Mental Health Practitioner I

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Mental Health Practitioner I

Wilder Day Treatment

The mission of Catholic Charities Twin Cities is to serve those most in need and to advocate for justice in the community. Our programs for children, families, and adults serve more than 25,000 people every year. As the need for our services grows, Catholic Charities is working to adapt and respond with strategies that prevent poverty, meet basic needs in times of crisis, and create pathways to greater stability.

WAGE RANGE: $20.00 - $25.10 hourly

JOB SUMMARY: Catholic Charities is seeking a self-motivated, compassionate, trauma-informed, and culturally aware to serve as a Mental Health Practitioner I at its Wilder Day Treatment Center. 

The Mental Health Practitioner is directly responsible to the Unit Manager, receives supervision and direction from the Mental Health Services Supervisor and is a part of the program's treatment team overseen by the Senior Program Manager. The Mental Health Practitioner’s primary responsibility is to maintain a safe, healthy, respectful, and therapeutic milieu in which clients can grow and through which individual treatment plans can be implemented. The Mental Health Practitioner is specifically responsible for planning, participating, and executing scheduled services and activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Actively supervise all student clients. Anticipate and plan for challenges and concerns.
• Provide structure, routine, limits, and expectations consistently and predictability in conjunction with peers to facilitate a sense of security and safety to clients and staff in environment.
• Adhere to agency-approved training for de-escalation and physical intervention.
• Demonstrate the skills of professional youth care work including engagement, understanding, sensitivity, rapport building, creative problem solving, and attunement to needs.
• Plan, participate in, and execute individual and group skills training that meets the clients’ social, emotional, and developmental needs as well as meets expectations of Skills Training set by supervisory team.
• Actively assist and encourage clients to engage, regulate and apply newly learned skills. Praise clients for positive efforts.
• Incorporate philosophies, language, concepts, and interventions associated with Models of Care.
• Participate in the assessment and documentation of progress towards client’s treatment goals; make recommendations to existing and future goals based on client’s needs.
• Responsible for promptly and accurately collecting, entering, managing, and reporting of client data into systems of record.
• Communicate and collaborate via direct communication and email.
• Participate in clinical supervision, consultations, and team meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral science or related field preferred.
  • Or without a degree, has at least 4000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services to recipients with mental illness.
  • Or is a graduate student in one of the mental health professional disciplines and is formally assigned by accredited college/university to an agency or facility for clinical training.
  • Or holds a masters or other graduate degree in one of the mental health professional disciplines from an accredited college/university.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and proof of current insurance coverage.
• Must be able to pass a DHS background check.
• CPR/First Aid certification.
• Ability to work with those who may be experiencing homelessness, unstable housing, mental illness, or low-income populations.

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Fulltime; Hourly; Non-Exempt

CPR

Yes

Driving

No

Operating specialized machinery (additional assessment may be required)

No

Walking or standing > 2 hours/shift

No

Lifting up to 25lbs without assistance

No

Lifting up to 50lbs without assistance

No

Physically restraining clients

Yes

Catholic Charities is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Description Updated: 12/19/2023.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all functions that are required of the employee for this job.