Mental Health Worker

Summary:    Mental Health Worker assists with skill building activities as identified in the treatment plan, and to coordinate activities such as interagency team meeting and other necessary meetings. Responsibilities will also include consumer/family support and coaching, documentation, consumer/family outreach, systems outreach, and school consultation.to collaborate with team members and implement goals identified by the family in the treatment plan, access community resources, and assist family members and other care takers in developing skills to access other systems’ supports. Be the eyes and ears of our expert clinical team as a Mental Health Worker. In this role, you'll observe and document consumers' physical, emotional and social behavior, reporting as necessary to the clinical team. Maintain a therapeutic relationship with patients, expertly intervening in times of anxiousness and assisting them with their daily activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• Assist the therapist in the provision of individual/family and/or group therapy sessions on a weekly basis in the home, school, or community setting using approved treatment modalities and interventions
• Empower consumers and families with identifying and building upon their strengths
• Maintain regular collaboration with all systems involved with consumer and family
• Provides emotional support, time structured activities, and positive behavioral reinforcement.
• Assist with decreasing the likelihood of admission/re-admission to residential, mental/behavioral treatment programs of inpatient psychiatric settings.
• Evaluate consumer and family needs, interests, and response to treatment
• Helps family access community resources and supports by connecting them to natural environment resources in the home and in the community
• Follows up on all consumers needing hospitalization.
• Intervenes as needed when problem behaviors are exhibited, which includes but are not limited to counseling, removing them from the area, verbal prompts, securing the assistance of clinical staff, etc.
• Make and track 24-48 hour reminder calls
• Provide transportation support for consumers observe and document consumers' physical, emotional and social behavior, reporting as necessary to the clinical team provide interventions as needed.
• Ensure that medical records are prepared for MHP prior to contact, ensure maintenance of all assigned medical records.
• Schedules appointments and co-facilitates all interagency and discharge meetings
• Obtains and updates all consents as needed
• Make any necessary recommendations and referrals to other programs within and outside of Warren E. Smith
• Complete and submit all progress notes and required documentation in a timely, comprehensive, and legible manner
• Be flexible in scheduling appointments to meet consumer and family needs
• Contribute to any quality improvement/ outcome measurement tracking and data gathering as assigned
• Meet productivity standards for your position

• Responsible for implementing treatment plan goals and clinical strategies as developed with the family and clinical team
• Coordination of interagency meeting and necessary psychological or psychiatric evaluations for all consumers.
• Coordinate access to medical and/or other treatment services as needed by family members
• Responsible for consumer/family outreach in all matters surrounding the coordination of services
• Responsible to advocate on behalf of consumer needs
• Responsible to assure ongoing communication and integration of services among all service providers and support systems involved with the child and family

Communication

• Promotes, creates, allows, and assures effective communication among the OP staff.
• Provides prompt communication to staff regarding consumer needs and concerns.
• Communicates pertinent treatment information to the Clinical Manager and the treatment team.

Documentation

• Documents all unusual incidents as required by policy and procedure.

Planning

• Assists in the planning and organizing of activities that aid in the social, emotional, and educational development of the consumer.
• Participate in treatment team meetings as assigned.
• Attends mandatory and in-service training’s.

Monitoring

• In accordance with the principles of best practice, provides oversight and direction to participants of the OP group therapy.

Direct Service

• Provides ongoing support to consumers and other staff as needed.
• Creates an environment, which fosters positive growth and development for all consumers.
• Conducts groups and activities to promote resliliency in OP group consumers.
• Directly implement components of behavior modification treatment plans developed in conjunction with the treatment team. Completes other duties as assigned.

BASIC SKILL SETS

• Ability to communicate and interact with all staff.
• Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from varied groups, including the media.
• Ability to accurately calculate numbers such as in addition, subtraction and percentages.
• Ability to give clear and concise oral and written instructions.
• Excellent working knowledge of the Behavioral Health System. Knowledge of and ability to navigate other systems.
• Ability to read and understand complex instructions such as regulatory policies.

Excellent working knowledge of the use of computers and pertinent software programs.

Supervisory Responsibilities The position works directly with the Mental Health Professional as a team leader to provide therapeutic services for the children and their families.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s Degree with at least 12 credit hours in psychology, counseling, family therapy, sociology, social work, nursing, education, rehabilitation counseling, or theology.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.  Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.  Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.  Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software to access company e-mail and training and evaluation tools and a working knowledge of  spreadsheet and word processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: CPR certification.

Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to exercise independent judgment with established procedures

Effective oral and written communication skills.  Requires strong organizational skills and the ability to perform multiple tasks, set priorities and meet expectations

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Disclaimer:

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

The Consortium is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

The Consortium is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.