Development Coach

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Full Time Island Park, Springfield, OR, US

8 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $21.25 To $26.59 Hourly

Developments coaches connect with youth ages 3 to 18 to provide training on skills to reduce the impact of mental health symptoms. They also work with adult care providers to educate them about the nature of the emotional problem/psychiatric disability, provide child management and supervisor skills, and participate in Collaborative Problem Solving.

Reports to:

IOSS Manager

• Build helping relationships with clients, including helping them identify personal strengths, find resources needed to acquire skills and support, and assist them in developing and implementing individualized plans.
• Participate in one-on-one skills training sessions with clients to help them build and implement techniques to manage their psychiatric disability or emotional problem. Conduct skills training sessions wherever there is a problem coping with stress, whether that is at home, at school, or in the community.
• Implement an established emotional intelligence curriculum and select appropriate sections to use in a given situation.
• Provide family support as necessary and appropriate, including providing support for parents and other caregivers of clients.
• Assist clients with identifying symptoms, goals, and methods for achieving goals.
• Identify and provide appropriate skills training to clients based on the service plans.
• Provide crisis services as required.
• Understand that many clients have been traumatized and strive to constantly provide services from a respectful, trauma-informed perspective.

• Regularly attend IOSS team meetings, and collaborate with other IOSS team members to identify strategies to provide quality care to IOSS clients.
• Coordinate care with other members of the IOSS team, as well as other providers, families, courts, schools, etc. as required to assist the client succeed in meeting individual goals.
• In collaboration with the IOSS team, create behavioral support plans for assigned clients.
• As requested, participate in Child and Family Team Meetings and work with adult care providers (parents, foster parents, teachers) to provide nurturing support to caregivers and assist with improving the family system.
• Assess the safety of self and others in community/home situations, respond to safety concerns, and coordinate with the team to ensure appropriate safety while seeing clients. Complete administrative and continuing education responsibilities.
• Schedule appointments with assigned clients, and coordinate and maintain appointment calendar.
• Complete all required paperwork, including notes on each session and individual client paperwork, in a timely manner.
• Meet requirements regarding productivity and dependability.
• Coordinate with co-workers and treatment teams, including participating in complex case reviews or family systems reviews as necessary.
• Actively participate in clinical supervision, as well as staff meetings.
• Engage in continuing education activities and trainings, and continually build therapeutic skills.
• Participate in completeness and quality reviews as required.
• As required, positively represent SLMH in the community and with other service providers, and/or act as a liaison with other organizations or with internal committees/cross-departmental teams.
• Perform all duties in a respectful and responsible manner, both with clients and coworkers, and in a manner that meets all professional ethical standards.
• Additional duties as requested.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in social services, behavioral health, or a related subject; or at least 3 years of active employment in the field of mental health service provision.
• Ability to obtain MHACBO registration and be credentialed as a QMHA; or Peer Support Specialist Certification and inclusion on the Traditional Health Worker Registry.
• Knowledge of mental health assessment, treatment and service terminology, and ability to apply these concepts.
• Ability to implement skill development strategies for youth and adults.
• Skill in identifying, implementing, and coordinating the services and supports identified in an Individualized Support Service Plan.
• Ability to respond calmly and professionally in high-stress situations and respond constructively to clients in a mental health crisis.
• Strong oral communications skills, and ability to write in clear, clinically appropriate language.
• Ability to balance clinical, cultural, and ethical values, particularly as relates to client and staff needs.
• Ability to interact positively with people of all ages and cultural background.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team environment.
• Sound computer skills.