Mental Health Worker

Do you like helping families to feel empowered and to stay together? Then, keep reading!

At Pinebrook Family Answers our dedicated professionals are committed to providing quality services to vulnerable families residing in the Greater Lehigh Valley and beyond. Our staff and resource parents are recognized in the community for their commitment to helping children and families in need. They not only play a critical role in the lives of the children, young adults, families, and seniors we serve, but in the successful outcomes they achieve.

WHO You’ll Be Working For:

Pinebrook Family Answers is a large nonprofit and leader in providing behavioral health services throughout Northeast, PA. Pinebrook has been named one of Lehigh Valley’s Best Places to work and is one of the only certified Trauma-Informed Social Service Agencies in the area. At Pinebrook Family Answers, you will find meaningful work and a deep commitment to the well-being of our clients, staff, and communities.

WHY You’ll Love Working With Us:

• Pinebrook Family Answers is a Trauma-Informed agency, committed to the Emotional, Physical, and Cultural Safety of our staff. We promote Trustworthiness, Choice, Collaboration, and Empowerment.
• We encourage staff wellness and a healthy Work/Life balance, so you can expect flexibility, supportive staff, agency mindfulness initiatives, and consistent and strengths-based supervision.
• A team based approach that provides families new experiences.
• Pinebrook staff can be part of meaningful agency and systems change via the Trauma-Informed Care Committee (T.I.K.I.), our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Allyship Initiative (I.D.E.A.), and other advocacy events and fundraisers.
• Position requires visiting families while providing the flexibility to work-from-home.

JOB SUMMARY:

Under supervision of the Director of Family-based Mental Health Services, the Mental Health Worker is part of a two-person treatment team that provides direct therapeutic interventions to a child or adolescent and family in the client’s home. Team members help families connect to community resources and participate in meetings with collaterals.

WHAT You’ll Do as a MHW:

• Become credentialed through the Philadelphia Family and Child Therapy Training Center Inc. as a Mental Health Worker within the first four years of employment.
• Meet with assigned clients and their families in their homes to complete a biopsychosocial history and any needed forms and authorizations; explains program services and the grievance procedures, answers questions, and helps develop the initial treatment plan. Enters data into the Welligent Electronic Health Record while at the client’s home.
• Provide case-management services, ascertains that the identified client’s physical, emotional, educational, recreational, and spiritual needs are being met, and serves as an advocate for the client and family to assure adequate access to services. At times, provides transportation for clients and family to and from appointments.
• Provide therapeutic interventions to the client and family which are consistent with the family’s cultural values and expectations and are documented on the Treatment Plan. Must be available to work evenings and some weekends.
• Work cooperatively with county mental health staff and client’s parents and keeps all apprised of progress and issues of concern. Maintains communication with program supervisor and other staff as needed and brings information/situations of concern to the attention of the supervisor immediately.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology, nursing, social work, rehabilitation, pre-med, theology, anthropology or a closely related discipline with at least one year of experience working with children in a CASSP system; or,
• 12 college-level semester hours in humanities or social services, one year of experience in a CASSP system program and enrollment for certification by the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health (OMH), as a mental health family-based worker; or,
• A licensed nurse (RN) with at least one year of experience in a CASSP system and be enrolled for certification by the Department of Public Welfare OMH as a mental health family-based worker.

Thank you for taking the time and showing interest. We hope to hear from you soon!

*Pinebrook Family Answers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a proud supporter of the LGBTQIA community. The agency has a strong Non-Discrimination policy which can be found on our website.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $22.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• After school
• Day shift
• Evening shift

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a bachelor’s degree in: psychology, sociology, nursing, social work, rehabilitation, pre-med, theology, anthropology or a closely related discipline?
• Do you have 12 college-level semester hours in humanities or social services, and enrollment for certification by the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health (OMH), as a mental health family-based worker?
• Are you a licensed nurse (RN) with at least one year of experience in a CASSP system and be enrolled for certification by the Department of Public Welfare OMH as a mental health family-based worker?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• working with children in a CASSP system;: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $21 - $22