PCT Coach (CCCA) Full Time

DHRM; Staunton (VA); Sur place; USD 43 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DHRM in Staunton, Virginia is seeking a PCT Coach (CCCA) Full Time to provide leadership and mentoring to direct care staff caring for psychiatric minor patients. You will model best practices, support treatment plans, and respond to crises as essential personnel, with starting pay in the $43k–$60k range.

Role requires strong knowledge of policies, child development, and crisis management, and offers a collaborative environment with opportunities to mentor teams in a behavioral health setting.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of center policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and agency regulations.
• Understanding of child/adolescent development and needs of individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to mentor staff in planning activities, collecting behavioral data, writing reports, and evaluating treatment plans.
• Willingness to lead, intervene verbally and physically in crisis situations.
• CPR certification and ability to work overtime.
• Basic computer literacy.

Responsabilités

• Provide leadership and mentoring to direct care staff.
• Deliver direct care to psychiatric minor patients as essential personnel.
• Model and coach staff on delivering care aligned with treatment plans.
• Respond to crises with least restrictive interventions and ensure safety.

Connaissances

Policies & procedures

Staff supervision

Child development

Treatment planning

Crisis intervention

CPR certification

Computer literacy

Mentoring

Overtime

Observation & reporting

Description du poste

Title: PCT Coach (CCCA) Full Time

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate II

Hiring Range: Starting Pay from $43,309 - $59,766 per year

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles

Agency Website: https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/ccca/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The PCT Coach provides leadership and mentoring to other direct care staff in the areas of building therapeutic relationships, providing trust-building, strength based individualized care that is consistent with the child's treatment plan, and using the least restrictive interventions necessary while upholding the rights and dignity of children and their families at all times. Provides direct care to psychiatric minor patients while modeling and coaching other staff on positive work habits as they relate to patient care, and as such this position is considered "essential" and is expected to report as scheduled during emergency events.

Minimum Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of Center policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and agency regulations related to supervision of direct care staff, of the characteristics of the assigned population of children, and of all therapeutic programs delivered in the unit.
• Demonstrated knowledge of child/adolescent development and needs of individuals with disabilities.
• Demonstrated successful mastery of and ability to mentor other staff in areas including planning activities, collectirg behavioral data, writing reports, implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment plans, interacting/communicating successfully with children/adolescents with a variety of physical and mental disabilities, participating in therapeutic activities, and providing assistance with activities of daily living and hygiene.
• Willingness to play a lead role and ability to interact and intervene verbally and physically in crisis situations, in order to properly mentor other staff.
• Successful completion of TOVA and CPR. Ability to work overtime if needed. Ability to observe and describe observations orally and in writing.
• Must possess basic computer literacy skills

Additional Considerations

Previous experience in a similar position assisting with the treatment of child and adolescent mental health issues, and/or knowledge of child and adolescent mental health issues and resources from other training source preferred

Contact Information

Name: John Lee

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Advertised: 06 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 13 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time