Mental Health Specialist II

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we’re here to create real change – helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives – including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today.

Responsibilities

Elwyn is currently seeking a Mental Health Program Specialist II to develop, implement, and document individual progress for individuals with behavioral health and forensic issues who are residents of Elwyn's Young Adult Residential Treatment Facility (YARTF). Provides supervision and programmatic decision-making. Completes mental status exams utilizing current knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version IV (DSM-IV). Provides supportive counseling and acts as an advocate to represent the individual's needs and rights with all outside support service agencies, families, etc. Assists and supports individuals in all activities of daily living. Designs and facilitates therapeutic groups. Plans and implements community integration plans.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and implement individual programs for individuals with behavioral health challenges and provide other individualized case management functions as directed by supervisor or director
• Provide supervision and program implementation
• Provide all appropriate documentation set forth by director and regulations including monthly summaries and individual behavioral/psychiatric assessments
• Provide mental status exam using the current DSM
• Provide supportive counseling to individuals with personal, behavioral, or social challenges
• Develop and ensure individual's adherence to behavior management plans
• Advocate for individuals with outside support agencies
• Interface with families and other interested parties within the limits of signed consents
• Design and facilitate therapeutic groups according to individual need
• Plan and implement community integration plans for individuals
• Maintain communication with medical physician, psychiatrist, and pharmacist as needed
• Maintain communication with appropriate ancillary service providers
• Assist and train consumers in all aspects of self- care to ensure a maximum level of independence for that individual. These areas will include all aspects of personal hygiene, shopping, cooking, meal serving, budgeting, laundry, and housekeeping
• Ensure a safe and a clean-living environment for individuals
• Intervene in crisis situations in accordance with established agency protocol
• Encourage individuals in the constructive use of leisure time
• Escort individuals to and from appointments
• Attend scheduled staff meetings
• Facilitate resident meetings
• Attend appropriate in-service as directed by supervisor and required by funder and regulatory bodies
• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team
• Conduct fire drills and building inspections and provide the appropriate documentation for same
• Report all problems or concerns to supervisor or director
• Remain on duty until relieved
• Maintain current certification/recertification of CPR, First Aid, and Crisis Intervention. Responsible for adherence to standards, procedures and schedules established by the program administration
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols.
• Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in a human service or related field, including but not limited to medicine, social work, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, recreational therapy, or vocational rehabilitation with one (1) year experience in adult behavioral health services OR Bachelor's degree other than in human services or a related field and two (2) years' experience in adult behavioral health services
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage and prioritize multiple, often competing, priorities
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills
• Must be able to perform CPR and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Must possess excellent customer interaction, collaboration, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
  Demonstrated basic experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Experience using Electronic Health Record (EHR) / Electronic Medical Record (EMR) preferred
• Must possess a current, valid driver's license in state of residence, have a minimum of two (2) years of driving experience within the United States, and have an acceptable driving record