Mental Health Professional for the Violence Intervention Project
Company: Asociaci--n Puertorrique--os en Marcha, Inc.
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: May 6, 2024
Job Description:
Description:About APM: Asociaci--n Puertorrique--os en Marcha
(APM) is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, PA providing
human services to the community including early childhood
education, foster care & adoption, child welfare, mental &
behavioral health, community and economic development, housing,
violence intervention, and services to community
schools.Department: Community ServicesSupervisor: Director of
Community ServicesStarting Salary: $49,920Full Time / Non Exempt /
On-siteBENEFITS:
- 20 Days of Paid Time Off
- 12 Days of Paid Holidays
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurances
- 403b Retirement Plan with company contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Free Employee Assistance Program
- And more!MUST POSSESS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN A CLINICAL MENTAL
HEALTH DISCIPLINE SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING, CLINICAL SOCIAL
WORK, PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, OR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR THIS JOB.SUMMARY:The Violence Intervention Mental
Health Professional will assist the community outreach team with
training and support in the Rewire CBT Model and by providing
therapy to program participants, as needed. They will also train
parents in one of APM's two Evidence Based Child Rearing programs,
one for the parents of children ages 1-10, and the other for the
parents of youth (Raising Safe Kids and Strong African-American
Families). The Violence Intervention therapist will perform
community outreach based on referrals received from community
contacts about persons victims of non-fatal shootings and persons
at risk of perpetuating a cycle of violence in North Philadelphia
and engage those persons together with APM's Violence Intervention
Community Connectors.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- In collaboration with the APM Violence Intervention team,
provide community engagement and in the 24th and 26th Philadelphia
Police Districts under the direction of the Program Director and
community leadership.
- Outreach to non-fatal shooting victims as identified by Police
Department, ideally within 48hrs of an incident occurring, together
with the Community Connectors;
- Working with Hospital Based Violence Programs to engage with
and deem eligibility for non-fatal shooting victims in their care,
together with the Community Connectors;
- Represent APM as appropriate in community events, meetings,
learning communities in coordination with other APM Program
Staff;
- Support Community Outreach Teams with Rewire CBT training and
interventions.
- Collaborate with APM Directors to design plans to engage young
people on a weekly basis. This will include off-track young people,
red flags who have been difficult to locate, young people who have
not been attending programming and those who may need intentional
conversations around safety issues;
- Train parents in age-appropriate Evidence Based Parenting
program.
- Provide direct day-to-day CBT and / or PE therapeutic services
to individuals and families, as needed.
- Evaluate and treat mental illness through assessment and
diagnosis.
- Develop and implement comprehensive therapeutic treatment plans
that reduce or eliminate specific symptoms associated with the
diagnosis, along with other challenges and barriers that impede
daily life functioning.
- Facilitate interventions to improve functioning as well as
encourage and empower individuals using evidenced based practice
therapeutic approaches.
- Assist individuals with accessing ancillary resources by
coordinating support services through advocacy, linkages with
community resources and APM internal available services, together
with Violence Intervention Case Managers.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation including but not
limited to assessments/evaluations, individual, family and group
therapy session progress notes, treatment plans, and consent forms,
APM intake package, client notes, and outreach forms.
- Coordinate with medical director, psychiatrists and other
prescribing staff, administrative staff, clinical supervisors,
Director of Community Services to continuously improve care of
individuals receiving services.
- Participate in OMHSAS and CBH required training, meetings, and
clinical supervision to improve professional skills, maintain
training compliance and maintain service standards as well as
clinic administrative functions.
- Provide regular mental health outpatient (MHOP) services.
- Facilitate both individual therapy sessions, family and couples
therapy sessions, and psychotherapy/psychoeducational group therapy
sessions using evidenced based practices.
- Document each session in the PIR's Electronic Health Record
(EHR) within 24 hours of date of service.
- Complete intake and other administrative forms as required
within the required timelines.
- Work in collaboration with the PIR to complete the
comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment.
- Review intake admission forms on each PIR to verify that all
documentation and data are complete and in compliance with APM,
city, state, and federal regulations. Obtains any missing data
throughout the treatment process to ensure compliance and success
of the therapeutic effort.
- Participate with the PIR in the initial and ongoing development
of recovery plan goals and objectives ensuring the plan is
completed within the appropriate timeframes outlined in the program
guidelines.
- Work in collaboration with the Psychiatrist and other external
multidisciplinary team members to ensure a continuity of care.
- Ensure that all recovery plans are observable and measurable,
using PIR centered language.
- Enforce rules and regulations of the program, where
applicable.
- Make referrals to appropriate levels of care based on clinical
observations of PIR's condition.
- Maintain strong interagency community, multidisciplinary and
government agencies relationships.
- Maintain ongoing communication with other community treatment
facilities, primary care physicians, hospitals, schools, and
multidisciplinary units, etc. as necessary.
- Participate in meetings with the agency interdisciplinary team
for case consultations as clinically necessary.
- Document the results of the case consultations and implements
the recommended therapeutic changes to each PIR case.
- Attend Agency meetings as required.
- Attend and participate in scheduled in-service training,
seminars, workshops or conferences while maintaining the state
required 10 training hours per year.
- Update and review PIR charts daily. APM is an equal opportunity
employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without
attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, veteran or disability
status.PM21Requirements:
- Master's Degree from an accredited university in a clinical
mental health discipline, such as: psychology, counseling, clinical
social work, psychiatric nursing, and marriage and family
therapy.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus
- Proficiency in the DAP documentation. Clinical formulations and
treatment planning
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word and EHR systems
- Experience in facilitating psychotherapeutic and educational
groups
- Motivational interviewing skills, training in Trauma, training
in evidenced based practices is a plus
- Working with medication managed populations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Must meet all regulatory compliance requirements
- Trained in an Evidence Based Practice recognized by CBH. APM
currently offers two: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and
Prolonged Exposure (PE).
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Keywords: Asociaci--n Puertorrique--os en Marcha, Inc., Lower Merion , Mental Health Professional for the Violence Intervention Project, Healthcare , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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