Group Facilitator (FT/PT)

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Responsible for the coordination of behavioral health services, communication between the member and other providers or community agencies to ensure coordination of care, facilitation of structured children’s and parenting group services and interventions, skills training, and crisis intervention.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitates parenting and children’s groups using an evidence-based curriculum. Provides direct care and supervision of clients in a group setting.
• Assists in developing activity plans and preparation for each group/session.
• Provides meaningful teaching opportunities, experiences, and physical assistance for groups or individuals, including social skills, self-care, and recreational activities.
• Screens, evaluates, schedules, supports, and continually evaluates referred members in need of behavioral health services.
• Researches eligibility for behavioral health services and assists members in securing necessary behavioral health services from EBF or other appropriate providers.
• Assists in engaging caregivers/children in defining issues, creating goals, and identifying strengths to meet their clinical needs and objectives.
• Provides support services to enrolled members, including case management, personal assistance, family support, peer support, respite care, transportation, and other services.
• Recognizes, assesses, prevents, and responds to a crisis. Completes safety planning and risk assessments as needed.
• Completes progress notes in Sigmund within 24 hours of service.
• Communicates with the guardian, member, and/or any other team member to initiate/coordinate services.
• Attends and participates in Child and Family Team and Adult Recovery Team meetings as needed/required.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements: High School/GED with 1 one year of behavioral health or related work/volunteer experience required. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Regulatory

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• CPR and First Aid certification (Employer provides).
• Satisfactorily Completed Competency Checklist within 6 months of hire.

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Must have a strong clinical knowledge of development across the life span, and knowledge of best practices when working with diverse populations with trauma backgrounds. Extensive knowledge of managed care systems, AHCCCS/Title XIX medical assistance screening, and ADHS policies and practices. Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Must be able to utilize DSM-5-TR to provide diagnoses for older children, adolescents and adults and the crosswalk to the DC-0-5 to provide diagnoses or diagnostic impressions for young children. Must be able to remain calm and non-defensive with a supportive attitude during stressful, potential crisis, and crisis situations. Must be able to work in an extremely stressful environment where there are considerable mental and emotional demands. Must be able to manage high volumes and unpredictability of work. Must be able to remain flexible and reprioritize according to the changing demands of the day. Maintains a professional in appearance, communications, and actions. Be able to use excellent interpersonal communication skills. Possess a high level of computer proficiency.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation): Normal office group session environment with multiple interruptions in person and through computer and phone. Daily travel to member homes and other locations. Interacts with employees and members of the public on a daily basis. May lift normal office equipment and materials up to 25lbs. Visual acuity to read information from computer screens, forms and to assess the wellbeing of members. Able to speak clearly in conversations, general communications and to communicate verbally with members and emergency personnel as needed for daily operations. Hearing ability for communication in persona, phone, and/or other electronic methods. Manual dexterity for typing, writing, and to assist members with paperwork and daily functions. Able to stoop, squat, reach, pull, push, stretch, ascend and descend stairs, stand and sit for long periods of time. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Additional Information: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, skills, job knowledge, responsibilities, and/or qualifications. EBF reserves the right to revise the job description or to assign other duties to this position. This job description is not intended to create a contract or property right to continued employment between the employee and EBF.

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have any questions, require assistance or reasonable accommodations while seeking employment, please contact the Human Resource Department at HR@blake.easterseals.com or call 520-327-1529.