Mental Health Specialist Ii - Piscataway, United States - Rutgers University

Rutgers University
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Piscataway, United States

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Description

Position Details:


  • Position Information
    Recruitment/Posting Title
  • Mental Health Specialist II
  • Part Time 988 Chat & Text
    Job Category


  • Staff & Executive

  • Healthcare
    Department
  • UBHC 988 Chat & Text Backup
    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 of New Jersey is seeking a Mental Health Specialist II within the Lifeline National Backup Center of Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

  • Interacts with client in a therapeutic manner.
  • Models for clients' good communication skills, recoveryoriented living skills, effective coping skills, and selfhelp strategies as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from clients and team members.
  • Assists clients in identifying their personal recovery goals, assists in setting objectives for each goal, and determines interventions to be used based on the client's recovery/life goals.
  • Develops and maintains a relationship with clients so that they can identify emotional, psychiatric or behavioral changes which may require further intervention or treatment. Helps the client effectively address the problem, and/or refers the clients to the appropriate clinical staff as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from clients, third parties, and team members.
  • Advocates for appropriate resources for client and third parties based on assessed needs as measured by supervisory observation.
  • May facilitate structured skill trainings, such as social skills, assertiveness, anger management, symptom management and psychoeducation on a variety of mental health issues as observed by supervisor.
  • As part of the Call Center, actively participates in ensuring that all service requests are handled in an effective and "client friendly" manner.

Position Status

  • Part Time
    Hours Per Week

Daily Work Shift

  • Night
    Work Arrangement

FLSA

  • Nonexempt
    Grade
  • 1875
    Position Salary
- $25.55 per hour
Annual Minimum Salary

Annual Mid Range Salary

Annual Maximum Salary

Standard Hours

  • 40.00
    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 fulltime paid experience in an appropriate mental health or human service field or a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant mental health or human service 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 decisionmaking pressure.
  • Generally pleasant working conditions in a clean, welllighted, and quiet to moderately loud setting.
  • Crisis intervention is a common occurrence.

Special Conditions

  • Posting Details
    Posting Number
  • 24ST0859
    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


  • Preemployment Screenings

  • All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all preemployment screenings.
  • Immunization Requirements
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