Forensic Mental Health Specialist
Forensic Mental Health Specialist
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Introduction
THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination willcancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can beextended.
Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must besubmitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnairesmust be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Application orSupplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only beaccepted online.
Qualified bilingual persons who speak English and are also fluent in:Spanish Chinese Vietnamese Cambodian Laotian Korean Mien TagalogAmharic Farsi Dari Tigrigna Russian Romanian or Sign Languages areespecially encouraged to apply. There is an additional biweekly compensationfor persons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be tested todemonstrate language proficiency.
DESCRIPTION
Alameda County located on the east side ofSan Francisco Bay is Californias seventhlargest county. The Countyemploys 9700 fulltime employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4billion. Oakland the County seat is Californias eighthlargestcity. One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live ina variety of incorporated cities unincorporated communities and ruralareas. As a major urban county Alameda provides a full range of servicesto its citizens. The County is a blend of culturally and ethnicallydiverse communities and its mixture of cosmopolitan and suburban areasprovides the perfect environment for families and their activelifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural resources countlessrecreational opportunities and an array of fine public and private collegesand universities.
ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH
AlamedaCounty Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects thehealth and wellbeing of all who live work learn and play in Alameda coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizationsand providers to help ensure access organize and deliver health care andservices to people with MediCal and without insurance support resilientcommunities and improve health for all. We focus on health equity bydeveloping programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for thepeople and communities we serve.
Alameda County Healths departments and programs focus on services and support that provide care for the whole person.
- The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use services for people with MediCal and without insurance and supports people along their path to wellness recovery and resilience.
- The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air water and food safe; it regulates protects and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.
- The Public Health Department focuses on community and populationlevel health preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.
- Alameda County Health also provides services through Housing and Homelessness Services Emergency Medical Services Agency HealthPAC and Healthy Schools and Communities.
BEHAVIORALHEALTH DEPARTMENT
Aspart of Alameda County Health the Behavioral Health Department supports peoplewith MediCal and without insurance living with serious mental illness andsubstance use conditions along their path toward wellness recovery andresiliency. We provide services through a network of contracted mental health andsubstance use providers and administer the States resources and training forbehavioral health providers case managers and other healthcare advocate for our patients and families and create space for personalengagement in their care.
We areoutpatient specialists for mental health services for older adults and youthsubstance use providers and treatment program specialists advocates forquality improvement and patients rights and psychiatric and integrated healthcare providers.
For more information about the Behavioral Health Departmentplease visit.
THE POSITION
Under supervision provides a variety of paraprofessional mental health substance use peer counseling and education services to incarcerated Alameda County Behavioral Health (ACBH) clients; assists in the development and implementation of treatment and discharge plans and monitors client progress and response to these plans; recommends and provides appropriate referrals; maintains community liaisons to ensure adequate services are made available to consumers provides case management and care coordination services including direct linkages to communitybased services; facilitates a variety of consumerfocused peer counseling support and education groups; participates as part of the treatment team; and performs related duties as required.
The Forensic Mental Health Specialist is a paraprofessional classification located in the Health Care Services Agency Adult Forensic Behavioral Health Program which provides mental health services to incarcerated clients in the County jail and reports to the Forensic Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor. Incumbents provide mental health support substance use counseling and training/education to incarcerated individuals oneonone or in groups and participate in care coordination for assigned clients. Incumbents also provide direct case management socialization activities and services group support education and reentry planning. Incumbents conduct all their work at Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) and spend the majority of their shift in SRJ housing units. Forensic Mental Health Specialist is distinguished from the next higher class of Forensic Behavioral Health Clinician I in that the latter is part of a professional flexibly staffed series requiring State registration or licensure.
IDEAL CANDIDATES
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications and knowledge and skills listed below the ideal candidate for this position will be:
Someone who clearly conveys information and ideas verbally and in writing to individuals or groups in a manner that meets audience needs and helps them understand and retain the message; and who relates well to people with diverse cultures interpersonal styles or abilities.
- A collaborative individual who actively engages as a multidisciplinary team member by being accessible supportive and able to maintain constructive relationships that better serve and support clients.
- Familiar with the principles of wellness recovery and resiliency; is knowledgeable about behavioral health programs community organizations resources and peer support networks in the local community and able to make appropriate referrals for housing health care services financial assistance and other client needs.
- Someone who can be trusted with confidential records and private information and who interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in ones intentions and those of the organization.
- Attentive to the diverse needs of each client and secure relevant client care data to identify key issues in the management of care while simultaneously managing high volume client cases and assisting clinicians in developing assessment treatment and discharge plans and resolving various administrative operational and client care requests and requirements.
