Family Based Mental Health Worker Job at Community Services Group, Lancaster, PA

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  • Community Services Group
  • Lancaster, PA

Job Description

The Mental Health Worker is a member of the multidisciplinary team. The primary responsibility of the Mental Health Worker is to assist and support individuals and/or their families in achieving their optimal level of functioning. The Mental Health Worker exercises clinical skills and considerable independent judgment, decision making, and creativity in facilitating the personal growth and enhancing the stability of the social network of those being served. The Mental Health Worker reports directly to the Program Director. This position is part of our Youth Mental Health (MH) Services Family Based Services. Flexible, Full-Time Schedule (40 hrs./wk.) Monday to Friday - Day hours with 2 to 3 evenings per week as needed and rotating on-call coverage. Provides case administration to an assigned caseload. Facilitates group process and activity within the program. Contributes to the multidisciplinary treatment team process. Knowledge of and ability to utilize basic medical and psychiatric terminology. Basic knowledge of group dynamics processes. Ability to effectively manage crisis situations that may include verbal/physical altercations and/or suicidal/self-injurious thoughts or actions. Ability to adapt treatment programs by graduating tasks to meet an individual's specific level of function. Ability to lead and instruct individuals in psycho-educational groups. Interviews individual and individual representatives to gather pertinent demographic psychosocial information. Family Based Mental Health Services Duties (in addition to core duties): Provides treatment services to the individual and their family including skills training and education designed to enable the family to care for their child at home who has a mental illness or emotional disturbance. Coordinates needed services for individuals, families and others who are significant to the service plan. Makes referrals to other public and private social services and community agencies and resources to meet individual and family needs, assists individual and their families in understanding and utilizing these resources. Maintains regular communication with families, schools, physicians and other service providers involved with the child and family. Travels to individual locations, other agencies, and community resources for the purpose of arranging and providing community and home-based service for children, adolescents, and families. Qualifications: This position requires one of the following combinations of education and experience: A bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology, social work, nursing, rehabilitation, pre-med, theology or anthropology from an accredited college or university AND one year of experience in a CASSP system program; OR 12 college level semester hours in humanities or social services plus one year of experience in a CASSP system program and be enrolled for certification by the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services as a mental health family based worker.

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Job Tags

Full time, Flexible hours, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,

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