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Job Title: Behavioral Specialist (BS)/ Mobile Therapist (MT)

Job Description

• Provides consultation and clinical intervention to the treatment team, family, and school
• Develops and implements specialist behavior plans and interventions, including crisis plan
• Provides education and works to ensure continuity of care across all settings
• Builds rapport with client and assists client in achieving treatment goals via skills building, positive reinforcement, and self0monitoring techniques.
• Master’s Degree in a Mental Health field and at least one year experience working with children and/or adolescents.
• Valid Driver’s License Required
• Clearances Required are: Child Abuse, PA Criminal Background Check, FBI Fingerprints, National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) Verification, and the Mandated Reporter Training (Act 31) 

Requirements:

• Completes progress summary and progress notes.
• Provides clinical therapy and direct services to the client and family, including individual and family therapy
• Completes related clinical documentation
• Develops treatment plan goals and monitors client’s progress towards goals

Contact Frank Pogash, Director of Community Based Children’s Services @ fpogash@creativehs.org

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Job Title: Staff Nurse for Residential Programs  

The Role of the STAFF NURSE is in the focus of maintaining and supporting LTSR patient health, behavioral, cognitive and spiritual goals.  Maintaining data collection and biometric reports to assist the PRIMARY CARE NURSE and the treatment team to develop informed care plans. 

Department: Long Term Structured Residence (LTSR)

Reports to: Nurse Manager and Director of LTSR

Classification:  Full Time, Part-Time

Classifications:

• Current PA RN license ; and 1 year Mental Health Experience preferred; or
• LPN; and 2 years Mental Health Experience preferred.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Consistently demonstrate professional behavior and uphold the Nurses Code of Ethics as accepted by the American Nursing Association.
• Provide the minimal assistance needed to assure the safe and consistent administration of medications/treatments to the LTSR patients.
• Consistently promote compliance to prescribed medical treatments, healthy lifestyle choices remembering to maintain a mind/body balance.
• Provide nursing care according to the physician’s orders and with recognized nursing practice, established standards set by evidenced based practice.
• Support patients by administering prescribed as needed medications to allow relief of symptoms so patients may engage in the therapeutic process with the clinical staff.
• Maintain understanding of individualized global care plan for patients residing in the LTSR.  (Including medical, behavioral, cognitive and spiritual aspects.)
• Participate in self-medication administration goals for all individuals based on patient strengths.
• Foster 1:1 relationship building meetings with the LTSR patients.  (Building relationships outside of the patient/nurse relationship to increase trust and communication).
• Participate in Monthly Nursing meetings as possible/read the nursing meeting minutes, treatment team minutes and weekly updates to assure understanding of ongoing changes in the LTSR.
• Attend leisure outings or medical appointments with clients, as needed.
• Provide ADL support to patients, including completion or direct monitoring of daily hygiene, feeding and other ADL skills as needed.
• Monitor and ensure adherence to proper dietary restrictions including qualitative, quantitative and consistency of dietary intake.  Making adjustments as indicated by individuals changing condition during all meals.
• Completion of daily/weekly/monthly documentation as assigned by the Nurse Manager, or delegated by the Primary Care Nurse. 
• Absolute compliance with internal and external regulations, policies, and procedures.  Always adhering to the highest standard of care when discrepancies arise.
• Absolute compliance with use of Universal Precautions.  Ongoing incidental education to others about PPE.
• Immediate/timely reporting of all crisis and unusual incidents to the nurse manager and/or LTSR director.  Completion of an episode nursing note in addition to the shift report notes.
• Maintain accurate records of all controlled substances, narcotics and sharps in accordance with applicable internal policies, state and federal laws.

Interested in applying as a Staff Nurse?

Contact Charley Herbic, Director of Long Term Structured Residence @ cherbic@creativehs.org

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Job Title: Licensed School Based Counselor—Contracted

Creative Health continues to expand our School Based Counseling program. These contracted positions run for the academic year (180 days; 7.5 hours/day).

