Overview:

Within a team process, develops a strength based relationship with youth and care givers. Intervenes with maladaptive behaviors while developing the youth's strengths and interests. Responsible for linking to community resources, and transferring skill sets to the care giver. Helps to create permanent connections for youth and families search, locating and engaging family members. Assists with transitioning youth to the lowest level of care. 

Responsibilities:

• Provides supervision and living environment support for youth in residential/crisis stabilization unit settings.
• Builds solid, cooperative, culturally responsive relationships with youth and families as well as community resources to assist with the planning, organizing, implementation and evaluation of appropriate activities to achieve family identified goals.
• Builds on individual strengths, concerns, and needs with balanced focus on the family as a unit to assist in the implementation and achievement of goals and outcomes.
• Works with youth and family teams to support family driven, strength-based planning and interventions.
• Conducts observations regarding specific target behavior, track progress and modifies plans with the family to support their intended identified outcome.
• Identifies behavioral triggers and suggests environmental modifications to support positive behavioral change
• Provides targeted mental health services and crisis stabilization interventions consistent with service plans, documents in alignment with MediCal regulations and achieves set productivity expectations.
• Provides and documents other non-billable services and activities if required by program.
• Ensures the safety of and is accountable for the whereabouts of youth at all times.
• Understands and takes advantage of therapeutic opportunities in crisis situations.
• Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of behavioral and crisis management interventions with youth.
• Participates in physical restraints using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention techniques.
• Physical interactions with children of variable ages such as but not limited to games, sports, and other activities.
• Documents interactions, practices, and maintains administrative expectations in a timely manner. Provides direct billable mental health services, documents in alignment with MediCal regulations, and achieves set productivity expectations.
• Plan strategic and effective daily structures activities that give youth opportunity to work on goals state in their individualize treatment plans.
• Communicate effectively with youth, parents, team members, supervisors, and outside stakeholders such as school personnel, and to remain neutral, always acting as a representative for youth and their families.
• Utilize effective interpersonal skills promote positive and cooperative relationships with youth and their family members through the therapeutic treatment process.
• Utilize effective interpersonal skills promote positive and cooperative relationships with youth and their family members through the therapeutic treatment process.
• Position requires moderate scheduling flexibility with reasonable notice based on program needs.
• Performs other related responsibilities, as assigned, to support specific department/business needs.
• Required to meet applicable productivity and documentation requirements.
• Position specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending upon program.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• High School Diploma or GED and one (1) year of relevant experience working with children, or equivalent combination of education and experience (two years of relevant experience equals one year of education).
• Speak, read, and/or write another language consistent with the program's client needs.