Job description
School Social Service Grant Facilitator
Position Summary
The Facilitator provides services that help consumers gain access to needed medical, social, educational and other services. This includes direct assistance in gaining access to services, coordination of care, oversight of the entire case and linkage to appropriate services. Grant Facilitator will be responsible for monitoring the grant and providing evidence based programming for school staff and students aimed at reducing the risk of substance use, lack of effective family communication skills and social skills. The Grant Facilitators will be responsible for ensuring all program documentation and reporting criteria are monitored and establish full compliance with the standards of the evidence based programs and curriculum. This position will also assist in implementation of evidence-based programs as needed.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Consistently exercises discretion and judgment to analyze, interpret, make deductions and then decide what actions are necessary based on the varying facts and circumstances of each individual case.
- Maintains an active caseload providing referrals and linkage as needed within area of expertise and limits of credentials; assures procurement of additional services as needed.
- Works with the consumer on a day-to-day basis using professional judgement and discretion.
- Consults and cooperates with community systems to facilitate linkage, referral crisis management, and advocacy and follow up with the focus on attaining goals.
- The employee will be responsible for receiving and documenting weekly clinical supervision.
- Provide education on risk of substance abuse, family communication dynamics and social skills education
- Provide education to parents and judge regarding mental health issues impacting children
- Utilize and implement evidenced based practices in adherence to the Evidenced Based School Social Services Grant
- Planning and coordinating grant activities
- Monitoring program budget
- Building relationships with community organizations, schools, teachers and parents.
- Ensuring all program requirements are met
- Maintaining appropriate documentation related to the grant
- Willingness to use reliable personal transportation in work capacity.
- OBHP qualified staff will be expected to bill MRO services, document those services in the EMR and to participate in the required clinical supervision.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications/Requirements
- Experience providing outreach, engagement and services to the community
- Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Family/Consumer Sciences, Child Development, Substance Abuse, Education or Criminology preferred.
- Agreement to use personal transportation in work capacity including transporting clients
- Flexible scheduling required
- Experience in program management.
- Familiar with culture demographics and community where program will be implemented.
- Demonstrates ability to work with diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to work with limited on-site supervision.
- Familiar with culture, demographics and communities where program will be implemented.
- Familiar with the education community and the services, supports and systems that serve youth and families in the communities the project will serve.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable with speaking publicly on behalf of the project.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Valid driver’s license in accordance with HCI Motor Vehicle Policy
- Maintain current Crisis Prevention Intervention(CPI) certification
- Maintain current American Red Cross CPR/1st Aid certification
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to communicate in person or by telephone. The employee must be able to travel to consumer locations. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, reach, bend; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee occasionally must sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
Work Environment
These characteristics are representative of those an employee may encounter performing the essential functions of the job. The employee works with seriously mentally ill individuals where a high degree of stress is possible. The position does not normally involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues; but it may require performing unplanned tasks where exposure may occur. The position requires the use of standard precautions.
Conditions of Employment
- Satisfactory reference and background investigation checks
- Completion of a pre-employment drug screening and completion of post-employment drug or alcohol tests upon reasonable suspicion of use
- Demonstrated computer literacy through successful completion of pre-employment testing may be required.
- Satisfactory completion of an Indiana Department of Child Services criminal fingerprinting background, Indiana State Criminal History, Sex and Violent Offender Registry, Child Protection Services History, and local law enforcement agency checks at the time of hire and every four years (or at contract renewal when applicable) for any employee that has direct contact on a regular and continuing basis with DCS consumers.
- Fingerprints required.
- Completion of tuberculin screening no later than three days prior to first day of employment and annually thereafter
- Completion of MMR, Varicella, influenza and coronavirus vaccine
- Completion of Center-wide new employee orientation and ALL required paperwork prior to reporting to work
- Completion of HCI Quality Training, Trauma Informed Care, and Relias Learning.
- Completion of Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Training
- Completion of CPR/First Aid Training
- Completion of HCI Case Management Training
- Completion of all trainings associated with the DMMHA EBP school social service grant
- Completion of HCI OBHP training modules within 90-days of hire or after transferring into an OBHP position.
- Complete Recovery Works Training
- Attendance at all mandatory staff development and training
- Successful completion of New Employee Department Checklist within 90 days of employment
- Successful completion of a six-month on-the-job orientation period
- Successful completion of Mental Health First Aid
- Successful completion of EMR orientation/training
- Successful completion of Annual PES
- Adherence to all policies, procedures, rules and regulations set forth by Hamilton Center, Inc.
- Participation in payroll electronic deposit
- Adherence to Compliance Program Plan
Job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. They are meant to be accurate reflections of the principal job elements essential for making fair pay decisions about jobs.
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