Post Doc Position - Social Service Provider

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice; Georgia; Sur place; USD 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice seeks a licensed or licensure-eligible mental health professional to provide counseling, intake and assessments for youth. The role includes direct individual, group, and family therapy, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

The position requires a Master’s degree in a mental health field and licensure eligibility with the Georgia Composite Board.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a mental health field from an accredited college or university (e.g., counseling, social work or psychology). The degree must qualify the graduate for licensure by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.

Responsabilités

• Performs intake services to youth.
• Performs or directs mental health screening of youth per policy and timelines.
• Directs or completes mental health assessments of youth; interviews youth and families to obtain background information.
• Provides therapeutic counseling to individuals, groups or families and develops treatment plans.
• Participates in treatment teams to identify strengths and needs and to develop treatment goals and interventions.
• Prepares and submits required reports and documentation; engages in supervision to develop clinical skills.

Connaissances

Counseling

Intake services

Mental health screening

Assessment

Crisis intervention

Team collaboration

Formation

Master's degree in mental health field

Description du poste

Under supervision for licensure, provides counseling services, referral services, and resident evaluation to assigned clients.

Responsibility 1

Performs and/or directs intake services to youth

Performs or directs mental health screening of youth in accordance with policy
Ensures all intake screenings are completed within time guidelines outlined in policy

Responsibility 2

Directs or completes mental health assessments of youth

Interviews youth and/or families using acceptable techniques that are appropriate for the individual's level of functioning to obtain necessary information regarding medical, social and/or emotional background.
Contacts other health care professionals within or outside the organization as necessary to obtain background information on the youth.
Reviews youth’s record for background information.
Considers all available information to identify psycho-social stressors, strengths, challenges, risks, level of functioning and needs.
Completes a written mental health in accordance with accepted professional standards, DJJ policy, OBHS guidance and direction from clinical supervisor.
Based on assessment findings determines appropriate services and alternate plans of care
Makes necessary referal to other providers as indicated by findings in the youth’s mental health assessment.
Documents referrals, recommendations and plans in a timely manner.
Correctly files assessments and/or updates in youth’s record.

Responsibility 3

Provides therapeutic counseling to individuals, groups or families, to effect positive change in the youth’s behavior and/or social situations.

Complies with regulations on confidentiality of information as specified by agency policy.
Develops and implements treatment plans and/or crisis management plans in a timely manner.
Conducts individual treatment sessions to provide appropriate support, guidance and direction to enhance the youth’s personal and social development.
Facilitates group therapy sessions using accepted therapeutic methods to promote planned change.
Provides crisis intervention services in a timely manner to youth who present serious and imminent risk of harm to self or others due to mental health concerns
Provides on-call evening and weekend coverage to provide for the mental health needs of youth.
Provide consultation and guidance to other staff who interact with youth to ensure that supervision and care is provided in a consistent manner to promote positive adjustment, safety and development of the youth.

Responsibility 4

Leads or participates as a member of a treatment team to identify youths’ strengths, resources, symptoms, and psychological challenges to develop and monitor an effective plan of treatment.

Presents a complete and accurate summary of assessment to treatment team members at treatment team meetings.
Participates in the identification of youth’s strenghts and weaknesses and the selection of appropriate treatment goals and interventions.
Provides appropriate clinical input into the development of the the youth’s treatment plans.
Initiates appropriate changes in the youth’s treatment plan at treatment team meetings based on reassessment of therapeutic needs.
Communicates accurately and clearly to the youth and his/her family members/significant others the identified treatment goals and services.
Monitors the youth’s progress through interview, observation, input of team members, chart reviews, or other methods. Accurately conveys progress information to family members/significant others as appropriate.
Writes concise, accurate, clear progress notes in the youth’s mental health record as required by policy.

Responsibility 5

Prepares and submits required reports and other documentation.

Prepares accurate reports as required by departmental policies and local operating procedures.
Submits all reports, forms and other documentation in a timely manner. Presents a complete and accurate verbal summary of reports to treatment team members during team meetings.
Prepares and submits required reports and other documentation.

Responsibility 6

Engages in clinical supervision to facilitate development of clinical knowledge, skills and professional integrity of mental health services provided to youth

Participates actively in clinical supervision sessions as required by policy.
Contacts clinical supervisor(s) for consultation or clinical supervision whenever the clinician encounters a situation that poses substantial ethical or clinical challenges.

Minimum Requirements:

Completion of a Master`s degree in a mental health field from an accredited college or university (e.g., counseling, social work or psychology). The degree must be in an area that would qualify the graduate for licensure by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.