Requirements: Must have a Master’s Degree in a Human Services field, be at least 21 years old, and eligible to become IM+CANS certified. Master’s Degree in Social Work, IM+CANS certification, and previous experience preferred.
Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions, ability to multi-task, organized, detail oriented, basic computer skills, excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Miscellaneous: Must pass pre-employment drug screens and background clearances. Must maintain driving clearances.
Program Population: The youth in these programs have a complexity of mental health issues/disorders. The intensity of these mental health issues warrants placement in a highly structured, supervised and safe therapeutic environment. The focus of the program is to provide crisis stabilization/management, behavioral management, and clinical treatment in effort to reduce the mental health disturbance and assist the youth in returning to a less restrictive setting. Due to the severity of youth’s mental health issues in their program the use of physical restraints and/or seclusion are necessary at time.