- Someone with a sufficient level of knowledge skill and experience in mental health substance use dual diagnosis and vocational counseling services including direct experience assisting clinical staff in the development and administration of treatment and discharge plans for clients; responds appropriately to crisis situations; and who strives to keep up with developments and trends in the field.
- An effective problem solver who uses sound judgment and quickly identifies and understands issues problems and opportunities; uses data logic and sound judgment to evaluate alternatives and recommends viable solutions; and solves problems consistent with available resources facts constraints and probable consequences to achieve desired organizational or service goals.
For a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities and core competency requirements for this position please click here for the job description.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Peer counseling and motivational support techniques for helping behavioral health consumers.
- Representation and understanding of an individuals lived experiences as it relates to mental health challenges substance abuse issues and/or involvement with justice system.
- The mental physical emotional and social needs of consumers with mental health physical health and/or substance abuse issues.
- Principles and techniques of mental health treatment and recovery principles and practices.
- The psychosocial aspects and characteristics of mental illness and severe emotional disturbance.
- Principles of risk assessment crisis intervention and treatment.
- Harm reduction principles and practices.
- Behavioral health programs community organizations and resources and peer support networks in the local community.
- Basic understanding of mental health case management and appropriate coding charting and documentation requirements for health care providers.
- Elementary psychiatric and medical terminology.
- Familiarity with medications commonly prescribed for consumers.
- Computer applications related to work.
- Relate and communicate effectively with behavioral health consumers.
- Work effectively with staff and consumers in treatment services and as a member of an interdisciplinary team of behavioral health care providers.
- Provide a variety of behavioral health services to diverse consumers in a jail setting.
- Interview and secure personal health and social information to help determine consumer needs.
- Analyze problems identify solutions and respond appropriately to crisis situations involving consumers.
- Maintain and monitor records of assigned consumers.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Analyze evaluate and make sound decisions.
- Organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines.
- Interpret explain and apply regulations policies and procedures.
- Prepare clear accurate and effective reports correspondence and other written materials.
- Work effectively with a diverse population.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS
THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1 A review of applicants applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
2 A review of candidates Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. Those candidates considered the best qualified will move on to the final step in the examination process.
3 An oral interview/exam which will be weighted as 100 of the candidates final examination score. The oral interview/exam may contain situational exercises.
CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
To learn more about our recruitment and selection process please visit the What You Need to Know section of our website AND SELECTION PLAN Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable noticeinadvance of any examination process which will require their following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs ofthe Agency: TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN: Deadline For Filing: 5:00:00 p.m. Monday April 14 2025 Review of Minimum Qualifications Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified April 18 2025 May 59 2025 Virtual Prerecorded Civil Service Oral Examination: Virtual Oral Examination Ratings: Results Notification: Promulgation of Eligible List: May May 2330 2025 Week of June 2 2025 June 11 2025 TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN: Departmental Hiring Interviews: TBD WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCEDRECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will makereasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodatequalified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions inaccordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda Countys ReasonableAccommodation Policy and applicable statues. To request an accommodationdue to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of theexamination/selection process please contact the assigned Human ResourcesRepresentative listed on the job announcement before the last date offiling. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supportingdocumentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In orderto qualify for a reasonable accommodation applicants must have adisability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA FEHA and applicable statutes. For more informationregarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures please visit our website County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wideranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many different employee discount fitness and health screening programs focused on overall well being. These benefits include but are not limited to*: For your Health & WellBeing For your Financial Future For your Work/Life Balance *Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a brief summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change. All notices related to County recruitments for which youhave applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps@acgov and as accepted addressesto any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not dothis your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of thenotices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advisedto regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account tocheck for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that willbe sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application will be able to view all of your notices in your online application accountby clicking on the My applications button on the Current JobOpenings page. Please take the stepsrecommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment forwhich you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for noticesthat are not read received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment. NOTE: All notices aregenerated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the emailboxes and are routed tounmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions please go to our website at . You may also contactthe Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitmentfor which you have applied. NicoleLewisBoltonHuman Resources Analyst HumanResource Services County of Alameda Disaster ServiceWorker All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency. Equal EmploymentOpportunity Alameda County has a diverse workforce that is representative of thecommunities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity aspects of employment are based on merit competence performance andbusiness need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basisof: race color religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity)national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital statusdisability genetic information age membership in an employee organizationretaliation parental status military service or other nonmerit factorsprotected under federal state and local law. Alameda County celebratesdiversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplaceenvironment.Conclusion
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