FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE:  MH Adolescent Residential Worker                                  POSITION CODE:  851

PROGRAM / DEPARTMENT:  Adolescent Diversion & Stabilization   

POSITION SUMMARY:  Provides direct treatment to adolescents with chronic or acute mental illness residing in the Adolescent Diversion and Acute Stabilization Program.  Promotes mental and physical health through individual, group, and family counseling.  In addition, provides psychiatric assessment, crisis intervention, medication monitoring and management, service linkage and discharge planning.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, child development and/or related field.  Prior work experience with children and adolescents preferred.

SPECIFIC POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

1.       Ability to be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

2.       Commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.

3.       Commitment to valuing a nurturing family as the ideal environment.

4.       Conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.

5.       Ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served to help them gain skills and confidence.

6.       Ability to work collaboratively with other personnel and / or service providers or professionals.

7.       Capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately to meet service goals.

8.       Ability to set appropriate limits.

9.       Must be available to work shifts and weekends.

10.        Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.

11.        Valid PA Driver’s License required.

12.        Child Abuse History Record Clearance (Act 33) and Criminal History Record Clearance (Act 34) required.

13.        Sensitivity to the needs of the adolescent with a mental illness; knowledge of the basic principles of mental illness with adolescents.

14.        Knowledge of normal growth and development.

15.        Knowledge of normal and abnormal personality development.

16.        Certification for CPR, First Aid Training, DPW Medication Administration and Comprehensive Crisis Management.