- Hourly / - BiWeekly /
- Monthly / $44,704.00-$71,108.00 Yearly
A Child and Adolescent Mental Health
(CAMH) Associate III is the full performance level of work at Maryland
Department of Health (MDH) designated Court Involved (CI) Facilities providing
counseling or other therapeutic mental health services to seriously mentally
ill children and adolescents in State inpatient, residential, community-based
or in-home treatment settings. Employees in this classification do not
supervise.
Employees in this classification
receive general administrative supervision from a CAMH Associate Supervisor, a licensed health professional or a mental health
professional. Employees receive clinical supervision from a licensed health
professional or a mental health professional. Employees may be assigned
to day, evening or rotating shifts to include holidays and weekends and are
subject to call-in and overtime based on staffing needs and program
responsibilities. Employees may be required to restrain clients
displaying violent or aggressive behavior. The work may involve lifting
wheelchairs and other heavy objects.
Positions in this classification are
evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of
this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a
position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work
Sections of a class specification.
The CAMH Associate I, CAMH Associate
II, and CAMH Associate III are differentiated on the basis of the degree of
supervisory control exercised by the supervisor over these employees. The
CAMH Associate I performs duties under close supervision. The CAMH
Associate II performs duties under close supervision at times and under general
supervision at times depending on the complexity of the specific duty being
performed. The CAMH Associate III performs the full range of duties and
responsibilities under general supervision. The CAMH Associate III is
differentiated from the CAMH Associate Lead in that the CAMH Associate Lead
assigns, reviews and approves the work of and trains lower-level CAMH
Associates.
Assists mental health professionals in
providing counseling or other direct therapeutic services to seriously mentally
ill children and adolescents in State inpatient, residential, community-based
or in-home treatment programs;
Uses counseling techniques to work
with seriously mentally ill children and adolescents using therapeutic
communication skills;
Observes behavior of children and
adolescents, records pertinent observations, maintains records of their social,
physical and psychological behavior and makes recommendations to the treatment
team for possible program modifications or the need for specialized services;
Plans, develops and implements
prescribed therapeutic treatment activities and programs designed to meet the
mental health treatment goals and the emotional, social, recreational,
cognitive and physical developmental needs of the assigned children or adolescents;
Leads children and adolescents in
planned recreational, occupational and other adaptive programs in accordance
with individual treatment plans;
Interacts appropriately, proactively,
and in response to the behavior of the children and adolescents in the
therapeutic milieu;
Obtains information regarding clients’
mental health histories through interviews with children, adolescents, their
families or caregivers, clergy, employers and school and community sources;
Maintains safety and other standards
set by the facility staff and surveying agencies;
Participates in multidisciplinary team
and staff meetings and in-service training activities;
May refer or escort children and
adolescents to appropriate institutional, community and therapy services and
assist them in using these services; May participate in group therapy sessions
with a licensed mental health professional;
May be responsible for the overall
behavior management and personal care needs of a group of seriously mentally
ill children including limit setting, crisis intervention and advocacy;
May coordinate the unit program with
other programs, services or community organizations;
May lead in-service training
activities;
May assist in the collection of data
and implementation of study projects;
Knowledge of the theories, principles
and practices of growth and development, behavior and personality development;
Knowledge of the dynamics of
interpersonal relations, including family dynamics, and patterns of adjustive
behavior related to the mental health of children and adolescents;
Knowledge of suicide theory and
intervention techniques;
Knowledge of the roles and functions
of human service and mental health professionals, programs and institutions;
Knowledge of federal and State laws
and regulations and professional standards governing the care and treatment of
children and adolescents including basic rights of children, confidentiality
and child abuse issues;
Knowledge of the kinds, symptoms and
causes of mental illness and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents;
Knowledge of methods of treatment of
mental illness and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents;
Knowledge of basic and alternative
communication skills and therapeutic interaction techniques used with children
and adolescents;
Skill in conducting therapeutic
activities specified in individual treatment plans;
Skill in identifying stressors that
may interfere with growth and development;
Skill in developing and implementing
therapeutic milieu structures and programs that meet the treatment goals and
developmental needs of assigned children or adolescents;
Skill in teaching problem solving and
decision-making skills and assisting children and adolescents in developing
effective coping mechanisms;
Skill in processing crises and
incidents;
Skill in implementing appropriate
behavioral consequences and physically intervening in a behavioral crisis;
Ability to communicate effectively and
to establish and maintain effective working relationships with child and
adolescent clients, mental health professionals, human service professionals,
health care professionals, families and community resource groups.
Education:
Completion of 60 credit hours from an accredited college or university with a
minimum of 12 credit hours in mental health, health, human services, education,
or related behavioral sciences including six credit hours in psychology,
counseling, addictions or mental health.
Experience: Two years of
experience providing counseling or other therapeutic mental health
services to seriously mentally ill children or adolescents.
Notes:
1. A Bachelor’s degree from an
accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in mental health, health,
human services, education, or related behavioral sciences including six credit
hours in psychology, counseling, addictions or mental health may be substituted
for one year of the required experience.
2. Candidates may substitute
U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned
officer in Mental, Addictions or Behavioral Health Counseling and
Psychology classifications or Mental, Addictions or Behavioral Health Counseling
and Psychology specialty codes in the counseling field of work on a
year-for-year basis for the required experience and
education.
1. Employees in this
classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor
vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a
motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.
2. Employees in this
classification may be required to successfully complete cardiopulmonary
resuscitation training and maintain current certification.
3. Employees in this
classification may be assigned duties in a swimming program. Employees
assigned such duties may be required to obtain certification in Life Saving and
Water Safety.
1. Persons appointed to
positions in this classification must successfully complete an in-service
training program and examination approved by the hiring facility prior to a
permanent appointment.
2. Applicants are subject
to a background investigation by the Maryland State Police before a permanent
appointment can be made. A criminal conviction record may be grounds for
rejection of the applicant by the hiring agency.
3. Employees in this
classification will be required to provide the facility with a telephone number
at which they can be reached.
4. Employees in this
classification are subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with Code
of Maryland Regulations 17.04.09, Testing for Illegal Use of Drugs.
Class specifications are broad
descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and
agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or
agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.
This is a Skilled Service
classification in the State Personnel Management System. All positions in
this classification are Skilled Service positions. Some positions in
Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance
with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of
Maryland.
This classification is assigned to
Bargaining Unit D, Health and Human Service Nonprofessionals classes. As
provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special
appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential
employees are excluded from collective bargaining. Additionally, certain
executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all
positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.
Employees in this classification are
eligible to receive overtime compensation. An employee who works more
than the normal workweek is entitled to be compensated for that overtime,
as provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 8-305.
This classification is one level in a
Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP) series. NCP promotions are
promotions by which employees may advance in grade and class level from
trainee to full performance level in a classification series. In order to
be non-competitively promoted to the next level in a NCP series, an employee
must: 1) perform the main purpose of the class, as defined by the Nature
of Work section of the class specification; 2) receive the type of supervision
defined in the class specification and 3) meet the minimum qualifications of
the classification.
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