Mental Health Support Specialist Master Level position at National Youth Advocate Program, providing front-end assessments and welcoming approach to potential customers of the Front Door Diversion Program, with excellent training and continuing education opportunities, competitive salaries and benefits, and a commitment to doing what is best for children, youth and their families.
Requirements
- Actively supports, represents, and extends the mission, vision, and values of the organization
- Delivers prompt and professional clinical services while maintaining appropriate level of confidentiality
- Screens referrals for mental health services, determines severity and what type of services are needed
- Builds name recognition and working relationships with Maximus screeners
- Work as a member for the care team to meet the needs of the customer and to support program goals
- Builds working relationships with the various hospital social workers
- Applies clinical skills to help screen individuals for the program
- Utilizes and creates a work base from the point of referral, which will be the hospital or community setting
- Fosters people skills to be able to connect with clients
- Develops comprehensive front-end assessment of potential clients
- Completes clinical assessment of potential clients
- Utilizes standardized assessment/screening tools effectively in order to help gage client appropriateness for services
- Diagnosing mental illness with knowledge of DSM VI
- Creates linkage and referrals for follow up services
- Provides individual therapy, depression, anger management, medical providers for related medical conditions
- Functions effectively as a link between the hospital, the client and the subsequent service providing agency worker
- Demonstrates the technical and behavioral competencies necessary in the implementation of standardized assessment tools
- Completes all related screening documentation in a timely manner
- Completes all required performance tracking, data collection and documentation
- Perform other duties as assigned by program supervisor
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for you and your family!
- 22 Days Off Each Year!
- 11 Paid Holidays Per Year!
- Competitive salaries and benefits including a 401(k)
- Tuition Assistance
- Work Anniversary Trips!
- Peace leave
- Parental leave
- Mileage Reimbursement
