PD GROUP FACILITATOR ** La Selva OP**

**This position is on-call as needed. Looking for candidates with experience facilitating skills-based groups (i.e. DBT, CBT, Shame Resilience, etc)**

1. →Provide mental health rehabilitation which assist and support clients in all areas of daily living. Duties may include any or all of the following:*
   1. →Facilitate groups and one-on-ones to help clients develop and strengthen life, coping, and independent living skills.
   2. →Provide group facilitation through field and periodic outings to promote community integration.
   3. →Interface directly with clients and provide counseling, particularly during times of conflict and crisis intervention.
      1. →Assess the independent living skills of clients and their stability;
      2. →Alert other professional staff of adverse reactions to medication or medication avoidance;
      3. →Provide appropriate consultation and back-up to support other staff in responding to client crisis;
      4. →Help clients strengthen problem-solving, socialization, and coping skills;
      5. →Encourage clients’ resourcefulness, self-empowerment, and understanding their diagnosis and/or illness.
2. →Complete required documentation in accordance with agency, payor and regulatory requirements, utilizing computer technology.*
3. →Provide transportation in personal or agency vehicles including, but not limited to, the transportation of clients and/or program supplies for agency business.*

1. →Provide appropriate consultation and back-up support to other staff in responding to client crises.*
2. →Attend and participate in staff, program, agency and community meetings and training; coordinate events, as needed.
3. →Interface with staff, clients, and visitors, as conditions require and in an unobtrusive manner.*
4. →Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety or other regulatory requirements.*
5. →Ensure program facilities are clean and well kept.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:  (E = Essential; D = Desired)

1. →Education and Experience: High School diploma, GED, or equivalent education, and one year human service experience. (E) Experience in a mental health setting preferred. (D)  Human service experience may include facilitating groups; developing consumer-run, self-help activities; providing peer support. (D)
2. →License: Valid California driver’s license, current car insurance, and a good driving record as documented by a DMV report. (E)
3. →Demonstrated safe and proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous materials. (E)
4. →Demonstrated ability to:
   1. →Work independently and in a small team environment; (E)
   2. →Engage and communicate effectively with others in both verbal and written English; (E)
   3. →Monitor and support developmental growth and the recovery process; (E)
   4. →Manage multiple tasks and demands; (E)
   5. →Employ tact and diplomacy, exercise good judgment, and act calmly in emergency situations; (E)
   6. →Work from a strengths-based, harm-reduction, social rehabilitation model; (E)
   7. →Work effectively with persons differing in value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities and disabilities; (E)
   8. →Work collaboratively with individuals identified as those with serious mental illness who meet the following criteria: histories of hospitalization, institutionalization, including with the criminal justice system, substance abuse, low engagement in medication treatment, and difficulty in participating in structured activities and living independently; (E)
   9. →Work with populations identified as high risk and/or considered under-represented in the County Mental Health system with multiple barriers; (E)
   10. → Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions. (E)
5. →Demonstrated ability to work with participants who:
   1. →May also have histories of assaultive behavior; (E)
   2. →May have resided in long term care facilities for extended periods; (E)
   3. →May have patterns of service that relied almost exclusively on emergency and institutional care; (E)
   4. →May have cognitive difficulties and medical co-morbidities and are considered medically fragile; may also be developmentally disabled; (E)
   5. →May have long-term patterns of homelessness and criminal justice involvement. (E)
6. →Knowledge of:
   1. →Clinical techniques for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of people with psychological disorders and associated medications; problem resolution and conflict resolution techniques; (D)
   2. →Community resources, including those required to meet the non-mental health needs of the target population; (E)
   3. →Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). (D)
7. →Special Requirements: Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance, as required by Title XXII, other licensing regulations and Momentum practices. (E)
8. →Proven proficiency in typing—minimum 40 net wpm; computer literacy, including Internet search and a basic proficiency level in Microsoft Office applications and Windows-based databases; (E) familiarity with UNIX-based databases. (D)
9. →A valid California Driver License, with access to a reliable vehicle or for driving a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record, with eligibility for a Class B license. (D)
10. →Physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job, with or without accommodation:
    1. →Standing, walking, grasping, finger flexion, moving/lifting/carrying objects up to 40 lbs., bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, withstanding repetitive motion, and reaching repeatedly are required constantly (over 2/3 of the workday); (E)
    2. →Hearing and talking on telephone and in person is required occasionally (under 1/3 of workday); (E)
    3. →Balancing, climbing and crawling may be required occasionally; (E)
    4. →Physically able to assist clients and/or staff in the evacuation of program facilities in emergency situations. (E)