Mental Health Worker

Child Guidance Resource•Haverford Township, PA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

CGRC’s Truancy and Delinquency Prevention Program advocates for appropriate educational services and support within the justice system. Our Clinicians identify areas in need of support, connect clients with resources, and advocate for families. Program hours vary based on need and availability. Therapy occurs in various locations including the client's home, school, and the community. CGRC works with clients to help families build support systems and achieve their potential for independent success. This role offers the opportunity to expand competencies using a variety of clinical-based interventions. Clinicians provide intensive, home, school, and community-based therapy to children and adolescents displaying social, emotional, and/or behavioral disorders, and their families. The clinician provides a continuum of services, including intensive case management, system advocacy, information/referral, therapy (individual to child or adult, groups, family, and couples), and crisis intervention/stabilization.

Requirements

Licensure
Accreditation
Funding source requirements
CGRC technology reporting requirements

Nice To Haves

Opportunity to share and expand competencies using a variety of clinical based interventions
Experience providing intensive, home, school, and community-based therapy to children and adolescents displaying social, emotional and/or behavioral disorders and their families
Experience providing a continuum of services, including intensive case management, system advocacy, information/referral, therapy (individual to child or adult, groups, family, and couples), and crisis intervention/stabilization
Experience with biopsychosocial assessments
Experience developing treatment goals with measurable objectives
Experience with case management
Experience with information/referral services
Experience with progress note documentation
Experience meeting productivity expectations
Experience with chart documentation, billing requirements and other necessary paperwork
Experience completing training and participating in supervision and staff meetings

Responsibilities

Conduct biopsychosocials utilizing program principals in order to assess client and family dynamics.
Provide therapy services to promote exploration and understanding of personal and interpersonal dynamics.
Develop effective and timely treatment goals with measurable objectives.
Monitor service provision through intensive case management to ensure receipt of quality and appropriate services/interventions.
Provide information/referral services to clients and families to ensure receipt of quality and appropriate services/resources.
Record all case progress notes in order to maintain accurate history of treatment events and client progress.
Meet program expectations regarding productivity.
Handle all administrative duties such as chart documentation, billing requirements and other necessary paperwork consistent with licensure, accreditation, funding sources and CGRC technology reporting requirements.
Complete all training and actively participates in required supervision and staff meetings in accordance with program and agency guidelines.