What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual Behavioral Health Paraprofessional for Gwinnett County position at Georgia's Families in Transition, LLC?
The Behavioral Health Paraprofessional position is focused on providing individual/family mental health skill building and case management services in the Gwinnett county area using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches of care for children, adolescents, and adults.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing individual/family mental health skill building services using evidence based and trauma informed approaches of care.
- Commitment to providing consistent, ongoing services to clients.
- Coordinating with therapists to provide crisis intervention as necessary to enhance and restore functioning.
- Participate in coordination of care with a multi-disciplinary treatment team
- Meet or exceed agency required productivity and documentation standards
- May require some travel to meet with clients face-to-face
- Other duties as assigned
Core Competencies
- Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out the ways our workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.
- Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.
- Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.
- Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help, when necessary, encourages involvement
- Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.
- Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of his/her job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of his/her work products.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a psychology/social work/human services-related discipline preferred
- Must be able to pass DBHDD background check (required prior to providing any services to clients)
- State-mandated training: Relias, CPR/First Aid, CPI (must be completed within the first 30 days of hire)
- Knowledge of Medicaid/CMO compliance requirements preferred
- Willingness to learn new documentation and case management skills
- Receptivity to feedback/constructive criticism
Individuals who are prompt in communication, have collaborative personalities, and demonstrate a passion and knowledge for mental health and human services will be considered.
*Must live in the Gwinnett county area to be considered.
*Must be able to provide both virtual and in-person services
*Full-time preferred, but willing to consider part-time candidates willing to take on a caseload of at least 12-15 ongoing clients (25 billable hours per week).
(Georgia – Gwinnett county)
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $18.00 - $30.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday (some weekends may be required to accommodate client availability)
Application Question(s):
- Please include an email address that you check frequently and are responsive to. We will follow up with candidates by email for the second stage of our pre-screening process.
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Behavioral health: 2 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Gwinnett County, GA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $18.00 - $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Choose your own hours
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Application Question(s):
- Please provide us with your personal email address for future communication
Location:
- Gwinnett County, GA (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Gwinnett County, GA (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Gwinnett County, GA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $30
