PCT Coach (CCCA) Full Time

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Staunton (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth of VA Careers seeks a PCT Coach to provide leadership to direct care staff at the Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles. This role supports treatment plans and ensures rights and dignity of children are upheld, with essential on-site duties and crisis response.

The position requires crisis intervention skills, CPR/TOVA readiness, and strong documentation abilities to support clinical staff and families.

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of center policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and agency regulations related to supervision of direct care staff.
• Knowledge 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.
• Ability to interact with children/adolescents with various disabilities and assist with daily living activities.
• Willingness to lead and intervene verbally and physically in crisis situations; basic computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and mentoring to direct care staff in therapeutic relationships and care aligned with treatment plans.
• Deliver direct care to psychiatric minor patients and model positive work habits.
• Report to emergencies as required and uphold patient rights and dignity at all times.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Crisis intervention

Documentation & reporting

Team collaboration

Computer literacy

Job description

Title: PCT Coach (CCCA) Full Time

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate II

Hiring Range: Starting Pay from $41,844 - $57,745 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, collecting 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. A fingerprint-based criminal history check and reference checks are required for the selected candidate for this position. Under Virginia Code §37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific “barrier” crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending “barrier” charges. DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID-19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits, and continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination programs to staff, residents/clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks.

Contact Information

Name: John Lee

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

DBHDS is an equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability. Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.