Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment CPST Worker
Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment CPST Worker
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USD 21 - 25
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Job Description
Hope For Youth has openings for a Community Psychiatric Supports and Treatment (CPST) Worker in our CMHRS Department. Hope For Youth is a nonprofit organization specializing in child welfare services. For over 50 years Hope for Youth strives to provide positive outcomes for children adolescents and families. A CPST Worker would assist children and their families achieve stability in their home set goals and create interpersonal relationships. This person would also provide crisis management and counseling. This position is part time with flexible hours based on the needs of the program and clients.
Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment (CPST) services are goaldirected supports and solutionfocused interventions intended to address challenges associated with a behavioral health need and to achieve identified goals or objectives as set forth in the childs treatment plan. CPST services include the activities necessary to correct or ameliorate conditions discovered during the initial assessment visits. CPST is a facetoface intervention with the child/youth family/caregiver or other collateral supports. This is a multicomponent service that consists of therapeutic interventions such as counseling as well as function OLP to address identified rehabilitative needs with a comprehensive treatment plan. Services are delivered in a trauma informed culturally and linguistically competent manner.
To be a successful CPST Worker you must be ready willing and able and willing to always:
- Function within the policies and procedures as outlined in program practice guide and employee manual
- Adhere to state regulations and applicable code of conduct
- Work within an interdisciplinary team to assist client in their overall functioning and achieve desired outcomes
- Conduct Family Individual and group therapeutic services in the home community and office spaces
- Engage youth in Psychosocial Rehabilitation and vocational training
- Attend trainings and professional development as assigned
- Attend meetings as assigned
- Develop a treatment plan with the child/family to restore functioning and/or ameliorate behavioral health symptom with the guidelines provided by OMH.
- Apply agencyidentified Evidence Based Interventions best suited to meet the clients needs.
- Provide transportation for client to their service location.
- Ensure that service delivery is in a trauma informed culturally and linguistically competent manner
- Discharge planning as needed
- Perform other resulting and necessary work to meet the needs and requirements of the clients the program Hope For Youth oversight agency and any other regulatory obligations
How you will generally spend your time in this job:
- 70 Direct client therapeutic contact including transportation
- 20 Case documentation reports case related meetings
- 10 Staff meetings/supervision/training
To qualify for this job you need to be or have at minimum:
- Must have a Masters Degree or higher and 1 years experience working with children/adolescents and families
- Bachelors degree and certification in Evidenced Based Practice consistent with the CPST component being delivered. OR
- Bachelors degree and three years applicable experience in childrens mental health addiction and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field and no certification in an Evidenced Based Practice
- Valid NYS Drivers License in current and ongoing good standing with ongoing access to own reliable vehicle
- Demonstrate computer literacy including Microsoft Office and electronic medical record system upon hire
- Physical Requirements: read/write reports and log entries walking/standing/sitting for prolonged periods bending/stooping kneeling/squatting climbing stairs reaching overhead repetitive wrist/finger movements ongoing access to reliable vehicle and driving own vehicle for work
This opportunity is being offered as PartTime 1020 hour Weekdays/Weekends based on client needs
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Excellent training and leadership opportunities available throughout employment and more.
Here are some of the other benefits of working for Hope for Youth.
- Meaningful work that makes a difference in the lives of children and families of Long Island!
- Supportive likeminded missiondriven coworkers
- Diverse Culture that promotes recognition and belonging
- Advancement and supplemental pay opportunities
- Free Training programs Free Tuition Credits Scholarships and Tuition Assistance
- Employees may be eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs
- Special Events and Recognition Awards
- Volunteer and Internship opportunities available within
- Benefit eligibility commences on the first of the month following the first 30 days of employment Medical Dental Vision HRA with HSA and Copay options available.
- 91 Employerpaid medical premiums
- Generous paid time off
- Agencyfunded Pension Plan
- Pretax savings plans: selfdirected 403(b) 529 Aflac
- Agencypaid life insurance and disability and for some positions longterm disability
Hope For Youth Inc. is an equalopportunity employer. All positions are subject to background screening as required by law or contract including but not limited to: Staff Exclusion List (SEL) State Central Child Abuse Registry (SCR) DMV record review criminal records screening reference checks physical exam.
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Additional Pay Range Information
The salary range and/or hourly rate range listed for this position is a good faith determination of potential compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining an employees base salary and/or rate several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. years of relevant experience education licensing certifications other credentials negotiated contracts budget and internal equity etc..
Employment Type
Part-Time