Available positions are within: Pottstown School District; Perkiomen Valley School District; Owen J. Roberts School District, and the Boyertown School District.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in social work, psychology, counseling, education or other appropriate human services field in conjunction with an LPC, LMFT, or LSW.
• Experience working in a school setting is desired, but not required.
• Act 33 & 34 clearances as provided by Child Protective Services Law, 23 PA C.S. 16301
• Act 114 clearance (FBI) as provided by Cogent
• Professional Liability Insurance maintained and updated annually with Human Resources.
• Has a comfort and desire to work with multicultural and/or difficult to engage populations with a high degree of commitment, respect, confidentiality, and perseverance.
• Valid Driver’s License required – Required to travel to various parts of Montgomery and Chester Counties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides individual therapy.
• Provides psycho-educational groups, as needed.
• Facilitates referrals for additional mental health services, as needed.
• Provides behavioral consultant services to the school faculty, as needed.
• Attends IEP team and/or parent meetings.

Contact Frank Pogash, Director of Community Based Children’s Services @ fpogash@creativehs.org

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Job Title: Mental Health Professional

Minimum Requirements: 

• Master’s Degree in marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, counseling, education or other appropriate human services field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a CASSP system program
• Act 33 & 34 clearances as provided by Child Protective Services Law, 23 PA C.S. 16301.
• Act 114 clearance (FBI) as provided by Cogent
• Act 31 training annually
• Professional Liability Insurance maintained and updated annually with Human Resources.
• Has a comfort and desire to work with multicultural and/or difficult to engage populations with a high degree of commitment, respect, confidentiality, and perseverance
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed
• Valid Driver’s License required – Required to travel to various parts of Montgomery, Chester, and Berks Counties

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implements Family Based Model and promotes family therapy, not individual therapy.
• Attends Family Based Trainings and is expected to graduate within the 3 year curriculum.
• Provides team-delivered services as directed and engages in appropriate team behaviors including daily collaboration and consultation with other team members.
• Develops and implements measurable treatment plans and treatment updates for each client and family.
• Records every individual, family and case management contact with a detailed progress note that complies with all regulatory standards.
• Completes appropriate documentation of psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions and case management, client and family progress, service authorizations and other documentation as required.
• Completes appropriate service authorization tasks for managed care organizations, in a timely manner, to insure appropriate billing and service provision.
• Facilitates Child and Adolescent Service System Providers (CASSP) meetings and interagency team meetings as required by different counties, (some require meetings to be conducted proactively).
• Performs multi-systems advocacy to ensure clients’ and families’ rights and their access to appropriate community services and resources.
• Reports all unusual incidents, accidents, conflicts of interest, or other issues potentially problematic to the agency, staff, or consumer(s) promptly to the Program Director
• Video records sessions for clinical model adherence and training
• Provides on-call crisis intervention on a 24/7 basis when scheduled.
• Participates in weekly team/group supervisions with Clinical Supervisor and other teams.
• Maintains a minimum average of 28 billable hours of service per week.
• May need to transport clients using a program vehicle, in which case you will need to sign a waiver if transporting in your personal vehicle.
• Other clinical duties as assigned and agreed upon within state regulation and agency standards

Contact Pinky Mehta, LMFT, Family Based Program Director @ pinkym@creativehs.org

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Job Title: Mental Health Worker

Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelors Degree in marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, counseling, education or other appropriate human services field.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a CASSP system program
• Act 33 & 34 clearances as provided by Child Protective Services Law, 23 PA C.S. 16301.
• Act 114 clearance (FBI) as provided by Cogent
• Act 31 training annually
• Professional Liability Insurance, maintained and updated annually with Human Resources.
• Has a comfort and desire to work with multicultural and/or difficult to engage populations with a high degree of commitment, respect, confidentiality, and perseverance
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed
• Valid Driver’s License required – Required to travel to various parts of Montgomery, Chester, and Berks Counties

