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Child & Adolescent Treatment Specialist
Trillium Family Services

Description

At Trillium Family Services, we believe that every team member has an integral role in the lifesaving treatment we provide. We offer hope in understanding life challenges and work with clients, families and community support networks to help children heal and return to their homes and loved ones, where they can lead lives that fulfill their potential. We believe that those we serve have suffered trauma and that this trauma greatly impacts their lives. We are a trauma informed agency and aim to provide safe, reparative emotional experiences. We hold these commitments in our trauma informed principles: build safety, emotional management and cognitive skills; help overcome barriers to healthy communication; create skills of self control and self discipline; establish healthy attachment relationships and rebuild social connections; and help to work through loss and prepare for the future.

Trillium Family Services offers a great opportunity to be part of a dedicated team helping children and adolescents in psychiatric residential treatment. The Child and Adolescent Treatment Specialist is an entry-level, direct care position that helps provide innovative models of care and treatment for children and adolescents living with mental illness. We look to hire people who are passionate about working with our population and who are committed to improving the lives of those we serve through our trauma informed models of practice.

Responsibilities: Build rapport with clients and provide daily support and structure. Provide skills training to clients in order to help them learn to manage their mental health symptoms. Model, coach and counsel clients regarding appropriate hygiene, social and interpersonal interactions. Manage crisis situations as needed. Administer medications as required and directed. Monitor clients according to assigned shifts. Complete required chart entries and professional documentation. Plan, supervise and participate with clients in study and recreational programs according to agency policies.

Pay range is $10.15 – $10.90 per hour (depending on experience and $0.75/hr shift differential for the Awake Overnight shift). Extensive paid training provided for all new hires, including a mandatory 40 hour training academy. Child and Adolescent Treatment Specialists are not required to have a degree, but relevant experience and education, including QMHA status, is preferred.

We currently have availability for full & part-time day, swing and awake overnight shifts.

Trillium Family Services is an equal opportunity service provider and employer.

Position Type
Permanent Full-Time, Permanent Part-Time, Temporary/Seasonal – Full Time, Temporary / Seasonal – Part Time, Internship – Paid, Internship – Unpaid
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in behavioral science (30-36 quarter hours of mental health classes) or related field; or equivalent education/relevant experience (Qualified Mental Health Associate). Experience working with children and adolescents (coaching, 4-H, church youth group, practicum, camp or other recreational activities). Experience working with at-risk children and youth preferred. Must be physically able to restrain an out-of-control child and able to lift at least 50 pounds.
For more information, including how to apply check out the posting in Beaver JobNet.

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