Psychosocial/Community Rehabilitation Specialists (Fee-For-Service/Home Visits)

Company: The Child Center of NY
Location: New York
Posted on: March 26, 2025

Job Description:

Psychosocial/Community Rehabilitation Specialists - (Fee-for-Service/Home Visits) Astoria, Queens, NY, USA --- Elmhurst, Queens, NY, USA --- Flushing, Queens, NY, USA --- Long Island City, Queens, NY, USA Req #999 The Child Center of NY strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives. Founded in 1953, The Child Center of NY has become a powerful community presence throughout the city. With 50 locations and 100 programs in NYC's most under-served communities, our 1,000+ results-oriented professionals make a difference for more than 40,000 children and their families each year.


In This role you will: The Psychosocial/Community Rehabilitation Specialists aids to restore, rehabilitate, and support services for a child/youth, which are developmentally appropriate as necessary for their integration as an active and productive member of his or her family and community with the goal of achieving minimal on-going professional intervention.

Essential Functions:

• Work with children and adolescents in their home and community environments providing rehabilitation interventions and individualized, collaborative, hands-on training to build developmentally appropriate skills.
• Aid with social and interpersonal skills promoting coping strategies and effective functioning in the child/youth's social environment.
• Improve self-management of the negative effects of symptoms that interfere with a young person's daily living and support the development of day-to-day competencies and routines necessary to remain in the home, school, work, or community.
• Work to re-establish social skills (interpersonal relationships, conversation and communication, social etiquette, and anger management) and re-achieve developmentally appropriate functioning.
• Documents all services provided both timely and accurately.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications
  • High School Diploma or equivalency.
  • A minimum of 2 years experience working in children's mental health, addiction and/or foster care.
  • Ability to work amongst diverse social, cultural, and economic groups.
  • Good written, verbal, and listening skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and have some knowledge with using Electronic Health Records (EHR). The Child Center of NY is an Equal Opportunity Employer.All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status or any other category protected by Federal, State or local law. EOE M/F/D/V
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