Abraxas has several open positions at their Marienville facility.

Mental Health Worker

Summary:
The primary function of the Mental Health Worker is to provide medically necessary mental health treatment services to children and adolescents experiencing social, emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric problems. The position provides direct client supervision to those clients with chronic or acute mental disorders who require active treatment.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts scheduled head counts to provide effective people security.
• Interacts meaningfully with clients; observes behavior and intervenes appropriately.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedure for the program/facility i.e. curfew, lights out, fire/safety, cleanliness, control, and supply inventory.
• Assigns, supervises, and directs clients during programmatic activities.
• Provides for physical safety, security, and care of clients while under staff member supervision.
• Assists/participates with the development and implementation of clients’ individualized treatment plan.
• Provides leadership and serves as a role model to clients in the performance of therapeutic activities
• Assists with the mentoring and training of new staff members.
• Reports significant client changes in behavior, attitude, or physical condition to higher-level staff members.
• Processes intakes and performs non-invasive searches of clients entering and/or returning to program/facility.
• Assists with suppressing and controlling problems that occur within the program/facility.
• Evaluates client’s behavioral and emotional issues.
• Facilitates groups as required and in accordance with the client’s individualized treatment plan.
• Makes observations and documents client treatment interventions, behavior, and progress.
• Provides direct supervision of clients and interacts therapeutically.
• Interacts with educational team as appropriate.
• Participates in data collection and monitoring and evaluation activities for the program/facility performance improvement program.
• Develops and maintains a current list of resources, including self-help/support groups to ensure comprehensive services to the clients and their families.
• Adheres to departmental policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance with current departmental practices and meet guidelines as outlined by outside referral and licensing agencies.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, local licensing, and reporting requirements.
• Identifies and pursues in-service and continuing educational needs, suggests general training needs for the program and submits requests/suggestions for training to appropriate supervisory and administrative staff members.
• Aides in Mentoring/orienting fellow Mental Health Workers and Mental Health Aides, as needed, under direction of Mental Health Treatment Supervisors.
• Supports the Abraxas philosophy and mission and promotes the Seven Key Principles of care.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of Safe Crisis Management techniques and skills.

Non-Essential Functions: None

Minimum Requirements:

• The following educational requirements are acceptable for this classification including:
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program required; degree in an area of human services preferred.
• Other Qualifications:
  • At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
  • Criminal clearances (Act 33 and 34, specific State & child clearances and, if necessary, FBI).
  • Non-communicable diseases physical exam.
  • Valid driver’s license from employee’s state of residence.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Ability to work up to sixteen (16) hours within a rolling 24 hour period.
• Ability to handle physical and mental stress associated with working extended hours.

Working Conditions:

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Life Skills Worker II

Summary:

The primary function of the Life Skill Worker II is to implement the clinical activities, which support the daily clinical schedule. In addition, the Life Skills Worker II assists in case
management supervises clients, monitors and addresses client behavior, and documents services in clinical files.

Essential Functions:

• Interacts meaningfully with clients.
• Observes client behavior and intervenes appropriately.
• Provides effective people security (headcounts, room checks, client movement, etc.)
• Processes intakes and screens clients.
• Implements daily activity schedule – structures and coordinates client activities (i.e. family night, recreation, etc…).
• Facilitates and documents various psycho-educational groups/meetings (i.e. theme groups, D&A Education Seminars, process and procedure meetings, etc…).
• Supervises self-administration of medication.
• Supports the Abraxas philosophy and mission and promotes the Seven Key Principles of care.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of Safe Crisis Management techniques and skills.

Non-Essential Functions: None

Minimum Requirements:

• The following educational requirements are acceptable for this classification including:
  • High school diploma or GED.
• Other Qualifications:
  • At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
  • Criminal clearances (Act 33 and 34, specific State & child clearances and, if necessary, FBI).
  • Non-communicable diseases physical exam.
  • Valid driver’s license from employee’s state of residence.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Ability to work up to sixteen (16) hours within a rolling 24 hour period.
• Ability to handle physical and mental stress associated with working extended hours.

Working Conditions:

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Drug and Alcohol Counselor Assistant

Summary:
The Drug and Alcohol Counselor Assistant, under close supervision and/or direct observation of a treatment supervisor, provides a full range of counseling/case management services to delinquent/dependent youth with substance abuse/use problems. The drug & alcohol counselor assistant is a fulltime, entry level position. Once the counselor assistant completes the required amount of supervision and clinical experience, he/she will be promoted to a full-time drug & alcohol counselor position.

Essential Functions:

• Develops and implements treatment plans to include the provision of at least 10 hours of treatment services during primary care hours each week.
• Provides individual counseling and completes related documentation.
• Provides caseload group counseling and completes related documentation.
• Facilitates family sessions and completes related documentation.
• Facilitates drug & alcohol treatment groups and completes related documentation.
• Facilitates therapeutic recreation groups and completes related documentation.
• Oversees work therapy activities and completes related documentation.
• Participates in and documents case consultations, including quarterly treatment reviews.
• Writes progress/court reports as necessary and discharge summaries.
• Attends court hearings.
• Maintains regular contact and communicates effectively with juvenile probation officers/case workers, including them in the treatment process and updating them on clients’ progress.
• Maintains regular contact and communicates effectively with parents/legal guardians, including them in the treatment process and updating them on clients’ progress.
• Provides continuing care planning by making contacts to appropriate referrals and writing the plan.
• Supports the Abraxas philosophy and mission and promotes the Seven Key Principles of care.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of Safe Crisis Management techniques and skills.

Non-Essential Functions: None

Minimum Requirements:

• The following educational requirements are acceptable for this classification including:
  • Current licensure in the Commonwealth as a registered nurse; OR
  • Associate’s degree in chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing or related; OR
  • Bachelor’s degree in chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing or other related field; OR
  • Master’s degree in chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing or other related field.
• Other Qualifications:
  • At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
  • Criminal clearances (Act 33 and 34, specific State & child clearances and, if necessary, FBI).
  • Non-communicable diseases physical exam.
  • Valid driver’s license from employee’s state of residence.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Ability to work up to sixteen (16) hours within a rolling 24 hour period.
• Ability to handle physical and mental stress associated with working extended hours.

Working Conditions:

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