Mental Health Professional II - Behavioral Health

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educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

The Mental Health Professional II provides treatment and support services to clients in either natural community settings or office-based setting.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Provides service coordination for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT);
• assume responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals in collaboration with the client and team;

provide individual and supportive therapy and symptom management.

Conducts a comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history, mental status, diagnosis; physical and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol;

education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living; and family structure and relationships.

• Provides direct clinical services including supportive psychotherapy to clients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced with medications.
• Provides ongoing assessment of clients’ symptoms and response to treatment. Makes appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which put client or others at risk for harm.
• Provides symptom education to enable clients to identify their mental illness or relapse symptoms.
• Provides ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side skill training, supervision (e.g. prompts, assignments, monitoring, encouragement), and environmental adaptations to assist clients with activities of daily living, securing housing, and having adequate financial support.
• Plans, structures, and prompts social and leisure-time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays to improve social skills of clients.
• Provides on-call crisis interventions and serve as back up after hours on a rotating schedule.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS :

Must have ability to sit for 2 total hours per day, and up to 1 total consecutive hour. Must be able to stand for 8 total hours per day and up to 2 total consecutive hours.

Must be able to walk 6 total hours per day and up to 10 total consecutive minutes. Must have the ability to frequently use fingers / hands for fingering and handling.

Must have the ability to use upper extremities for frequent pushing of objects up to 10 pounds and occasional pushing of objects up to 75 lbs.

Must have the ability to transport patients weighing up to 250 lbs. via wheelchair, stretcher and / or bed. Must have the ability for frequent stooping and bending.

Must have the ability for frequent reaching above shoulder level. Must have the ability for touching as it relates to feeling objects by touching with the skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Must have the ability for hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high frequency and low frequency hearing sounds.

Must have the ability for seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION :

A Master’s degree with major course work in sociology, social work, psychology, criminal justice, theology, nursing, counseling or education required.

Licensure in Social Work, Psychology or Professional Counseling preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE :

Two years direct service experience with mental health consumers required. Must understand the principles of mental illness, ability to learn and implement them, and crisis management planning.

Child Abuse and Criminal Clearance required.

Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer.

Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and / or certifications and licenses, if applicable.

It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an

Equal Opportunity Employer.