Mental Health Outreach Worker Trainee

3 weeks ago

San Joaquin County CA, United States San Joaquin County Full time

**Approximate Salary**
- $17.77 - $21.60/hour

**Opening Date**
- 5/13/2024 08:00:00 AM

**Closing Date**
- 5/27/2024 11:59:00 PM

**Employment Type**
- Part-Time**Analyst**
- Amber Larieau

**Introduction**:
This examination is being given to fill one vacancy in the Behavioral Health Services Department and to establish an eligible list to fill future vacancies.

**Background**

San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services Behavioral Health Services (BHS) is a division of San Joaquin County Health Care Services and provides an array of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, primarily for Medi-Cal beneficiaries in San Joaquin County. The department consists of over 800 employees in the following operational divisions: Administration Mental Health Services Mental Health Forensic Services Adult/Older Adult Services Inpatient and Crisis Services (24 hour services) Children’s Services Substance Abuse Services (Residential and Outpatient treatments) Mental Health Pharmacy.

**About the Position**
- Mental Health Outreach Workers Trainees will learn and assist in providing peer support to BHS consumers and their families. They will learn to provide a range of supportive activities while working under the direction of various mental health professionals and para-professional staff with close supervision. They will also learn to assist parents and caregivers of children, adolescents, and adult consumers at county facilities, in client homes, and other community locations. Mental Health Outreach Workers Trainees will assist in providing support for outpatient Children and Youth Services.**TYPICAL DUTIES**:
- Learns about and assists various mental health professional and paraprofessional staff in the provision of a wide variety of community mental health services.-
- Learns about and assists Mental Health professional staff in teaching basic mental health information and coping skills to clients and families, particularly in areas of utilizing the resources of the children's, adult and older adult systems of care; may assist in teaching basic mental health concepts of support, relationships, crisis management, medication management, vocational involvement and related areas.-
- Assists in providing outreach to locate persons who may need additional support and services to maintain and develop optimal functioning in the community; may assist in providing follow-up counseling as to treatment options and resources available; learns to make referrals as appropriate.-
- Assists in interviewing clients, gathering and assembling related information and preparing reports; maintain appropriate records and files.-
- Assists in development of programs and delivery of services for mental health consumers; learns to provide information and counseling regarding rights, complaint and grievance procedures, and advocacy.-
- Assists in providing basic community mental health education to consumers, family groups, community groups, and interested persons.**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Special Requirements**: Must be recognized as a designated consumer of mental health services or as an immediate family member of a consumer with serious mental health needs.

**KNOWLEDGE**:
Basic individual and community mental health needs and problems; mental health organizations and resources; basic principles of human behavior; basic report writing, data gathering and record keeping practices; basic interviewing principles and practices.

**ABILITY**:
Fluently speak, read and write the English language; learn a wide variety of mental health programs and procedures; understand and follow technical written and oral-directions; understand and work effectively with diverse cultural and ethnic groups; work with individuals with severe and persistent mental health problems; learn to make verbal presentations to highly diverse community groups; establish and maintain effective working relationship with staff, clients and the general public; learn basic principles of teaching or counseling.

**PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS**:
**_Mobility_**-Constant walking; frequent operating of keyboard, standing for long periods, pushing/pulling, bending/squatting, climbing stairs; **_Visual Requirements_**-Frequent overall vision, reading/close-up work; **_Dexterity_**-Constant holding, writing; frequent repetitive motion; **_Hearing/Talking_**-Constant hearing of normal speech, hearing on the telephone, constant talking in person and talking on the telephone; **_Emotional/Psychological Factors_**-Constant public contact, decision making and concentration.

San Joaquin County complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and, upon request, will consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**:
San Joaquin County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and is committed to providing equal employment to all without regard to age, ancestry,

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