Bilingual Mental Health Support Practitioner

Role Overview

• Help individuals develop achievable and measurable goals to monitor success and motivate behavioral change.
• Provide on-platform behavioral health care to children and youth accessing the service.
• Prevention, wellness promotion and psychoeducation through structured coaching sessions.
• Care coordination & case management.
• Offering Behavioral Health/ Wellness Coaching interventions.
• Develop individualized care plans to effectively goal set and action plan for positive behavioral change.
• Risk assessment and mitigation.
• Optimize positive mental health by addressing determinants of positive mental health.
• Minimize mental health problems by addressing determinants of mental health problems.
• Work with users to determine their problem areas, identify obstacles, and create a plan to achieve their wellness goals.
• Applies user-centered design processes, including user research, persona development, and usability testing, to create designs that meet user needs and enhance user experiences.
• Mental Health & wellness screening, assessment and progress monitoring.
• Identify individual users who are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing social, emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties.
• Identify and support a person in crisis and know when to facilitate referrals.
• Moderation of service user submitted content following policy and procedures.
• Maintain accurate records in line with Kooth’s policies and procedures, and approved systems and processes.
• Support operational aspects of Kooth to ensure consistent, reliable, and repeatable experiences.
• Attend and effectively contribute to both performance management and team meetings.

Requirements

• BA level mental health degrees, eg BA in Psychology or Social Work
• MA level mental health degree, not licensed
• National Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist
• National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor
• Community Health Worker
• Permanently reside within the US 48 contiguous states
• Six months experience as a crisis worker and /or volunteer experience providing crisis support services.
• Bilingual in Spanish

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Reasonable Accommodations
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities