Day Treatment Mental Health Worker - Youable Emotional Health

Headway is looking for accountable and decisive team members who want to make a dynamic and lasting impact in their communities.  We are a passionate and responsive social enterprise making a difference in the lives of over 20,000 families and individuals throughout the Twin Cities metro area each year.  We pride ourselves on bringing innovative, dimensional solutions to mental health challenges while continually learning new and better ways to provide care.  Our mission is to empower people of all ages to live an emotionally healthy life.

As a Day Treatment Mental Health Worker, you would provide behavioral management to adolescent clients in a Day Treatment Program. This includes collaboration, education and support in the academic classroom and behavioral management in the Day Treatment milieu. The Mental Health Worker assists in leading therapeutic experiential and skills groups for Adolescent Day Treatment program clients. This position provides behavior management support to Day Treatment program therapists and the educational team by creating a positive therapeutic milieu, and observing and intervening proactively with clients. The Mental Health Worker supports Day Treatment program therapists with their interventions with their clients and documents the work daily.

Location: Brooklyn Center 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Develop and participate in therapeutic experiential activities; coordinate with therapists to ensure activities are guided by treatment plans, behavior plans, and are culturally and developmentally appropriate
2. Implement medically necessary treatment strategies in the individual treatment plan and the individual behavioral plan
3. Provide positive, proactive behavior management such as monitoring time-outs and individualized interventions
4. Serve as a role model for clients by demonstrating positive, proactive and respectful communication
5. Provide de-escalation, early intervention and crisis intervention for clients to assist them to remain in daily programming
6. Act as a liaison between academic and treatment portions of the day by providing input to program therapists about clients
7. Supervise and participate in meals, clean up, and therapeutic play activities
8. Document experiential activities and ensure that this documentation is accessible to Day Treatment staff
9. Document the delivery of services in written progress notes compliant with CTSS and Rule 29/47
10. Provide outreach, consultation and resource information to collaborative partner, parents and providers as needed
11. Participate in clinical consultation of clients with supervisor, professional consultants and program staff to refine individual interventions and therapeutic techniques
12. Understand and competently adhere to all mandated reporting expectations
13. Participate in trainings to strengthen clinical knowledge and skills, as needed to perform the responsibilities of the job
14. Transport clients as necessary, to engage in experiential activities

GOALS AND OUTCOMES

• Develop and participate in therapeutic experiential activities; coordinate with Day Treatment program therapists.
• Work to maintain safety in the milieu for clients and staff.
• Ensure that all behavioral interventions are therapeutic and coordinated with Day Treatment program therapists. 
• Ensure that therapeutic experiential activities are documented and accessible for staff. 
• Ensure that all paperwork is done in accordance with organization CTSS and Rule 29/47 guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in psychology, social work, sociology, or a closely related field 
• If Bachelor's Degree is in Social Work, must be licensed as LSW
• A minimum of one year experience working with youth in a therapeutic environment
• Ability to collaborate and work within a team
• Ability to work in a fast paced, sometimes stressful environment
• Must have their own car for work
• Proficient computer skills in Word and Excel

Preferred but not required

• Experience working with adolescents
• Able to work evenings hours
• Proven de-escalation and crisis-management skills
• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High degree of organization and attention to detail
• Proven ability to identify and resolve problems
• Ability to collaborate and utilize the skills of program team and other staff
• Ability to build and sustain positive relationships with youth that are experiencing emotional dysregulation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, identify strengths in individuals and systems and positively motivate others
• Ability to think on your feet during a crisis
• General Knowledge of county and state rules, laws and guidelines