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implements Family Based Model and promotes family therapy, not individual therapy.
• Attends Family Based Trainings and is expected to graduate within the 3 year curriculum.
• Provides team-delivered services as directed and engages in appropriate team behaviors including daily collaboration and consultation with other team members.
• Develops and implements measurable treatment plans and treatment updates for each client and family.
• Records every individual, family and case management contact with a detailed progress note that complies with all regulatory standards.
• Completes appropriate documentation of psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions and case management, client and family progress, service authorizations and other documentation as required.
• Completes appropriate service authorization tasks for managed care organizations, in a timely manner, to insure appropriate billing and service provision.
• Facilitates Child and Adolescent Service System Providers (CASSP) meetings and interagency team meetings as required by different counties, (some require meetings to be conducted proactively).
• Performs multi-systems advocacy to ensure clients’ and families’ rights and their access to appropriate community services and resources.
• Reports all unusual incidents, accidents, conflicts of interest, or other issues potentially problematic to the agency, staff, or consumer(s) promptly to the Program Director
• Video records sessions for clinical model adherence and training
• Provides on-call crisis intervention on a 24/7 basis when scheduled.
• Participates in weekly team/group supervisions with Clinical Supervisor and other teams.
• Maintains a minimum average of 28 billable hours of service per week.
• May need to transport clients using a program vehicle, in which case you will need to sign a waiver if transporting in your personal vehicle.
• Other clinical duties as assigned and agreed upon within state regulation and agency standards

Contact Pinky Mehta, LMFT, Family Based Program Director @ pinkym@creativehs.org

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Job Title: Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)

Department: Children’s Services

Reports to: Director of Children’s Services

Job Description:

• One-to-one direct intervention with children
• Provide positive behavioral reinforcement
• Provide redirection
• Provide Timeout strategies
• Record data on progress of child’s goals
• Cueing and prompting
• Debriefing
• Transferring of skills to adult caregivers
• Participation in weekly BHT supervision
• Completion/Filing of weekly/monthly paperwork i.e.: billing, invoices, encounter forms, progress reports, etc.
• Participation in required trainings
• Open communication with Director, coordinators and office staff about any concerns, problems, and questions

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in psychology, social work, counseling, sociology, education, criminal justice, or similar human service field, with no previous work experience.
•  Bachelor’s Degree in any other field, with the equivalent of at least one year of full-time paid work experience in a job that involved direct contact with children or adolescents.
• Licensed registered nurses, with the equivalent of at least one year of full-time paid work experience in a job that involved direct contact with children or adolescents.
• Associates Degree, or sixty credits toward a Bachelor’s Degree, with the equivalent of at least three years of full-time paid work experience in a job that involved direct contact with children or adolescents, other than as  a BHT Aide.
• Licensed practical nurses, with the equivalent of at least three years of full-time paid work experience in a job that involved direct contact with children or adolescents.
• PA Child Abuse Clearance, PA Criminal Record Check and FBI background check.

As explained in MA Bulletin 01/01/05, for the purpose of evaluating paid work experience, a “job that involved direct contact with children” is a job such as a position working directly with children or adolescence in the mental health, mental retardation, early intervention, children and youth, juvenile justice, education, drug and alcohol, day care or health systems.

Time for which an individual received a stipend or payment for work experience obtained for educational credit or required for a college degree or professional license may be included in the calculation of either educational credit or paid work experience, but not both.

These requirements apply to all BHT workers, whether agency employees, independent contractors, contract workers, or workers in any other employment status. BHT services provided by staff who does not meet the specified minimum staff qualifications are ineligible for MA payment from either the Department or HealthChoices Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations.

Except as modified by this bulletin, MA Bulletin 01-01-05 remains in effect.

Interest in applying as a Behavioral Health Technician – BHT?

