Family Based Mental Health Worker
Northern Tier Counseling Inc·Towanda, Pennsylvania
Northern Tier Counseling Inc·Towanda, Pennsylvania
The worker will assist the Family Based Mental Health Professional during sessions in various settings, providing supportive counseling to families to meet counseling goals and individual service plan objectives. Responsibilities also include participating in training, interviewing families, acting as an agency liaison, and coordinating referrals to other service providers.
Description Commitment Bonus- $1,500 Salary $23.11 - $27.62 per hour.
What will I do?
· Participate in an established training program to support your development as an ESFT clinician, attend and participate in appropriate conferences and training session as determined by the program supervisor · Assist the Family Based Mental Health Professional during home, school or community visits/sessions and provide supportive counseling to identified families in order to assist meeting the family counseling goals and individual service plan · Assist in interview the families and obtaining social history · Provide supportive back up to other Family Based team members · Act as a liaison linkage to inter agency and intra agency personnel · Assist in coordinating referrals to other appropriate service providers · Assist the family in problem solving to focus on their strengths and collateral needs and service plan to address their identified strengths and needs · Participate in screening, treatment plan and discharge process · Rotate 24-hour emergency service seven days per week · Participate in staffing with the Mental Health Professional regarding the progress of the treatment plan · Participate as co-therapist in all family therapist sessions with the Mental Health Professional · Establish a professional and collaborative relationship with assigned families · Ensure that all psychotherapeutic and case management goals will be linked directly to the treatment plan, treatment plan review and case notes · Utilize NTC’s Electronic Health Records (E.H.R) during tenure of employment
What will I need? · Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field · Have 12 college level semester credit hours in humanities or social services · Licensed RN
The Family Based Mental Health Clinician is a professional member of the Family Based team and is responsible for the provision of services primarily through the use of the Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy Model and additional modalities and interventions as appropriate. Sessions are to be scheduled at days and times that are most conducive to family schedules and needs.
Market context
Behavioral health employers in Pennsylvania often seek candidates with direct patient care experience, and roles can be more competitive when applicants also bring phlebotomy certification or experience in crisis, detox, or acute psychiatric settings. This posting requires a high school diploma or GED plus at least one year of patient care experience, and the listed requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description to save you research time. If you’re considering applying, review whether your experience matches the setting and be ready to highlight any behavioral-health or phlebotomy background.
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