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  Milieu management:
  • Actively supervise all clients. Anticipate and plan for challenges and concerns.
  • Provide structure, routine, limits and expectations consistently and predictability in conjunction with peers to facilitate a sense of security and safety to clients and staff in environment.
  • Adhere to agency-approved training for de-escalation and physical intervention.
• Relationship Building:
  • Demonstrate the skills of professional youth care work including engagement, understanding, sensitivity, rapport building, creative problem solving, and attunement to needs.
• Skills Training:
  • Plan, participate in, and execute individual and group skills training that meets the clients’ social, emotional and developmental needs as well as meets expectations of Skills Training set by supervisory team.
  • Actively assist and encourage clients to engage, regulate and apply newly learned skills. Praise clients for positive efforts.
  • Incorporate philosophies, language, concepts, and interventions associated with Models of Care.
• Data collection and monitoring:
  • Participate in the assessment and documentation of progress towards client’s treatment goals; make recommendations to existing and future goals based on client’s needs.
  • Responsible for promptly and accurately collecting, entering, managing and reporting of client data into systems of record.
• Communication and Collaboration:

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  Effectively communicate and collaborate with peers, school staff, therapists, supervisors, program manager, OGS, caregiver/guardians, case workers and other professionals via direct communication and email.
• Regularly attend and actively participate in all meetings including clinical supervision, consultations, and team meetings.
• Health and wellbeing:
  • Assure and supervise individual medical needs of children including the administration of medications and treatment in accordance with instructions from the medical staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Mental Health Practitioner II (in addition to the above):

• Consistently demonstrates skill and proficiency in all “Essential Functions” areas.
• Initiates and participates in the planning and problem solving around specific client/group therapeutic needs.

Mental Health Practitioner III (in addition to the above):

• Assume additional area of responsibility that meets a need and enhances the program (e.g. developing activities and written lesson plans to enhance skills training curriculum, participation on a committee, etc ).
• Consistently show initiative, responsibility and leadership of the treatment environment; proactively and effectively addressing concerns, problem solving, planning and teaming with others to sustain a therapeutic environment.
• Complete training related to all Models of Care.

Mental Health Practitioner IV (in addition to the above):

• Consistently model behavior that aligns with program philosophy, Models of Care, job expectations, professionalism, and integrity.
• Demonstrate ownership, leadership, and an optimistic attitude with respect to program, clients, mission and work; identify needs, share ideas for growth and improvement, adapt to changes, etc.
• Actively participate in the orientation and training of new Mental Health Practitioners.

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  Bachelor’s Degree in behavioral science or related field from accredited college/university and meets either:

• Has at least 2000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services to recipients with mental illness.
• Is fluent in the non-English language of the cultural group to which at least 50% of the practitioners recipients, completes 40 hours of training in the delivery of services to recipients with mental illness, and receives clinical supervision from a mental health professional at least once a week until the requirements of 2000 hours of supervised experience are met.

• Or has at least 6000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services to recipients with mental illness.
• Or is a graduate student in one of the mental health professional disciplines and is formally assigned by accredited college/university to an agency or facility for clinical training.
• Or holds a masters or other graduate degree in one of the mental health professional disciplines from an accredited college/university.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and proof of current insurance coverage.
• CPR/First Aid certification.

• Ability to work with those who may be experiencing homelessness, unstable housing, mental illness or low income populations.

Mental Health Practitioner II (in addition to the above):

• At least 6 months of consistent full time work at St. Joseph's Home for Children or Hope Street. Completed all required trainings, received an average or above performance review, and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor.

Mental Health Practitioner III (in addition to the above):

• At least 12 months of consistent full time work at Wilder Day Treatment for Children or Hope Street. Completed all required trainings, received an average or above performance review, and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor.

Mental Health Practitioner IV (in addition to the above):

• At least 18 months of consistent full time work at Wilder Day Treatment for Children or Hope Street. Completed all required trainings, received an average or above performance review, and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor.