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Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
PURPOSE OF CLASS:
At the UCHC, this class is accountable for performing a full range of tasks to assist in the assessment, evaluation and treatment planning for clients in community programs, as well as providing ongoing community support services to program/project clients.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade in the performance of routine tasks. Receives closer supervision on more advanced complex issues.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
With the assistance of the program supervisor, performs an assessment of client's strengths and needs; works as part of the multidisciplinary team to prepare and implement plans; educates and counsels clients; assists clients in linking with community support systems and agencies, monitors client progress within the health/community support systems; provides education and training to clients in community living, activities of daily living skills; provides client outreach; completes all required documentation; if specified, serves as a translator for the staff and parents; performs related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY:
Knowledge of community resources or providing supplementary assistance to clients/families; oral and written communication skills; considerable interpersonal skills; ability to work with a diverse client population; ability to read, write English and Spanish if specified and to communicate information in either language, if specified, to clients staff and others.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
General Experience:
Four (4) years' experience in the community working with human services or social services programs as specified.
SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED:
College education in a specified/related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
Certification pertinent to program specialization can be substituted for the general experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Employees in this class may be required to travel within the State in the course of their daily work and be bilingual or fluent in Spanish.
PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience working with older adults
Experience working with people living with Dementia
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Incumbents in this class may be exposed to communicable diseases.
SCHEDULE:
Fulltime, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm with a 60-minute unpaid meal break.
