Mental Health Clinician ($2,000 Incentive) - Partners for Quality
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
About the Job
ORGANIZATION: Allegheny Children’s Initiative
DEPARTMENT: Family Based Mental Health Services
POSITION: Mental Health Worker
STATUS: Full-Time; 40 hours/week
HOURS: Flexible, to meet the needs of consumers and their families
LOCATION: Throughout Allegheny County
SALARY: $47,000 - $55,000 (Salary based on qualifications)
Allegheny Children’s Initiative, a subsidiary of Partners For Quality Inc., is a non-profit organization that provides mental and behavioral health community-based services to children, adolescents and families throughout Allegheny and Washington Counties. Based in Pittsburgh’s South Side, we provide Intensive Behavioral Health Services, Service Coordination, Student Assistance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, and Family Based Mental Health programs.
The Mental Health Clinician will be responsible for providing intensive home-based therapeutic interventions and support services in collaboration with a Senior Clinician to families whose children and/or adolescents meet the criteria for a mental health diagnosis and who are at risk for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization or other out-of-home placements. Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Design and implement an Individualized Treatment and Crisis Plan in collaboration with the consumer and family
- Conduct suicide assessments and collaborate with the consumer and family to create safety plans
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and evaluations to determine the course of treatment
- Provide intensive family therapy, psychoeducation and support services, including crisis intervention
- Coordinate and/or link families with formal services and and natural supports
- Use collaborative documentation with the consumer and family
- Complete all required documentation in the Electronic Health Record
- Link consumers and families with aftercare providers and facilitate transition to other levels of care
CASH INCENTIVES
- $2,000 Sign on Incentive
- $1,000 Employee Referral (for successfully referring someone to employment)
BENEFITS
- Full Time employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurances
- $1,200 cash payout option in lieu of Health Insurance coverage
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- 16 to 26 Paid Days Off / year
- Wellness Days (2 per year)
- Sick Time
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Optional 401(k) with Employer match
WORK PERKS
- Paid orientation and training
- Free parking (select locations)
- Employee Activities, Rewards and Recognition Programs
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program
APPLY TO THIS POSITION
Interested applicants can choose to apply in any of the following ways:
Complete an employment application online
Email resumes:Careers@PFQ.org
Partners For Quality and its family of agencies are an equal opportunity employer
EOE
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work or related field or
- Master's Degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or related field
- One (1) year paid experience working with children
- Eligible for Act 33, 34 and FBI clearances
- Valid Driver’s License and full time use of a vehicle