The primary function of the Mental Health Professional 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:
• Evaluates behavioral and emotional clients’ issues.
• Interacts meaningfully with clients.
• Provides individual, family, and group counseling under the direction of a clinical supervisor as required and in accordance with client’s individualized treatment plan.
• Conducts psycho-educational assessments under the direction of a clinical supervisor.
• Makes observations and documents client treatment interventions, behavior, and progress.
• Provides direct client supervision and interacts therapeutically.
• Interacts with educational team as needed to ensure appropriate educational placement.
• Interprets treatment objectives for other treatment staff members and assists with providing integrated services.
• Participates in treatment team conferences regarding client behavior, diagnosis, and progress; participates in treatment planning conferences and aftercare planning for assigned clients.
• Develops and updates clients’ individualized treatment plans.
• Participates in data collection, monitoring, and evaluation activities for the program/facility performance improvement program.
• Develops and maintains a current list of resources, such as 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, and local licensing requirements and reporting procedures.
• Identifies and pursues in-service and continuing educational needs, suggests general training needs for the program/facility, and submits requests/suggestions for training to appropriate staff members.
• 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