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 Duties and Responsibilities 

• Education about the disorder: 
• Describe: Key symptoms, causes, or course of illness education during the session. 
• Effective medication and psychosocial treatments for this disorder. 
• Identify treatments educated on during this session.  
• Provide resources for additional information and support.   
• Utilize educational material  
• Educate clients of a treatment course
• Discuss treatment options – benefits, side effects, and risks of each 
• Educate about the importance of communication with physicians & clinical staff 
• Educate when to expect improvement due to medication and how those improvements will progress over time.  
• Educate on relationship between benefits and adherence
• Educate on Self-Monitoring and Self-Management
• Educate on relapse/triggers 
• Identify specific coping strategies educated during session.  
• Educate on strategies to communicate symptoms to treatment staff. 
• Maintain required confidentiality regarding client case materials in compliance with HIPAA standards. 
• Documentation and Recording (Progress Notes, Service or Treatment plan, Discharge Summary, Court, Serious and Critical Incident reports, or other contract requested reports or forms)  
• Provide the required contact/daily reporting data, reports, plans of service or treatment, and court reports etc., on time and in a form that meets the needs of the family, referring agency and requirements of Family 1st Counseling Center Inc.  
• Individual Supervision and Team / Peer Supervision  
• Timely attendance and active participation in all meeting components.  
• Participate in individual and team supervision as scheduled -- usually weekly. The requirements regarding individual supervision are:  
• Maintain punctuality and frequency of all scheduled supervisions with Program Supervisor or designee.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with personnel from referring / collateral agencies. The requirements associated with this primary responsibility are:  
• Maintain weekly contact and respond to all calls and inquiries from the referring collateral.  
• Staff each case monthly with the supervisor 

Technology Skills

• Medical software — Client information database systems; Patient electronic medical record EMR software   
• Office suite software — Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Word   
• Google Apps   
• Microsoft Internet Explorer; Netscape Navigator; Web browser software, Chrome 

Minimum. Requirements 

• a high school diploma; or 
• a high school equivalency certificate issued in accordance with the law of the issuing state; 
• had three continuous years of documented full-time experience in the provision of mental health rehabilitative services or case management services; and 
•  demonstrated competency in the provision and documentation of mental health rehabilitative or case management services in accordance with Chapter 419, Subchapter L of this title (relating to Mental Health Rehabilitative Services) and Chapter 412, Subchapter I of this title (relating to Mental Health Case Management Services).