Community Support Professional - KPACT ($3,000 Sign-on Bonus)

New River Valley Community Services; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

New River Valley Community Services is seeking a Community Support Professional to join the intensive services team in Blacksburg, VA. You will deliver direct interventions to youths with serious emotional disturbance and provide crisis intervention, counseling, and ISP development to prevent emergency placements.

You will work with families and other NRVCS programs to coordinate care and ensure services help youth live and function in the community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, psychology, or human services related field is required.
• At least one year of experience in a setting working with individuals with mental health, substance use, or intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is required.
• Must be registered with the Virginia Board of Counseling as QMHP or QMHP-T.
• Must maintain QMHP status and all required trainings/CEUs.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct interventions to individuals with serious emotional disturbance to avert emergency psychiatric hospitalization or out-of-home placement.
• Provide supportive counseling, individual and family therapy, crisis intervention, assessment and ISP development.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, families, and other NRVCS programs.
• Collaborate with the children’s intensive services team to coordinate resources across providers.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Counseling

Individual therapy

Family therapy

Assessment

ISP development

Psychoeducation

Referrals

Education

Bachelor's degree

1+ year experience

QMHP or QMHP-T registration

Required trainings/CEUs

Job description

Job Description

The Community Support Professional will work with the intensive services team, providing direct interventions to individuals with serious emotional disturbance who may be at risk of self-harm, harming others, and/or who may be expelled from school or sent to a psychiatric or residential facility, foster home, or hospital. Job duties include providing temporary, intensive services to avert emergency psychiatric hospitalization, institutional admissions, or out-of-home placement. Services are provided to clients and their families/caregivers.

The Community Support Professional will work with the intensive services team, providing direct interventions to individuals with serious emotional disturbance who may be at risk of self-harm, harming others, and/or who may be expelled from school or sent to a psychiatric or residential facility, foster home, or hospital. Job duties include providing temporary, intensive services to avert emergency psychiatric hospitalization, institutional admissions, or out-of-home placement. Services are provided to clients and their families/caregivers. Provides supportive counseling, individual and family therapy, crisis intervention, assessment, Individual Service Plan (ISP) development, psychoeducation, and referrals to other programs as needed. Develops and maintains working relationships with individuals served, families and/or caregivers, other NRVCS programs, and other community agencies as needed to ensure quality care. Works as part of the children’s intensive services team which includes KPACT and IH treatment teams to ensure services and resources are coordinated among providers as needed to help youth served live and function optimally in the community.

• $3,000 Sign on Bonus***

Hourly-Rate Range: $22.78-$26.20

Education/Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, psychology, or human services related field is required
• At least one year of experience in a setting working with individuals with mental health, substance use, or intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is required.
• Must be registered with the Virginia Board of Counseling as QMHP or QMHP-T
• Must maintain QMHP status and all required trainings/CEUs.

Additional compensation will be considered for any new employees who speak multiple languages.