Contact Frank Pogash, Director of Community Based Children’s Services @  fpogash@creativehs.org 

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Job Title:  Drug & Alcoho­l COUNSELOR / OUTPATIENT

TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To provide direct treatment (individual, group, couples, and family counseling).
• To be responsible for assessing clients needs on his/her caseload.
• To be familiar with and to utilize the record keeping system.
• To keep the program Director and Medical Director up-to-date on all cases.
• To attend in-service training for treatment staff.
• To protect and respect clients’ rights to confidentiality.
• To maintain contact with referral sources.
• To implement behavior and modification programs.
• To attend those meetings (e.g. staff meetings, etc.) deemed appropriate by supervisor.
• To be familiar with and utilize billing procedures.
• To maintain case record of each assigned client according to regulatory body standards and agency guidelines and procedures.
• To provide monthly activity reports.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• A counselor must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a social science are (e.g. psychology, counseling or addictions studies).
• A Bachelor’s level counselor must have a minimum of one year experience in the field of substance abuse and one year experience in the field of mental health.
• A counselor must be knowledgeable and trained in basic counseling skills (individual, group, couples, and family), substance-related, mental health and co-occurring disorders, their related problem and evidenced-based treatment strategies.
• A counselor must have completed the core D&A trainings mandated by BDAP/DOH or complete the trainings one year from date to hire.
• A counselor must have completed the core COD trainings mandated by OMSHA 06-03 or completed the trainings one year from date or hire.

RELATIONSHIP OF COUNSELOR TO PROGRAM SUPERVISOR:

• Each counselor is responsible for weekly contact with his/her supervisor.

PATH OR CAREER LADDDER:

• Counselors are expected to have a commitment to the counseling field.
• Counselors are encouraged to experience additional training, which may be subsidized by the program.

WORKING CONDITONS, LOCATION, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT TO BE USED:

• Each counselor will have a counseling office equipped with a computer and phone.
• Psycho-educational substance-related and mental health-related VHS/DVD films and video equipment will be available for clients for sessions.
• Psycho-educational substance-related and mental health-related informational publications will be available for clinical use.

Interest in applying as a Drug & Alcohol CONTRACTOR/COUNSELOR?

Contact Karen Becker, M ED, Director Outpatient Services/Project Coordinator @ kbecker@creativehs.org

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Job Title: Mental Health Outpatient Therapist – Contracted

Department: MHOP – Mental Health Outpatient

Reports to: Director of MHOP

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts initial assessments, including diagnosis according to standards published in the current edition of the DSM, of new and existing consumers
• Develops a plan of treatment that is recovery-oriented and tailored to the specific needs of the consumer for whom it is written
• Conducts individual, family, and/or group psychotherapy using generally accepted techniques employed in a manner consistent with ethical standards of practice
• If licensed, maintains license as current at all times.  Maintenance of a current license shall qualify as having met minimum annual training requirements

a.     If not licensed or license-eligible, attends regular clinical supervision with a licensed practitioner and attends at least 20 hours of continuing education/relevant training per year.

• Participates in the agency and program-specific quality assurance and improvement plans
• Cooperates and collaborates with other members of the team in a manner which promotes the growth and healthy development of consumers served and the agency as a whole
• Maintains the clinical record according to agency standards and system requirements for each consumer assigned
• Participates in assignment team meetings and other meetings as assigned
• Appropriately plans for and coordinates continuity of care of consumers
• Reports all unusual incidents, accidents, conflicts of interest, or other issues potentially problematic to the agency, staff, or consumer(s) promptly to the Outpatient Director.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Meets or exceeds credentialing as a Mental Health Professional or Mental Health Worker as determined during initial contract.
• Master’s Degree required, License Preferred.

Creative Health Services reserves the right to revise or change this description as the need arises. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Interest in applying as a Mental Health Outpatient Therapist – Contracted?

Contact Karen Becker, M ED, Director Outpatient Services/Project Coordinator @ kbecker@creativehs.org

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THRIVE…with Connection and Support.

Every day we:

• provide support to those struggling with mental illness;
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fight the stigma that surrounds behavioral disorders;
• educate the community that mental illness is treatable; and
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advocate for equal care for those battling these issues.

Community:  We strive to be a positive presence in the areas wherewe work and live and because of this, Creative Health exists to serve members of the community.

Growth:  We desire to develop, expand and support programs and services that the community needs.

Stability & Sustainability: To provide effective and timely behavioral health services we develop, evaluate and maintain a stable organizational system that will remain in existence for as long as we are needed.