Adolescent Counselor (AM shift) - Behavioral Health 169

Preferred

• Experience with psychiatric adolescent clients/patients

• Essential functions
• Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values and beliefs in everyday language and contact with internal and external stakeholders
• Completes the following assessment activities:
• Reviews admission documentation
• Assists in members served reviews and assessment of members served care plans
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize changes in members served milieu and make modifications in care giving methods
• Provides safe, effective and efficient implementation of direct care in accordance with established policies, procedures and standards of care, including CPI and psychiatric rehabilitation principles
• Establishes, maintains, and co-facilitates a therapeutic relationship with members served. Acts as a role model in maintaining a hopeful and positive attitude in problem solving and coping with the disabilities associated with mental illness
• Attends and participates in community meetings and groups
• Actively participates in multidisciplinary team meetings and treatment planning meetings
• Documents activities of daily living, response to interventions, and significant behavior changes as appropriate. Informs the Clinical Director of members served behavior and condition, particularly changes in mental and/or physical condition
• Admits and discharges members s assigned; this includes completing associated documentation
• Contributes to the treatment of the whole person inclusive of physical care. Obtains vital signs and weights, as assigned
• Ensures members served safety via monitoring including but not limited to rounds as well as safe and appropriate seclusion and restraint supervision
• Demonstrates commitment to teamwork via questions and cooperation
• Practices body substance precautions at all times
• Provides supervision and support during meals. May be required to assist in meal set up.
• Demonstrates knowledge of CPI principles and techniques
• Participates in and assists members served during group outings
• Promotes and assists members served in developing self‑help skills
• Explains policies and procedures to members served and their families
• Demonstrates a good rapport and cooperative working relationships with all members of the team; responds to co‑workers with concern and promotes group morale
• Maintains an effective and courteous working relationship with members served and other staff members through the use of appropriate interpersonal skills
• Protects the confidentiality of employee and members served information
• Protects members served from behavior that could damage themselves or others
• Demonstrates knowledge of nursing policies and procedures as they relate to direct and indirect members served care
• Must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training

Duties and Responsibilities

may be added, deleted and/or changed at the discretion of management.

Physical demands

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, twist, squat, kneel and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to frequently sit, walk, reach, bend and do simple and firm grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetition and dexterity.

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability