Description

Do you want to have a rewarding career helping your community members? At Northern Tier Counseling, a local non-profit organization that has been established since 1993, you will work within a welcoming environment and work with others that have the same common goal, To Welcome and Serve All Those Seeking Wellness, Renewal and Hope.

SUMMARY

Commitment Bonus $2,500. The Family Based Mental Health Worker provide supportive therapeutic/case work services in harmony with the Family Based Mental Health Professional to quell family crisis situations and to promote or help sustain a stable living environment for the family.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To assist the Family Based Mental Health Professional during home, school or community visits/sessions and provide supportive counseling to identified families in order to aid and train them in the appropriate child-rearing techniques in relation to the family counseling goals and individual service plan.

2. Assist in interviewing families and obtaining social histories.

3. Provide supportive back up to other Family Based team members.

4. Act as a liaison linkage to inter agency and intra-agency personnel.

5. Assist in coordinating referrals to other appropriate service providers.

6. Assist the family problem solving to focus on their strengths and collateral needs and service plan to address their identified strengths and needs.

7. Participate in screening, treatment planning and discharge process.

8. Rotate 24-hour emergency service seven days per week.

9. Attend and participate in appropriate conferences and training sessions as determined by the Program Supervisor and mandatory PCGC trainings.

10. Participate in staffing with the Mental Health Professional regarding the progress of the treatment plan.

11. Participate as co-therapist in all family therapy sessions with the Mental Health Professional.

12. Establish a close, extended family like relationship with identified families as a unit.

13. Ensure that all psychotherapeutic and case management goals will be linked directly to the treatment plan, treatment plan reviews and case-notes.

14. Attends weekly staff meetings.

15. Attends quarterly general staff meetings.

16. Participates in ongoing in-service training programs.

17. Employee will be proficient in their job position within six (6) months. If at any time an employee feels they need more training/education, employee is to submit a request for such through their supervisor, manager, and/or director.

18. Other Functions and Duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Winning Behaviors, Competencies and Skills

1. Must possess the ability to analyze complex issues and solve them correctly and creatively.

2. Must possess the ability to meet established deadlines and schedules.

3. Must be able to maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the clients and the client’s family.

4. Must be organized and efficient in the performance of their job.

5. Must possess leadership qualities.

6. Ability to make clear and pertinent statements both orally and in writing

7. Takes initiative - seek ways to complete assignments with a minimum of guidance

8. Job Knowledge - consider relationship in length of time in assignment

9. Problem Solving - take on new responsibilities and work toward solutions

10. Communication - effectively communicate both verbal and written format with peers, consumers, management

11. Commitment to continued learning - works to improve self and team members

12. Continuous quality Improvement - works to eliminate waste and make improvements

13. Team work - acts as team player, supports team goals, can lead and follow

14. Strong decision making skills

15. Attendance - works as scheduled

16. Positive Attitude - gets involved in company groups

17. Flexibility - ability to accept new direction on short notice

18. Cross Training - works to share knowledge with others in a helpful way

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

1. Children's Mental Health Worker must have a bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology, social work, nursing, rehabilitation, pre-med, theology or anthropology or have 12 college level semester credit hours in humanities or social services, or a licensed RN

2. One year experience in a CASSP system program preferred.

3. Knowledge is required of casework and principal practice and methodology and the capacity to further develop this knowledge.

4. Knowledge of individual and group behavior, inter-relationships between social, economic, psychological and physiological factors.

5. The ability to establish and maintain working relationships with families receiving program services as well as with colleagues, other professional and the public at large.

6. Ability to work effectively with MH Professional (team member).

7. Ability to make clear and pertinent statements both orally and in writing.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. Must be able to travel if required.

2. Position may/will require use of own vehicle.

3. Current/Valid Driver’s License and a "clean" driving record.

4. Sedentary work: duties require exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry push, and pull articles such as files and computer binders.

5. Position requires occasional crisis intervention for protection of self and others.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

1. Works in well-lit office environment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

1. Ability to write reports and correspondence.

2. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

1. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as payment reimbursements and payroll labor distributions.

REASONING ABILITY

1. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

1. Ability to write reports and correspondence.

2. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of

managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

E.O.E.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: On the road

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