Youth Care Worker - Nights - CNA, Bachelor, and Paraprofessional level positions
Company: North Central Health Care
Location: Wausau
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
$2,000 Sign-On Bonus
Pay up to $22.00 per hour.
NCHC is seeking caring, professional individuals to work with
youths who need temporary care and support for their mental health.
We are offering a $2000 sign-on bonus for full-time night shift (6
pm - 6 am; 36 hours/wk). The youth care worker is a caring
professional who works with youths up to age 17 from our
communities and provides the following services with empathy and
trauma-informed practices: therapeutic activities, coping skill
development, emotional support, de-escalation support when
agitated/stressed, medication administration, safety and crisis
plan development, and other related duties. Youth care workers are
part of a clinical care team and carry out an important role in
NCHC's Acute Care department and continuum of care.
Education, Licenses, Certification, Skills and Experience
Requirements:
- Minimum Education:
- BHP I (Paraprofessional): High School degree or equivalent and
4 years of experience providing mental health services
- BHP II: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), or certificate in
mental health or AODA
- BHP III: Bachelor's degree in Human Services or related
field
- Required Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in documentation of services provided in an
Electronic Medical Record
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Clinical judgment skills
- Physical ability to participate in restraints of patients when
necessary
- CPR certified or can be obtained upon employment
- Preferred Qualifications, Skills, Education, Licenses,
Certifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Services field
- Knowledge of verbal de-escalation and crisis intervention
techniques
- Experience with facilitating therapeutic groups and
activities
- Ability to provide patient centered and trauma informed
care
- Passion for working with behavioral health population
- Valid Wisconsin driver's license and appropriate auto insurance
coverage as required by North Central Health Care
- Use of a personal vehicle
Any combination of education and experience that provides
equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintains regular and predictable on-site attendance
- Works in other Acute Care Programs beyond designated home
program as needed/directed, and performs the essential duties of
the program being worked
- Provide or support treatment in groups or on an individual
basis. Treatment includes self-care, basic living skills, leisure,
social skills, coping skills, self-esteem, therapeutic arts/crafts,
de-escalation, etc.
- Utilizes an Electronic Medical Record to document daily
interactions, medication administration and services provided and
completes all required clinical documentation adequately, and
within required timeframes
- Assists in development of treatment planning and support to
clinical team.
- Performs general patient care services including activities of
daily living, serving meals, and medication
administration/management
- Assists in patient admission, orientation, and discharge
processes
- Promotes Person Centered Care in all interactions with
patients/clients
- Collaborates with treatment team to prevent adverse outcomes
and ensure treatment plan is followed
- Assists with department duties as assigned, including cleaning,
sanitizing, maintaining supply inventories, checking refrigerator
temperatures, etc.
- Demonstrate comfort and participation in, and utilizes provided
training practices and mechanisms at all times in, providing
client/patient de-escalation and physical restraint/seclusion
measures as needed during behavioral health emergencies within the
Acute Care department and other NCHC departments/programs
- Participates in emergency codes to ensure patient safety and
staff security, utilizing trained Crisis Prevention Institute
de-escalation and physical restraint techniques with teammates as
necessary (Reflected in Very Heavy under Functional Demands)
- Utilizes on-call managers, appropriate chain of command, and
NCHC policies and procedures as necessary to ensure quality of
client/patient care and effective problem solving
Non-Essential Job Duties:
- All other duties as assigned.
Organizational Competencies:
- Demonstrates behaviors that support excellence as defined by
North Central Health Care
- Completes competencies as required by North Central Health Care
and/or various regulatory agencies based on entity and/or job
title
- Provides Person-Centered Service
- with a proactive approach and caring attitude
- by fostering a culture of trust and safety
- that is values and respect based
- that offers choice, input and involvement
- Adheres to professional boundaries, ethics, confidentiality and
privacy practices, policies, procedures, and regulations (HF, HR,
PP)
- Demonstrates adherence to accepted ethical and behavioral
standards of conduct
- Understands HIPAA regulations and ensures release of
information is consistent with NCHC's privacy policies (HF, HR,
PP)
- Uses knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards along
with federal, state, and local codes needed to perform job
duties
- Adheres to quality standards and follows policies, processes,
procedures, and regulations
- Understands role in the organization and aligns actions with
NCHC goals, core functions and values
- Participates in continuing professional development
Behavioral Health Professional
Functional Demands:
- Activity Requirements (including Mental & Physical
Activities):
- 45% General Office Work: Frequent use of computer, keyboard,
and other technology; data interpretation, decision making, problem
recognition, problem solving, visual acuity (near visual acuity,
far visual acuity, depth perception, color vision), hearing, verbal
communication, verbal comprehension, writing communication, and
written comprehension
- 0% Sedentary Work: Continuous sitting at desk for several hours
occasional standing, walking, turning, twisting, bending, stooping,
carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching, grasping, and lifting of
under 10 pounds as required
- 45% Light Work: Intermittent lifting, sitting, standing,
walking, turning, twisting, bending, stooping, carrying, pushing,
pulling, reaching, and grasping. Must be able to lift a minimum of
10 pounds unassisted
- 5% Medium Work: Frequent lifting, standing, walking, turning,
twisting, bending, stooping, carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching,
and grasping. Must be able to lift a minimum of 25 pounds
unassisted
- 0% Heavy Work: Frequent lifting, standing, walking, turning,
twisting, bending, stooping, carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching,
and grasping. Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
unassisted
- 5% Very Heavy Work: Frequent lifting, standing, walking,
turning, twisting, bending, stooping, carrying, pushing, pulling,
reaching, and grasping. Must be able to lift a minimum of 100
pounds unassisted
- Exposure to Hazards: Select the most appropriate level of
hazard exposure
- Moderate exposure to workplace hazards
- Types of Hazards:
- Biological
- Chemical
- Physical
- Other
- Working Conditions:
- Indoors
- Outdoors
- Background Noise
- Tight Spaces and/or Close Quarters
- Subject to one or more of the following conditions that affect
the respiratory system: Fumes, odors, dust, mist, gases or poor
ventilation
- Exposed to infectious diseases or other possible infectious
materials including: blood, fecal matter, OPIM...
- Required to function around high behavioral or physically
disruptive individuals
- Travel Requirements:
- Frequency:
- Minimal
- Type of travel:
- In community
- Within the county
- Out of the county
- Nature of travel:
- Errands
- Transport clients/patients/residents
Competencies:
- General Competencies:
- Takes responsibility for individual actions in order to achieve
consistent results.
- Develops and maintains trusting, positive, constructive,
professional relationships with others.
- Works under general direction, on multiple tasks with demanding
timelines as well as works independently with minimal managerial
oversight
- Addresses concerns or problems in an open and non-defensive
manner
- Effectively uses office equipment, technology, computer
applications, and client/patient care equipment/logs necessary for
the position
- Maintains current licenses and certifications
- Regulation Required Department/Program Competencies:
- Screens for danger to self and others and reports
client/patient safety concerns to managers as appropriate
- Completes regulation-required training on times and utilizes
training/skills adequately
- Demonstrates adherence to accepted ethical and behavioral
standards of conduct
- Department/Program Competencies:
- Assesses the situation and responds appropriately to behavioral
health emergency codes, utilizing CPI training, least restrictive
measures, restraint chair training, and other applicable response
policies and procedures
- Completes all department/program-assigned trainings and attends
all mandatory meetings and trainings, unless alternate arrangements
are made with direct supervisor
- Demonstrates situational awareness and identifies behaviors,
prioritizes interventions and demonstrates ability to de-escalate
aggressive behaviors
- Clinical documentation, billing, and EMR records are accurate
and completed in a timely manner - including progress notes,
contact notes, safety checks, treatment plans, screenings and other
job-specific documentation and assessments
- Clinical Competencies:
- Accurately performs and documents screenings, interventions,
and data in medical record
- Completes documentation per regulations, policies, and
procedures (HF, HR, PP)
- Applies effective communication skills to promote accurate and
efficient communication between the interdisciplinary team and the
clients/patients
- Recognizes, takes action to mitigate, and promptly reports to
the appropriate treatment team members or manager, any changes in
client/patient condition related to mental health, suicidality,
substance use, and medical well-being, or any general
client/patient/employee safety/quality concerns
- Follows care, treatment, safety, and crisis plans
- Effectively and compassionately performs activities of daily
living while preserving the dignity of those we serve
- Identifies forms of caregiver misconduct and reports
appropriately
- Regulation Required Job Specific Competencies:
- Demonstrates an understanding of the developmental milestones
of children or youth (anytime assigned to youth units for
designated program worked, or for individual shifts)
- Completes state approved CBRF training requirements as assigned
(upon hire and refreshers)
- Is registered on the UWGB registry for completed CBRF state
approved trainings when applicable to designated program/role
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner
discriminate against employees or applicants because they have
inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of
another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access
to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as
a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of
other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise
have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is
(a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance
of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the
contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR
60-1.35(c)
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