CREATE Mental Health Worker
About The Position
CGRC’s CREATE Program (Creating Relationships and Emotional Adaptability in a Therapeutic Environment) provides year-round group social skills services to children and adolescents ages 3–21 diagnosed with autism. The program aims to build social and communication skills, improve problem-solving and emotional regulation, and enhance flexibility and motivation across settings. The Mental Health Worker supports therapeutic programming and client progress in accordance with treatment plans, while contributing to curriculum, program operations, outcome measurement, and communication with families and team members. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 3 PM to 7 PM. CGRC describes a relaxed working environment and flexible work schedules, and offers clinical supervision, training, career development opportunities, and benefits for eligible employees.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or a related behavioral health field.
- At least one year of experience working with children and their families in a mental health, education, child welfare, or juvenile justice system (CASSP Systems).
Responsibilities
- Review behavior plans and other documentation to understand the child or adolescent and presenting problem.
- Engage with clients and identify individual, family, and community strengths and resources.
- Provide therapeutic support prescribed in the client’s treatment plan, including crisis intervention techniques, immediate behavioral reinforcement, emotional support, time-structuring activities, time-out strategies, and psychosocial and rehabilitative activities.
- Provide administrative support for clinical programming.
- Support the creation and updating of curriculum and lesson plans.
- Support daily program room setup.
- Monitor and support clients’ daily progress on treatment-plan goals and objectives.
- Support program outcome data collection and analysis.
- Communicate consistently with families and other team members and provide feedback on client progress.
- Intervene and provide immediate assistance in crisis situations.
- Complete required documentation and forms within designated timeframes and in accordance with CGRC corporate compliance procedures.
- Complete all training and actively participate in required supervision in accordance with program and agency guidelines.
Benefits
- Reimbursed comprehensive clinical supervision and training.
- Opportunities to develop leadership competencies and career interests.
- Flexibility for classes and internship possibilities within the organization.
- Availability of licensure supervision.
- Flexible work schedules and support for work-life balance.
- Career development and opportunities to learn and grow within the organization.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Generous time off and benefits for eligible employees.
- Tickets at Work discounts and offers for employees and their families.
- Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
