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Posted: 01-Oct-24
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 236607
Position Summary:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Mental Health Specialist II for the Child & Adolescent Services – South Brunswick School – Based Program within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.
The primary purpose of the Mental Health Specialist II is to participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team offering comprehensive youth development activities, case management, and supportive counseling to students in the South Brunswick School District.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
The primary purpose of the Mental Health Specialist II is to participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team offering comprehensive youth development activities, case management, and supportive counseling to students in the South Brunswick School District.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Takes initiative in engaging students and family members in a tactful manner, as observed by supervisor and as indicated by feedback from clients and team members.
- Communicates with clients in an empathetic and concerned manner.
- Provides appropriate supportive individual and group psycho educational activities in an effective and therapeutic manner.
- In collaboration with school district personnel and in consultation with her supervisor identifies appropriate youth development activities for students and families.
- Designs youth development workshops and other activities that enhance the emotional and social development of students in collaboration with school district personnel.
- Assures that the expressed needs and strengths of the individual served drive service delivery.
- Consistently demonstrates session/group facilitation management skills, as applicable.
- Demonstrates awareness of co-occurring substance abuse disorders and cultural factors that affect patterns.
Minimum Education and Experience:
- Four (4) years of full-time paid experience in an appropriate mental health or human services field or a bachelor's degree in a relevant mental health or human services field.
City: South Brunswick
State: NJ
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Time spent in a school environment. Some travel to student homes and community agencies. Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 pounds). Frequently walks, bends, stretches, pushes and pulls.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: School setting is active and sometimes noisy. Varied settings in homes. Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic). Subject to unpredictable situations, patient crises, both medical and psychiatric. Occasionally exposed to patients exhibiting assaultive behaviors. Exposure to blood-borne pathogens that requires use of personal protective equipment. May be exposed to varying or extreme temperatures.
Posting Number: 24ST2280
About Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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