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Position Summary: Community Treatment Teams (CTT) is mandated to provide service to those individuals within the mental health system who present the greatest degree of severity of symptoms as evidenced by their multiple physical, psychiatric and legal conditions; extensive use of services and lack of follow through with treatment. These individuals measure at the highest level of medical necessity as defined by the state Adult Environmental Matrix.
The CPS provides supportive services to people with serious mental illness that are assigned to Community Treatment Teams, under the supervision of the CPS Coordinator. This is accomplished through ensuring that the mission, goals and philosophy of CTT are operationalized within the team.
The incumbent works with individuals in their community environment assisting them in their mental health recovery through self-disclosure, instilling a sense of hope, encouragement and vision in the future by assisting them to: (a) better understand their mental illness; (b) promote self-advocacy; (c) develop interpersonal skills and social support/networks; (d) reinforcement of budgeting skills to allow greater independence in management of funds; (e) develop leisure and recreational activity planning skills; (f) integrate with self-help support groups and other community avenues toward advancing their personal recovery objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Skills Required:
Must have good verbal and written communication skills and work well with people, have good, creative problem solving skills; be able to work independently and be flexible and adaptive in handling changing priorities in a fast paced work environment; must be able to use computer to record services.
Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or GED; Bachelor’s degree in the social science field preferred. Must be a current or former recipient of behavioral health services for two (2) years or more, have achieved at least one (1) year in recovery and been discharged from services at CTT for at least one (1) year. Must have successfully completed DBH sponsored CPS Training Program.
Essential Functions: Must be able to share office space and work as a part of a team; able to work evenings and weekends and have a good knowledge of the City transit system. Must be willing and able to self-disclose own personal journey toward recovery, to aid in the participants recovery process.
Equal Opportunity Employment:
PMHCC, Inc. is committed to equal opportunity. It is our policy to support equal employment for all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual preferences, age, national origin, disability, behavioral health status, military status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Americans with Disabilities Act:
Employees as well as applicants who are currently, or become disabled, must be able to perform the functions of the job with either reasonable accommodation or unaided. PMHCC, Inc. will examine reasonable accommodations on a case by case basis in accordance with the law.
Full Time
Investment Management
$71k-86k (estimate)
05/24/2023
05/11/2024
pmhcc.org
PHILADELPHIA, PA
100 - 200
1987
JIM BECKER
$50M - $200M
Investment Management
PMHCC, a not-for-profit organization, began as The Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation in 1987 for the City of Philadelphia in order to implement a major grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Program for Chronic Mental Illness. One of nine national grants, the funding was to assist the Philadelphia Office of Mental Health realize its vision for a unified mental health system to provide affordable housing, effective case management, and a broad range of psychosocial and vocational programs for people with mental illness. The objective included consolidating funding in a manage...d behavioral healthcare model. Over the years PMHCC's activities and responsibilities have broadened so that PMHCC serves as a major human services systems management company in support of several City of Philadelphia departments, while maintaining its core commitment to public behavioral health programs. Today, PMHCC makes a major contribution to Philadelphia's citizens by serving as an umbrella organization for special programs and initiatives, and providing critical administrative services to mental health, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, human services, special health and related city offices and health programs.
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