Youth Rehabilitation Master Treatment Specialist

State of Delaware•Dover, DE

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This John E. Stevenson Youth Center position serves as part of a team providing behavioral health crisis and residential treatment to youth 17 and younger. The Treatment Specialist and Master Treatment Specialist provide direct care and supervision of children served and deliver therapeutic services to children and families under the supervision of a licensed clinician.

Requirements

Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Behavioral or Social Science or related field.
Two years experience working with adjudicated/delinquent youth.
Two years experience in case management which includes assessing, planning, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating options and services to meet an individual’s human service needs.
Two years experience in making recommendations as part of a client's service plan such as clinical treatment, counseling, or determining eligibility for health or human services/benefits.
Two years experience in interviewing clients and conducting individual and group counseling sessions.
Two years experience in behavior management such as understanding, explaining, describing and predicting behavior, studying the connection between behavior and its causes and identifying appropriate behavior modification strategies for individual situations.
Two years experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
Two years experience in narrative report writing.
Possession of a valid Driver's License (not suspended, revoked or cancelled, or disqualified from driving).

Responsibilities

Provides case management services to youth in a residential setting by coordinating and monitoring the delivery of services and treatment plans for youth committed to a secured facility.
Reviews case files including criminal and social history, prepares screening and placement reports and records, assesses youth needs and recommends appropriate rehabilitative programs and services while in the facility to encompass responsibility for discharge planning.
Conducts interviews with youth to explain terms and conditions of supervision, commitment or detention, and to explain behavioral modification goals, processes and procedures.
Assists in the development, modification or review of Treatment Service Plans, as part of an inter-disciplinary team; participates in treatment team review meetings that identify the youth’s needs, treatment objectives and services, behavior modification goals and release or after-care planning.
Outlines youth strengths and areas that need to be addressed, objectives, methods to be used and anticipated results.
Obtains and coordinates services and resources needed to ensure rehabilitation plans and objectives are met.
Conducts group and individual behavioral modification counseling sessions for youth such as anger management and victim awareness, and provides advice and assistance to youth concerning employment, living conditions, recreation, life-skills and other interests or concerns.
Assesses the youth’s progress towards rehabilitation and institutional adjustment; evaluates information and prepares reports describing program participation, institutional adjustment and summary recommendations for or against discharge to aftercare.
Prepares and maintains social histories, classification reports, progress notes, discharge summaries and chronological records.
Oversees an assigned group of youth during education, recreation and work detail activities.
May act as a liaison to community organizations to develop and coordinate after-care plans and services for youth.
May prepare and present testimony for court proceedings in the adjudication and disposition of juvenile cases.