Mental Health Specialist- Center Hope and Healing

Mental Health Specialist - Center for Hope and Healing

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Responsible for delivering paraprofessional mental health care under direct supervision.

• Obtain certification in BLS within 30 days of hire date
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable), as required for regulated areas

• Two (2) years of college study OR Two (2) years of experience in inpatient acute psychiatric care

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Social Work, or Nursing
• Valid driver’s license

• Facilitates or co‑facilitates the therapeutic group process
• Applies effective communication techniques in collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and in interacting with clients and significant others in therapeutic relationships
• Assists clients to structure their lives in a therapeutic manner; serves as an active member of the mental health team, taking developmental age of the client into account
• Utilizes the master treatment plan for assistance in identifying and implementing developmental age‑appropriate interventions with clients; provides therapeutic support, reinforcing pro‑social behavior and setting limits on inappropriate behavior
• Identifies verbal and non‑verbal cues for potential aggressive behavior and applies de‑escalation techniques
• Implements appropriate interventions and documents clients’ responses in the medical record
• Identifies thought patterns and behaviors associated with different types of psychiatric diagnoses and developmental ages and intervenes appropriately utilizing the master treatment plan
• Provides assistance to clients’ family members and other supportive individuals in accordance with program standards
• Performs basic medical tasks (e.g., obtains and documents vital signs, collects urine and stool samples, weighs clients, witnesses controlled substance waste, obtains blood glucose levels) and exhibits willingness to learn additional tasks
• Assists clients in activities of daily living (bathing, toileting, eating, and ambulation) as needed
• May transport and supervise clients to appointments and activities
• Organizes and facilitates specific recreation, physical fitness and age‑appropriate leisure time activities
• Answers the phone and responds to all calls, including helpline calls, in a professional manner

• Requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and occasionally physical restraint of a client

• Inpatient setting or work within homes and living spaces of community‑based clientele

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and work assignments continuously
• Ability to make sound, independent judgments based on scientific principles and collaborate with multi‑disciplinary team members appropriately

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

24

Shift: Night (United States of America)
Exempt/Non‑Exempt:
United States of America (Non‑Exempt)
Company: WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals
Cost Center: 319 WVUH Neuro Center for Hope and Healing Mylan Park
Address: 751 Benefactor Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia

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