QMHP Juvenille TCOOMMI

Metrocare Services; United States; Sur place; USD 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement Plan with employer matching

Health Savings Account with employer 


Professional Development allowance

Bilingual Stipend

Résumé du poste

Metrocare Services is seeking a Juvenile TCOOMMI QMHP to provide psychosocial/rehabilitative services to youths referred from the Dallas County Juvenile Probation Department. You will assess needs, set measurable goals, and coordinate care with families and the treatment team.

Responsibilities include developing recovery plans, ensuring service authorizations, and participating in discharge planning to support successful reintegration into the community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human services with 1–3 years MH/MR experience or Master's degree with 0–2 years experience.
• Basic math skills required.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate psychosocial rehabilitation, emergency services/assessment, referral, transportation, linkage, and advocacy for juveniles and their families.
• Develop and monitor individual recovery plans with measurable objectives.
• Ensure clinical service authorization and adherence to program guidelines.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team staffing and discharge planning.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Crisis intervention

Formation

Bachelor's degree in human services

Master's degree in human services

Outils

Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Description du poste

Are you looking for a purpose-driven career? At Metrocare, we serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying.

Metrocare is the largest provider of mental health services in North Texas, serving over 55,000 adults and children annually. For over 50 years, Metrocare has provided a broad array of services to people with mental health challenges and developmental disabilities. In addition to behavioral health care, Metrocare provides primary care centers for adults and children, services for veterans and their families, accessible pharmacies, housing, and supportive social services. Alongside clinical care, researchers and teachers from Metrocare’s Altshuler Center for Education & Research are advancing mental health beyond Dallas County while providing critical workforce to the state.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The mission of Metrocare Services is to serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, development disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. Metrocare programs focus on the issues that matter most in the lives of the children, families and adults we serve. The Juvenile TCOOMMI QMHP position provides psychosocial/rehabilitative service to juveniles referred from the Dallas county Juvenile Probation Department. Services may include, but are not limited to, assessment, development of measurable treatment goals and objectives, engagement into treatment, referral, linkage, advocacy, monitoring, crisis intervention and continuity of care. The overall goal of this position is to maximize the individuals potential level of functioning, reduce hospitalization or out home placements and aid in the successful reintegration of individuals into the community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the ethical standards of conduct, state contract, appropriate professional standards and applicable state/federal laws Analytical skills, professional acumen, business ethics, thorough understanding of continuous improvement processes, problem solving, respect for confidentiality, and excellent communication skills.
• Provide overall service coordination, psychosocial rehabilitation, emergency services/ assessment, referral, transportation, linkage, and advocacy to juveniles and their families with varying needs.
• Perform duties in concert with other members of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Ensure authorization for clinical services.
• Ensure TCOOMMI Program Guidelines are being met.
• Formulate individual recovery plan based on assessment findings on all new admissions.
• Develop measureable objectives and goals agreed upon by the individual.
• Actively assists in obtaining and modifying goals as needed.
• Document all attempts to involve individual, service providers, and caregivers (unless opposed by the individual) in service plan process.
• Review service plans every 90 days or as clinically Participate in interdisciplinary team staffing.
• Present psychosocial assessment findings.
• Update team on progress or lack of progress in reaching agreed upon goals.
• Provide relevant information that might affect course of treatment.
• Follow-up with assigned individuals who miss a scheduled appointment. Documents attempts to contact individual. Report repeated unsuccessful efforts to contact the treatment team.
• Oversees and assists assigned individuals medication adherence. Provides med training, arranges transportation to scheduled office based appointments, and prompts needed refills. Document clinical service by close of next business day. Competed necessary incident reports by close of next business day. Perform follow up hospital assessments the same day as requested by the hospital and report assessment outcome to the Clinical Manager Provides crisis intervention/on-call services during the work week. Make home and hospital visits if needed, initiates mental illness warrants, work with police and other public servants as needed to address crisis for assigned clients. Facilitate inpatient admission upon request of the treatment team and/or hospital. Provide continuity of services throughout inpatients stay. Participate actively in discharge planning with hospital. Meet with the individual within 2 days of discharge in the community. Evaluate progress of clinical session, solicit feedback from individual(s), and consult with colleagues and team leaders when dealing with unfamiliar/uncomfortable issues. Co-facilitate family education workshops. Identify and assist individuals in obtaining entitlements by providing referrals, advocacy and negotiation, as needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES

• Analytical skills, professional acumen, business ethics, mental health ethics, thorough understanding of continuous improvements processes, problem solving, respect for confidentiality, excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Child and Adolescent competencies as outlined by HHSC for TRR requirements with emphasis on crisis intervention, engagement, and motivational interviewing.

QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors Degree in human services with 1 to 3 years experience in MH/MR or related field or Masters degree with 0 to 2 years experience in human services.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Basic math skills required.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two-step instructions.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Ability to organize work flow and execute clinical services with difficult population.
• Ability to effectively manage a caseload of 12-15 individuals with varying needs.
• Ability to problem solve, exercise good judgment, and make sound clinical decisions.
• Skilled in using tact and diplomacy in interacting with staff and individuals.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Able to maintain work in 95% compliance of standards at all times.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to work flexible hours.
• Ability to successfully use an automated clinical record keeping system.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Use computer, printer, and software programs necessary to the position (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). Ability to utilize Internet for resources.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Current State of Texas Driver License or if you live in another state, must be currently licensed in that state. If licensed in another state, must obtain Texas Driver License within three (3) months of employment.
• Liability insurance required if employee will operate personal vehicle on Center property or for Center business. Must be insurable by Centers liability carrier if employee operates a Center vehicle or drives personal car on Center business.
• Must have an acceptable driving record.

BENEFITS INFORMATION AND PERKS

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Plan, including employer matching
• Health Savings Account, including employer matching
• Professional Development allowance up to $2000 per year
• Bilingual Stipend - 6% of the base salary
• Many other benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Tobacco-Free Facilities - Metrocare is committed to promoting the health, well-being, and safety of Metrocare team members, guests, and individuals and families we serve while on the facility campuses. Therefore, Metrocare facilities and grounds are tobacco-free.

No Recruitment Agencies

Metrocare is the largest provider of mental health, developmental disability and permanent supported housing services in Dallas County serving over 50,000 children, teens and adults annually. For over 55 years, Metrocare has provided a broad array of services from mental health care, primary care, services for veterans and their loved ones, accessible pharmacies, homeless outreach, and supportive social services. Metrocare provides specialty mental health services to over 10,000 children and teens and has numerous programs for babies, children and adults with disabilities, including Early Childhood Intervention, Flourishing Families, Nurturing Parenting, Supported Employment and two specialty autism clinics in Dallas and DeSoto.

Metrocare’s Altshuler Center for Education & Research is the premier training and research institute for community mental health professionals across Texas. Metrocare upholds the person-centered philosophy to focus care on the needs of individual. We take care to ensure that people’s preferences, needs and values guide clinical decisions and to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to those we serve. We see ourselves as partners in healing with our clients and their support network.