Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

To qualify as a QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional) to provide services, the individual must have the designated clinical experience and must :

• Be actively registered as a Qualified Mental Health Professional through VDHP, Board of Counseling
• Be a physician; or
• have master’s degree in psychology from an accredited college or university with at least one year or clinical experience; or
• have master’s degree in human services or counseling from an accredited college or university with at least one year or clinical experience; or
• have a social work bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university with at least one year of clinical experience with client’s: or
• be a registered nurse with at least one year or clinical experience with children, adults, and/or adolescents;

Additional Requirements

• Employee must be certified as tuberculosis free
• Employee must clear criminal background and CPS registry checks

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but not limited to the following:

• Ongoing assessment of the treatment needs of assigned clients
• Assist in the development and ongoing monitoring and implementation of Individual Service Plan
• Assist clients to foster the development of new improved coping, problem solving, and communication skills
• Case management functions of linking, arranging for services and referrals
• Maintain continuous contact with the identified consumer and other key stakeholders (with signed authorization to release information) in planning and service delivery. These stakeholders might include but are not limited to social workers, psychiatrists, court official, police and teachers in (if applicable) and other human service professionals
• Educate client and if applicable caregivers/family members regarding existing community services, and act as an advocate in connecting client/families to these services
• Respond to family crisis on a 24-hours, seven days a week basis
• Maintain up-to-date client records, and prepare required/ necessary reports in a timely and accurate manner
• Attend court and appointments as necessary
• Establish a good working relationship with other public and private agencies/services and interface collaboratively with them
• Case Documentation

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

The Mental Health Specialist (Counselor or QMHP-A) is required to provide servicecoordination activities for the ISP development and implementation as follows:

• Ability to provide and / or deliver various skills building activities
• Ability and skills for enhancing caregiver roles
• Ability to assist consumers in developing daily and community living skills
• Ability to assist consumers in development of leisure time interests/activities
• Knowledge and ability for symptoms monitoring and management
• Ability to assist consumers in developing behavior and anger management skills
• Ability and skills to maintain required confidentiality regarding client case materials in compliance with the Commonwealth of Virginia Human Rights Code 2007 and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
• Knowledge skills and abilities to provide closure and aftercare planning for each family/client
• Ability and skills to work with individuals who have serious emotional disturbances and who may be hostile, oppositional and volatile, while at all times maintain composure and behave in a dignified manner,
• Knowledge about normal adolescent development
• Knowledge about abnormal adolescent behavior
• Knowledge and a firm understanding of family development issues
• Skills and abilities necessary to develop/ write the required direct or collateral/ stakeholders contact in progress note format
• Knowledge of effective parenting skills

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Growing Care Development Services | Mental Health | 904 North 1st Street, Richmond, VA, USA (growingcareservices.org)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Referral program

Medical specialties:

• Psychiatry

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

License/Certification:

• QMHP certification in Virginia? (Required)
• Driver's License in Virginia? (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $25