Mental Health Specialist Job at Driscoll Health
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GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
Driscoll Children’s Hospital aims to create a thoughtful, impactful preventative and treatment program to help children
struggling academically, behaviorally, or emotionally to provide them with the tools, resources, and coping skills to help
them work through challenging times. The community based mental health specialist will provide a wide variety of
services to include individual, family, collateral and group counseling, diagnostic evaluation, health and behavioral
assessments, safety planning, crisis intervention, and referral to community resources as they address the impact of illness
through mental health support and treatment. Driscoll Children’s Hospital and area school districts aim to provide
population-level intervention to prevent child abuse and treat mental illness. This role will serve to provide training for
existing area schools and Driscoll mental health specialists to better assist children and adolescents dealing with two most
common issues—anxiety and depression—and ensure that specialists participating in this pilot are using the same proven,
evidence-based methods to recognize and treat these issues. Another function of this role is to provide education on the
Positive Parenting Program which will equip parents to actively play a role by providing tools and resources to help their children experiencing emotional and behavioral problems.
Driscoll Children’s Hospital aims to create a thoughtful, impactful preventative and treatment program to help children
struggling academically, behaviorally, or emotionally to provide them with the tools, resources, and coping skills to help
them work through challenging times. The community based mental health specialist will provide a wide variety of
services to include individual, family, collateral and group counseling, diagnostic evaluation, health and behavioral
assessments, safety planning, crisis intervention, and referral to community resources as they address the impact of illness
through mental health support and treatment. Driscoll Children’s Hospital and area school districts aim to provide
population-level intervention to prevent child abuse and treat mental illness. This role will serve to provide training for
existing area schools and Driscoll mental health specialists to better assist children and adolescents dealing with two most
common issues—anxiety and depression—and ensure that specialists participating in this pilot are using the same proven,
evidence-based methods to recognize and treat these issues. Another function of this role is to provide education on the
Positive Parenting Program which will equip parents to actively play a role by providing tools and resources to help their children experiencing emotional and behavioral problems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Always maintains utmost level of confidentiality.
- Adheres to policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and
- Follows The Driscoll Way customer service standards set forth by the DHS.
- Maintains annual education requirements (Cornerstone).
- Maintains and follows Code of Conduct and Standards of practice set forth by Texas Licensure Boards.
- Responsible for professional supervision and continuing education to maintain state licensure.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings.
- Participates in the training (precepting) of new employees, supervision of social work students, and cross training of
- Provides mentorship and peer support
- Participates in annual performance improvement activities and the periodic review and revision of policy and
- Conducts process and debriefing support opportunities for staff concerning such issues as grief, conflict, and
- Will be accredited/trained to use identified evidenced-bases curriculum
- Provides screening, assessment, evaluation, therapeutic intervention, treatment planning, education, safety planning,
- Provides mediation and crisis intervention services for patients and families
- Provides programming for the provision of individual, group, and family support / therapy with the goal of reducing
o Provision of therapeutic interventions and treatment strategies to include, but not limited to, motivational
interviewing, treatment engagement, crisis intervention and intensive crisis stabilization, brief and solution
focused therapy, and safety planning.
- Plans and facilitates support groups for patients, parents, and families
- Engages in shared decision making and treatment planning.
- Upon suspicion/confirmation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child, elderly, or disabled person…
Enforcement agency).
- Serves as a liaison and advocate with community programs and agencies related to health, mental health, and
- Provides presentations and in-services to school personnel, students, and the community as requested.
- Works with staff from outside agencies to ensure quality care along the continuum.
- Testifies in court regarding child abuse and/or neglect
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:
- Master’s Degree Social Work (LCSW) or Master’s Degree Counseling (LPC) or Licensed Marriage/Family
- Two years’ experience in working in mental health / behavioral health field
- Experience in diagnosing mental health and substance use disorders
- Experience providing individual, group, and family counseling
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS.
- Licensure by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
OR
‒ Licensure by the Texas State Board of Professional Counselling
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