What are the responsibilities and job description for the Treatment Team Aide position at JASPER MOUNTAIN?
Job Details
Description
Psychiatric residential mental health treatment program seeks energetic and committed Mental Health Treatment Team Aide Members who want to make a difference in the lives of young abused/emotionally disturbed children (ages 4 - 13). Physically active, intense, rewarding positions available. The Mental Health Treatment Team Member works as part of team to provide direct supervision of children in the agency's two residential and academic treatment programs (Jasper Mountain Center and SAFE Center, located 15 miles south of the Eugene/Springfield Area). One of the primary duties of the Children's Mental Health Treatment Team Member is to show the children we serve that there are adults out there who are safe.
Duties & Responsibilities of the Mental Health Treatment Team Aide Member:
- Assisting team in maintaining the structure and treatment milieu for the children in agency residential and academic treatment programs
- Helping to implement each child's individualized treatment plan through interactions, teaching life skills, and therapeutic program activities (such as outdoor sports, school day classroom supervision and support, field trips, arts and crafts, etc.)
- In creating the treatment milieu, attention should be given to cultural differences among children, and making those differences a positive part of the treatment environment.
- Documenting shifts using the agency's computerized logging system.
- Providing verbal or physical interventions to insure safety of the children (the agency uses Crisis Prevention Institute certification standards for interventions and will provide training).
- Assisting the program with practical functioning, such as facilitating chores, etc.
- Administering medications to children in the programs (training will be provided).
- Carrying out all duties in compliance with agency confidentiality policies and practices.
- Attending staff meetings and providing input into the children's treatment plans.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Work towards being credentialed as a Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA)
- Training in child abuse and child development preferred.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills required.
- CPR/First Aid Certification and Food Handler's Certification will be required within the first 60 days of employment.
Schedule:
- Full-time and part-time positions currently available.
- Full-time employees must be available at least one PM shift and weekend shift per week.
- Shifts are 7:30am to 3:30pm and 2:00pm to 10:00 except for the following
- Monday afternoon shift runs 1:30 P.M.- 9:30 P.M.
- Note: Staff meeting attendance generally required for position, 1:30 P.M. -- 3:00 P.M. Monday afternoons.
Salary : $23
