JOB DESCRIPTION: Qualified Mental Health Professional
To provide Behavior Support services to clients with severe emotional disturbances by engaging the client with skills training services as well as collaborating/networking paraprofessional services when appropriate.
Our Qualified Mental Health Professionals will follow a person centered model that will help develop and build skills that will help the clients function autonomously and successfully within their identified environments.
The QMHP will work with the KMBH clinical team in developing a Service/treatment Plan that is focused on the clients needs and recognizing their strengths. The plan will address all behaviors that have been identified by the client and any collateral information. The QMHP team will also help assist the client in any daily activities that can be beneficial to his/her care.
Responsibilities
General:
- Adheres to all current federal & state laws, as well as KMBHS Policies and Procedures, including the safeguarding of confidential healthcare information and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Reports immediately any suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect to the Child Abuse Hotline
- Establishes relationships and communicates with clients, caseworkers/probation officers, family members,
and staff
- Complies with all initial and annual training requirements
- Attends staff / agency meetings as required
- Completes other duties as directed by the Program Manager
Clients:
- Enters demographic data, contacts made, and other required data for all newly assigned clients into extended Reach in a timely manner i.e., 24 hours.
- Facilitates the development of an individualized Service plan within 10 days of intake.
- Works with child and family teams to develop a Crisis Plan to ensure the safety of the child, family, and community
- Works to improve skills building in order to reduce barriers in client’s ability to self manage and live independently within their identified community.
- Coordinates and facilitates ongoing treatment team meetings
- Provides a minimum of 10-15+ hours of billable services per week. Maintains a caseload of 3-4(maximum)
- Takes initiative to request new case assignments as case load numbers drop due to discharge and/or upcoming discharge.
- Meets face-to-face with clients in their own home, school and community for the provision of all services
- Reassesses the needs of the client every 90 days (or according to the SRA) with the team and modifies the service plan to reflect the progress or lack of progress.
- Keeps the client and team members informed on progress toward achieving Service Plan goals
- Motivates client to build prosocial peers/involvement.
- Facilitates client efforts to obtain any financial assistance or services for which they may be eligible under federal, state, and local regulations
- Maintains accurate and concise documentation of contacts with family. (Documentation is to be done within 24 hours after services has been delivered.)
- Provides or secures support and crisis/emergency services for the client through face-to-face contact, phone contact or availability by an on-call system (all time spent on crisis assessment and planning, crisis linkage and follow-up, and stabilization must be documented as crisis hours)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Qualified Mental Health Professional
Contributes to KMBHS’s mission, vision, and program philosophies by way of work product and professional behavior with both internal and external consumers
Maintains an empathic, yet professional, relationship with clients and strives to keep client systems engaged in all services
Maintains all client documentation in the electronic record and must make sure that they are adhering to requirement set by the Virginia Administrative Code.
Supervisor: Supervises: Caseload: Work Hours:
Classification:
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or other related discipline (Master’s degree preferred)
- QMHP-A/QMH-A &C certification (required)
- At least two years’ prior experience working in the behavioral health field (preferred)
- Maximum of 3-4 clients
Full-time, minimum 40 hours per week position. Part-time, minimum 10-15 hours per week position.
Work hours are set by the clients need, with allowances in scheduling to be available to meet with client’s teams during times and dates convenient for all parties involved (i.e. evenings and weekends)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Well organized and adaptable
- Ability and willingness to think “outside the box”
- Ability to develop and bring together inter-disciplinary teams
- Effective conflict resolution skills
- Demonstrates good insight and judgment
- Possesses an engaging and enthusiastic personality
- Dedicated to the success of children and family teams
- Skilled in speaking in front of groups
- Competent in using Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Go To Meeting, the Internet, and other software applications
Additional Requirements
- Proof of valid Virginia Driver's License
- Access to reliable transportation
- Proof of valid/current auto insurance
- Copy of official state driving record
- Three (3) employment references 2 Personal and 1 Professional.
- Cleared criminal background check and signed statement regarding felony indictments/convictions
- Cleared TB test results (current within 12 months prior to employment)
- Cleared drug screen
- CPR/BLS current
- Working cellular telephone at all times for on-call and after-hours availability
Physical Demands
With or without reasonable accommodation, the physical and mental requirements of this job may include the following: seeing, hearing, speaking, and writing clearly. Occasional reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, frequent sitting, standing and walking, may be required for long periods of time and may involve climbing stairs, walking up inclines, and on uneven terrain. Additional physical requirements may include, frequent lifting and or moving up to 25 pounds.
- Completes and attest to completion of all mandatory trainings as identified by VA board of health professions.
- Ability to support the agency's culture, growth, and success through communication, accountability, and positivity
- Ability to work efficiently and effectively both individually and as part of a team
- Ability to work with children and family to deliver skills through approved curriculum
- Ability to appropriately accept feedback through the supervision process - thus displaying the willingness to learn, grow, and improve
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: In person