Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment

Bobit Business Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Dominic's Family Services is seeking staff for Community Psychiatric Supports and Treatment (CPST) to deliver goal‑directed, trauma‑informed behavioral health services to children and families. Roles focus on counseling, crisis management, and home/community-based support within the Bronx and Lower Hudson Valley regions.

The position requires a Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related fields (or a Bachelor’s with EBPs) and relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related human services with 1 year of applicable experience or EBPs certification.
• Bachelor’s degree with certification in an Evidenced Based Practice (EBP) in the CPST component being delivered.
• Lower Hudson Valley positions require a valid, non-restricted Driver License.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive and family/counseling interventions.
• Deliver crisis avoidance and crisis management support.
• Offer rehabilitative psychoeducation and strengths-based planning.
• Coordinate services with families and community resources.
• Complete agency training and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cultural sensitivity

Microsoft Word

Excel

Education

Master’s degree in social work/psychology

Bachelor’s degree with EBPs certification

Job description

Saint Dominic's Family Servicesis an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans).

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Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment

Full Time/Part Time Part Time

Total Hours Per Week 19

From Salary $40.00

To Salary $45.00

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Community Psychiatric Supports and Treatment Services (CPST) are goal-directed supports and solution-focused interventions intended to address challenges associated with a behavioral health need and to achieve identified goals or objectives as set forth in the child’s treatment plan. Activities provided under CPST are intended to assist the child/youth and family/caregivers to achieve stability and functional improvement in daily living, personal recovery and/or resilience, family and interpersonal relationships in school and community integration. CPST can also be provided in coordination with clinical treatment services, to address identified rehabilitative needs within a comprehensive treatment plan. Services are delivered in a trauma informed, culturally and linguistically competent manner.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Components 1-3 (involving counseling)

• Intensive Interventions (Counseling)
  • Individual, family and relationship-based counseling, supportive counseling, solution- focused interventions, emotional and behavioral management, and problem behavior analysis
• Crisis Avoidance (Counseling)
  • It is an intervention to assist the child and family in developing the capacity to prevent a crisis episode from occurring or reducing the intensity and duration of active crisis.
• Intermediate Term Crisis Management (Counseling)
  • Assisting families following a crisis episode experienced by a child/family as stated in the crisis management plan.

Components (involving non-Counseling)

• Rehabilitative Psycho- education - Providing the child/youth and family members or other collaterals to identify strategies or treatment options with the goal of minimizing the negative effects of symptoms or emotional disturbances substance use or associated environmental stressors which interfere with the child /youth daily living, financial management, academic and employment progress, personal recovery or resilience, family and interpersonal relationships and community integration
• Strengths Based Service Planning - Assisting the child/youth and family members or other collaterals with identifying strengths and needs, resources, natural supports and developing goals and objectives to utilize personal strengths, resources, and natural supports to address functional deficits associated with their mental health
• Rehabilitative Supports - Restoration, rehabilitation, and support to minimize the negative effects of behavioral health symptoms or emotional disturbances that interfere with the child/ youth daily functioning. This may include providing life safety skills such as ability to access emergency services basic safety practice and evacuation, physical and behavioral health care, recognizing when to contact a physician or seek information from the appropriate provider to understand the purpose and possible side effects of medication prescribed for conditions
• CPST staff are on an On-Call Phone rotation weekly.
• Provided goal-oriented supports, solution-focused intervention to children and their families to address challenges associated with a behavioral health need and to achieve identified goals and objectives as set forth in the child's treatment plan.
• Assist child/youth, family /caregivers to achieve stability and functional improvement in daily living, personal recovery, and interpersonal relationships in school and community integration. Provide community-based services to children and their families who may have difficulty engaging in formal office settings but can benefit from home and or community based rehabilitative services.
• Provide services to child/youth in the Bronx and Lower Hudson Valley region.
• Stabilize the child/youth in the home and natural environment. Assist with goal setting to focus on the issues identified from mobile crisis or emergency room intervention, and other referral sources.
• Provide Services to child/youth in the Bronx and lower Hudson Valley region
• Complete all job related and Agency Training
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education & Experience

• A master’s degree in social work, psychology, or in related human services, plus one year of applicable experience or who have been certified in an Evidenced Based Practice (in lieu of one-year experience requirement). o These practitioners may also include: Registered Professional Nurses with one year of behavioral health experience, Licensed Occupational Therapists, and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT) to the extent they are operating under the scope of their license. OR
  • a bachelor’s degree and certification in an Evidenced Based Practice consistent with the CPST component being delivered. OR
  • a bachelor’s degree and three years applicable experience in children’s mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field and no certification in an Evidenced Based Practice

(Note: Individuals with the above qualifications may also provide components 4- 6) Qualifications required for service components 4-6 (Rehabilitative Psychoeducation; Strengths Based Service Planning; Rehabilitative Supports):

• a bachelor’s degree and two years applicable experience in children’s mental health, addiction, foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice, and/or a related human services field and no certification in an Evidenced Based Practice

(Note: Individuals with the above qualifications may only provide components 4- 6) Positions in Lower Hudson Valley required a valid, non-restricted Driver License).

Skills, Knowledge & Ability:

• Ability to interact with and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
• Ability to understand and use Micro-soft word and Excel
• Ability to interact with community resources

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to sit or stand for long periods of time. Must be able to lift at least 10 pounds. Must be able to use a computer, type, and answer phone.