JOB TITLE:
- Qualified Mental Health Professional
OVERVIEW:
The
Qualified Mental Health Professional provides mental health case management
services to children and adolescents, ages 3 to 17, and their families, and
completes documentation for service coordination, screenings, aftercare, skills
training, and plans of care.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL VARY DEPENDING ON PROGRAM AND POSITION.
(May
include but not limited to the following):
- Assist individuals identify and describe needs for
services and supports.
- Negotiate and facilitate the array of services and
supports needed to address the individual's identified goals and desired
outcomes.
- Provide behavioral intervention services, training and
support to assigned caseload.
- Ensure planned services and supports are implemented
and appropriately documented.
- Connect individual with appropriate services and
supports, as needed
- Document all meetings and notes pertaining to individual
plans
COMPETENCIES:
The
competencies listed here are representative of those that must be met to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Self-motivating, able to work independently.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in
writing in the English language.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with a variety of
individuals, teams, and systems.
- Record data neatly, coherently, accurately, and
objectively.
- Follow service implementation processes to meet the
needs of people served and funding-source requirements.
- Emergency/Crisis Intervention skills.
- Ability to proficiently work with computers and
electronic records.
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION
AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree or master's degree in a Human
Services field, including but not limited to: psychology, sociology,
social work, rehabilitation, counseling, human growth and development,
physician assistant, gerontology, special education, educational psychology,
early childhood education, early childhood intervention.
- Registered nurses also qualify for these positions.
CERTIFICATIONS,
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
PHYSICAL
DEMANDS:
The
physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by
an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with limitations to
perform the essential functions.
TRAVEL:
- Assignments in inpatient/outpatient clinics require
local travel
WORK
ENVIRONMENT:
The work
environment described here is representative of that which the majority of employee
encounter. These conditions may vary by position. Reasonable accommodation can
be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
- The noise level may vary between low and mild.
- The work environment should not experience temperature
extremes (hot and cold).