Mental Health Associate - Adolescent Behavioral Health - Young Minds

Location: West Peoria

Overview

Provides care to individuals with behavioral/emotional/mental health problems.
Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, related field

Certification & Licensure Requirements

• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Training within 3 months - Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)

Other Requirements

Required English Skills Advanced reading skills Advanced writing skills Advanced oral skills Communication Skills Ability to respond appropriately to customer/co-worker Interaction with a wide variety of people Maintain confidential information Ability to communicate only the facts to recipients or to decline to reveal information Ability to project a professional, friendly, helpful demeanor Computer Skills Basic computer knowledge:
Uses word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail application, and web browser. Comfortable within a Windows OS and learning new applications.

Responsibilities

ENSURES PATIENTS RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES:
Assists the interdisciplinary treatment team in patient assessments and the development of goal directed treatment.

• Obtains pertinent information from referral sources seeking patient admission; assists in facilitating admissions
• Completes admission assessments (except for nursing components)
• Ensures compliance with legal components of admissions (voluntary/involuntary admissions, patients’ rights, obtaining releases of information, 5-day request for release)
• Maintains sound knowledge base of advanced directives
• Administers/scores assessment scales per protocol
• Participates in interdisciplinary clinical staffing or ensures pertinent information is provided to team
• Develops, reviews, and revises plan of care on assigned patients
• Completes required documentation as appropriate including assessment scales
• Addresses the patient's strengths, impairments and interventions identified in the plan of care to achieve expected patient outcomes.

THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY FOCUS:
Assists in the creation and maintenance of a therapeutic milieu so that the unit is a safe, caring, nurturing, healing, and educative environment.

• Sets behavioral limits on patients according to unit policies, individual plan of care and behavior modification plans
• De-escalates patients utilizing CPI techniques
• Participates in application of seclusion/restraints when appropriate; provides monitoring of patients in such situation; completes appropriate documentation, including restriction of rights forms
• Provides supportive care to patients and families.
• Conducts safety rounds
• Assists patients in conflict resolution
• Role models stress management
• Ensures patient safety of unit by following policies/procedures and adhering to unit protocols and national patient safety goals

THERAPEUTIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL THERAPIES:
Provides group and individual therapies for all patients as assigned in order to provide comprehensive, quality treatment.

• Facilitates educational sessions, structured groups and psycho educational groups in accordance with the patient's plan of care
• Utilizes a variety of therapeutic models as appropriate to the clinical situation, but primarily has a brief therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy focus
• Ensures the milieu maintains a therapeutic environment
• Incorporates Recovery principles in all therapeutic interventions
• Documents interventions in a succinct and goal directed manner using DAR format
• Recognizes and reports abuse/neglect situations as required by law
• Provides support, sets limits, and/or facilitates learning from the situation when providing situational 1:1 intervention
• Adheres to group rules and scheduled groups start and end on time.
• Follows group content outlines in group manual and individualizes groups to needs of current patient population
• Engages patients to participate of all patients as appropriate in community meetings
• Interacts with parents/significant others to answer programming questions, patient progress, etc.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FOCUS:
Assists in Performance Improvement activities on unit.

• Actively promotes and achieves customer satisfaction (patient, family, departments and…