates for appropriate resources for caller and families based on assessed needs as measured by supervisory observation.
- May facilitate structured skill training groups, such as social skills, assertiveness, anger management, symptom management and psycho-educational groups on a variety of mental health issues as observed by supervisor.
- As part of the Call Center, actively participates in ensuring the telephone calls/service requests are handled in an effective and “caller friendly” manner.

**Position Status**
- Per Diem**Hours Per Week**

**Daily Work Shift**
- Rotating**Work Arrangement**

**FLSA**
- Nonexempt**Grade**
- 99H**Position Salary**
- $25.30 per hour**Annual Minimum Salary**
- 0.000**Annual Mid Range Salary**
- 0.000**Annual Maximum Salary**
- 0.000**Standard Hours**
- 19.00**Union Description**
- Non-Union**Payroll Designation**
- PeopleSoft**Benefits**

**Seniority Unit**

**Terms of Appointment**
- Staff - 12 month**Position Pension Eligibility**
- None- Qualifications**Minimum Education and Experience**
- Four (4) years of full-time paid experience in an appropriate mental health field or human services field or a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant mental health or human services field.

**Certifications/Licenses**

**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**

**Preferred Qualifications**

**Equipment Utilized**

**Physical Demands and Work Environment**

**Physical Demands**:

- This position demands standing, walking throughout the program space.
- Lifting up to 20 lbs.

**Work Environment**:

- Handles phone requests under time and decision-making pressure.
- Generally pleasant working conditions in a clean, well-lighted, and quiet to moderately loud setting.
- Crisis intervention is a common occurrence.

**Special Conditions**
- Posting Details**Posting Number**
- 24ST0875**Posting Open Date**

**Special Instructions to Applicants**

**Regional Campus**
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)**Home Location Campus**
- Piscataway (RBHS)**City**
- Remote**State**
- NJ**Location Details**
- Pre-employment Screenings- All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.- Immunization Requirements