Mental Health Associate

Overview

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

Certifications:

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

Education: Bachelor's Degree: Social Work, Psychology, Related Field.

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 psychoeducational 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 physicians)
• Generates ideas for improving processes, treatment, and patient care
• Participates in Root Cause Analyses and assists in development of action plans and implementation of action plans
• Serves on unit-based and hospital-based committees
• Precepts new employees
• Follows through on assignments generated by Program Manager or unit committees
• Volunteers for assignments which are designed to affect needed changes.

About Us

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.

Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. Weve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. Were developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the worlds first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nations highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

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Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $22.54per hour - $37.64per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidates experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.