Mentor; CCCA

Title: Top Mentor (CCCA) Full Time
State Role

Title:

Direct Service Associate III
Hiring Range: Starting Pay from $45,057 (Commensurate with Experience)
Pay Band: 3
Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Development
Location: Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles
Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./
Recruitment Type: General Public - G

The purpose of this position is to deliver a full range of high quality, individualized acute psychiatric and psychosocial inpatient services that, in collaboration with other providers, improve the lives of Virginia’s children who require intensive care and support, as well as their families. The position provides supervision and mentoring to DSAIIs, guidance and mentoring to DSAIIIs, and support to RNs to promote relationship based, collaborative, trauma informed care.

It assists Nurses in building and maintaining teamwork across shifts and units and supports all Nursing staff in fostering dignity and respect in interactions with children, families, and colleagues.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to oversee staff in a multi shift environment and provide guidance to both full and part time direct care staff in their daily work, including therapeutic interventions, activities, school support, and responses to crises or challenging situations. Strong critical thinking and sound decision making skills in crisis situations are essential. The position also requires the ability to assist in resolving conflicts and to recognize and value the contributions of others.

This role will float throughout the hospital, assisting and teaching staff and patients by building on strengths and enhancing performance.

• Considerable knowledge of Center policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and agency regulations related to supervision of direct care staff, of the characteristics of the assigned population of children, and of all therapeutic programs delivered in the unit.
• Demonstrated knowledge of child/adolescent development and needs of individuals with disabilities.
• Demonstrated mastery of PNA skills and tasks in all areas including planning activities, collecting behavioral data, writing reports, implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment plans, interacting/communicating successfully with children/adolescents with a variety of physical and mental disabilities, participating in therapeutic activities, and helping with activities of daily living and hygiene.
• Willingness to play a lead role and ability to interact and intervene verbally and physically in crisis situations, in order to properly mentor other staff.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and act as a role model to other individual direct care staff as well as groups of diverse team members, provide constructive feedback, project optimism in difficult situations, and train/teach and assess competencies of new employees.
• Excellent communication and basic computer literacy skills in order to effectively communicate and collaborate with other staff.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.

• Post‑secondary certificate or degree in related field preferred.
• Extensive background in general areas of child/adolescent development, psychology, or related human services, background in employee management/supervision and knowledge of building helping relationships‑preferred.

• 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific “barrier” crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending “barrier” charges.

• DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID‑19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits, and continue to offer COVID‑19 vaccination programs to staff, residents/clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre‑employment process.
  
  If you have any questions, contact the Office of Human Resources.

Name:
John Lee
Phone:
Email: john.leeginia.gov

DBHDS is an equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability. Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.