Top Mentor (CCCA) Full Time

Title: Top Mentor (CCCA) Full Time

State Role Title:Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: Starting Pay from $45057 - $62179 per year

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles

Agency Website: Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The purpose of this position is to deliver a full range of high quality individualized acute psychiatric and psychosocial inpatient services that in collaboration with other providers improve the lives of Virginias children who require intensive care and support as well as their families. The position provides supervision and mentoring to DSAIIs guidance and mentoring to DSAIIIs and support to RNs to promote relationship based collaborative trauma informed care. It assists Nurses in building and maintaining teamwork across shifts and units and supports all Nursing staff in fostering dignity and respect in interactions with children families and colleagues.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to oversee staff in a multi shift environment and provide guidance to both full and part time direct care staff in their daily work including therapeutic interventions activities school support and responses to crises or challenging situations. Strong critical thinking and sound decision making skills in crisis situations are essential. The position also requires the ability to assist in resolving conflicts and to recognize and value the contributions of others. This role will float throughout the hospital assisting and teaching staff and patients by building on strengths and enhancing performance.

Minimum Qualifications

Considerable knowledge of Center policies procedures standards of conduct and agency regulations related to supervision of direct care staff of the characteristics of the assigned population of children and of all therapeutic programs delivered in the unit.

Demonstrated knowledge of child/adolescent development and needs of individuals with disabilities.

Demonstrated mastery of PNA skills and tasks in all areas including planning activities collecting behavioral data writing reports implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment plans interacting/communicating successfully with children/adolescents with a variety of physical and mental disabilities participating in therapeutic activities and helping with activities of daily living and hygiene.

Willingness to play a lead role and ability to interact and intervene verbally and physically in crisis situations in order to properly mentor other staff.

Demonstrated ability to lead coach and act as a role model to other individual direct care staff as well as groups of diverse team members ability to provide constructive feedback and project optimism in difficult situations and ability to train/teach and assess competencies of new employees.

Must possess excellent communication and basic computer literacy skills in order to effectively communicate and collaborate with other staff.

Must possess excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities

Additional Considerations

Post-secondary certificate or degree in related field preferred.
Extensive background in general areas of child/adolescent development psychology or related human services background in employee management/supervision and knowledge of building helping relationships-preferred

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applicants must list all relevant experience that you wish to be considered for this position. Applicants will be provided confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position. A fingerprint-based criminal history check and reference checks are required for the selected candidate for this position. Under Virginia Code 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1 the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers persons who have been convicted of specific barrier crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending barrier charges.

DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID-19. However facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits and continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination programs to staff residents/clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have any questions contact the Office of Human Resources.

Commonwealths Alternate Hiring Process: In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with the Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability. To obtain a Certificate of Disability go to: or call DARS at .

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview process per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact Human Resources at for assistance.

DBHDS is an equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race sex color national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity age veteran status political affiliation genetics or disability. Minorities Individuals with Disabilities Veterans and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.

Contact Information

Name: John Lee

Phone:

Email:

In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.