<p>Summary</p> <p>The Child and Family Specialist (CFS) provides skills-based services to children and adolescents within our community-based programs aimed at improving anger management, social, communication, and/or daily living skills. The CFS actively engages clients in planned activities, community outings, social settings, and interpersonal interactions designed to practice these skills, problem-solve areas of challenge, and identify solutions towards improved overall functioning.</p> <p>Essential Functions</p> <ul> <li>Meets face-to-face with each assigned client to provide Mental Health Rehabilitation services that are individualized and within the scope of practice </li><li>Develops, organizes, leads, and engages clients in activity-based opportunities to develop, practice, and apply effective anger management, social, communication, and daily living skills </li><li>Engages family members/caregivers/identified support persons in regular collateral contacts/sessions/CFT meetings </li><li>May provide Targeted Case Management services to link clients to community resources </li><li>Works collaboratively with the client, family, therapist, treatment team members, identified DCFS and/or Department of Probation personnel, school staff, and all other inter and intra-agency personnel </li><li>Attends and participates in regularly scheduled Child and Family Team (CFT) Meetings and contributes to Treatment Team Meetings (TTM) in an effort to coordinate the client's services and care with treatment team members </li><li>Completes all documentation in accordance with deadlines and performance standards established by Policy and Procedures and/or the Director of Mental Health </li><li>Attends individual and/or group supervision </li></ul>