1st Shift RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR PRN

One of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Steadily growing from a startup to an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, UHS today has annual revenue nearing $10 billion. In 2017, UHS was recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies.

Three Rivers Midlands is a comprehensive behavioral health facility treating children and adolescents through residential, partial hospitalization, and Rehabilitative Behavioral Health Services (RBH). We treat males and females ages 6-21 for a wide spectrum of psychiatric issues, addictive behaviors, and chemical dependency-related illnesses.

Responsibilities

• Requires every other weekend shift rotation.
• Serves as a role model for residents to observe and learn socially effective values, attitudes, and behaviors.
• Ensures the environment remains safe and the normative culture remains positive throughout the facility.
• Contributes to the formulation, implementation, and revision of the resident individual treatment plan (ITP).
• Promotes the development of residents' daily living skills through appropriate assignment, instruction, and supervision of tasks.
• Provides appropriate crisis intervention as necessary by anticipating and responding quickly to escalating behaviors, utilizing de-escalation techniques to diffuse the situation, correctly prioritizing safety concerns, following proper restraint technique guidelines, and displaying neutral emotions.
• Ensures optimal communication by relaying pertinent resident care information for change of shift report, team logs, communication books, and complex staff meetings.

Requirements

• Strongly prefer a Bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field with a minimum of 1 year of direct care experience working with adolescents and children in a Residential Treatment Facility, educational, or juvenile setting.
• Alternatively, a High School Diploma with a minimum of 1–3 years of direct care experience with adolescents and children in a Residential Treatment Facility, educational, or juvenile setting.
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of therapeutic relationships, therapeutic processes, adolescent growth and development, limit-setting and behavior management, CPI, CPR, and verbal de-escalation.

Benefits

• Challenging and rewarding work environment.
• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries.
• Competitive compensation.
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plan (if applicable).
• 401k plan with company match (if applicable).
• Generous paid time off.