CREATE Mental Health Worker

Child Guidance Resource•Haverford Township, PA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

CGRC’s CREATE Program (Creating Relationships and Emotional Adaptability in a Therapeutic Environment) is a unique, year-round, and innovative approach to group social skills service for children and adolescents diagnosed with autism (ages 3-21). We strive to help our clients build social and communication skills, improve problem-solving and emotional regulation, and enhance flexibility and motivation. If you’re looking for the opportunity to share and expand your competencies for the treatment and care of Autism, Child Guidance’s own CREATE program is for you. An innovative-evidenced based program that enhances social communication skills while improving problem-solving and emotional regulation for improved flexibility and motivation in all settings is the focal point of our work.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree in counseling, psychology, social work or related behavioral health field
Minimum one (1) year experience working with children and their families in a mental health, education, child welfare or juvenile justice system (CASSP Systems).

Responsibilities

Reviews behavior plans, and any other documentation as a method of understanding the child and/or adolescent and presenting problem.
Engages with client identifies individual, family and community strengths and resources.
Provides specific therapeutic support, as prescribed in the client’s treatment plan, including crisis intervention techniques, immediate behavioral reinforcements, emotional support, time-structuring activities, time-out strategies and psychosocial, rehabilitative activities.
Provide administrative support for clinical programming.
Supports creating and updating curriculum and lesson plans.
Supports room set up for program daily.
Monitors and supports client’s daily progress on goals and objectives, as prescribed in the treatment plan.
Supports program outcome data collection and analysis.
Provides consistent communication and feedback to the family and other team members on client’s progress.
Is able to intervene and provide immediate assistance in crisis situations.
Completes all documentation requirements within determined timeframes; completes all forms, consistent with CGRC corporate compliance procedures.
Completes all training and actively participates in required supervision in accordance with program and agency guidelines.