Mental Health Professional II, Employee Assistance Program

St. Luke’s University Health Network•North Wales, PA

About The Position

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The Mental Health Professional II provides treatment and support services to clients in either natural community settings or office-based setting.

Requirements

A Master’s degree with major course work in sociology, social work, psychology, criminal justice, theology, counseling or education.
Understanding of principles of mental illness, ability to learn and implement them, and crisis management planning.
Direct service experience with mental health consumers.
For Family Based Services Programming – A Master’s degree in mental health/human services and a minimum of two years of experience in child/adolescent mental health services or certification in family based mental health services training program and have a least 4 or more years’ experience in Family Based Mental Health Services.

Nice To Haves

Licensure in Social Work, Psychology or Professional Counseling preferred but not required.
Graduate course work or post-graduate training/experience working with individuals and families presenting with symptoms of mental or co-occurring disorders is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide service coordination for clients may include coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT); assume responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals in collaboration with the client and team; provide individual and supportive therapy and symptom management.
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history, mental status, diagnosis; physical and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living; and family structure and relationships.
Provide direct clinical services including supportive psychotherapy to clients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced with medications.
Provide ongoing assessment of clients’ symptoms and response to treatment. Make appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which put client or others at risk for harm.
Provide symptom education to enable clients to identify their mental illness or relapse symptoms.
Provide ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side skill training, supervision (e.g. prompts, assignments, monitoring, encouragement), and environmental adaptations to assist clients with activities of daily living, securing housing, and having adequate financial support (department specific).
Plan, structure, and prompt social and leisure-time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays to improve social skills of clients (department specific).
Provide on-call crisis interventions and serve as back up after hours on rotating schedule (department specific).
Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding issues of employee, patient and environmental safety and follows appropriate reporting requirements.
Demonstrates/models the Network’s PCRAFT values during interactions with all customers.
Demonstrates Performance Improvement in the following areas as appropriate: Clinical Care/Outcomes, Customer/Service Improvement, Operational System/Process, and Safety.
Demonstrates financial responsibility and accountability through the effective and efficient use of resources in daily procedures, processes and practices.
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
Other duties as assigned.