Paraprofessional Counselor (Wednesday-Friday, 4pm-12am)
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. The posting includes summary of position (maybe About the role) and essential duties (Responsibilities). No explicit Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should only include sections for which we have content: maybe "About the role" (summary) and "Responsibilities" (essential duties). No other sections.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the summary paragraph and the list of duties.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential duties are a long list of sentences separated by periods. We can treat each sentence as a list item. Or we could keep as paragraphs? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should convert the essential duties into a list.
We need to keep the summary as
.
We need to include location? The location is given: Percy Village. Should we include that? It's substantive info. Where to put? Possibly in About the role paragraph.
We also have Exempt/Non-Exempt, Union/Non-Union, Supervisor. Those are metadata; we could fold into a short
maybe under About the role. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph with those details.
Thus About the role section: include summary of position plus maybe location, exempt status, union, supervisor.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. So only About the role and Responsibilities.
Let's craft:
About the role
Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center, located in Los Angeles, is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents, transitional aged youth, and adults with mental illness in the Greater Los Angeles area. The organization operates a 55‑bed hospital and six outpatient facilities (14–134 beds each) and employs approximately 400 staff. The Paraprofessional Counselor works at Percy Village, reporting to the Residential Manager, and is a non‑exempt, union position.
The Paraprofessional Counselor is part of a multi‑disciplinary team that provides support, supervision, and residential services to adults ages 18‑59 diagnosed with chronic and persistent mental health disorders. Responsibilities include monitoring and reporting clients’ behaviors and activities, monitoring and reporting facility issues or security concerns, and providing support and supervision to ensure clients engage in treatment, comply with House Rules, and make progress toward discharge goals to lower levels of care.
Then Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Maintains communication with team members throughout the shift to ensure that all tasks are covered, and offers assistance where needed.
- Facilitates client transportation, as needed.
- Adheres to client/visitor sign in and out procedures, contraband protocols, and rounds protocols, including accurate completion of all required documentation.
- Responds to incoming calls on evenings and weekends.
- Conducts random security checks of premises and buildings at least hourly throughout shift.
- Conducts client rounds, per designated timeframes (i.e., hourly, Q30 minutes, 1:1), adheres to protocols regarding monitoring of clients, and accurately completes all rounds documentation.
- Assists with weekly room checks for clients as directed by the Supervisor and accurately completes and submits all required documentation.
- Reports safety hazards and maintenance and housekeeping needs to the Residential Manager.
- Observes and records clients’ behavior and activities throughout the facility.
- Documents these observations via the shift summary and reports them during shift exchange.
- Participates in shift exchange, when on shift.
- Immediately reports any unusual or concerning behaviors or activities to their supervisor, or designated supervisor.
- Prompts clients to complete their activities of daily living (ADLs) including attending to their hygiene/grooming, laundering their clothing, and changing their linen on a regular basis.
- Prompts clients to comply with schedule for medications, meals, groups and other scheduled appointments/activities.
- Monitors and supports clients to take prescribed psychotropic medications, also ensures that emergency medications are accurately recorded when taken by resident.
- Takes, records, and reports client vital signs (e.g., body temperature, blood pressure, etc.) when needed.
- Participates and assists in the investigation of any events that require submission of regulatory agency reports (e.g., CCL, DMH, DSH), or internal agency reporting to QI/EOC/HR.
- Responds appropriately to emergency or problematic situations (e.g., enacts on‑call notification procedure or notifies immediate supervisor, staff, administration, police, fire department, ambulance, and paramedics as appropriate.
- Provides behavioral interventions to clients when needed, including crisis intervention and verbal de‑escalation techniques (e.g., CPI).
- Collaborates with team to encourage clients to engage in treatment, to comply with House Rules, and to establish goals for discharge.
- Conducts themselves as a good role model for clients, consistent with Gateways’ rules of conduct.
- Participates in Paraprofessional Counselor meetings, in‑service trainings, and other meetings as scheduled.
- Assists the treatment team in arranging emergency transportation for psychiatric and medical emergencies.
- Maintains an objective, professional relationship with clients at all times.
- Participates in all required trainings, including trainings on use of equipment (e.g., AED, vital signs monitors, panic alarm, etc.)
- Performs other additional tasks, within the employee’s scope of practice, as directed.
We need to ensure no stray punctuation errors. Also note that some sentences have missing closing parentheses? For example: "Responds appropriately to emergency or problematic situations (e.g., enacts on-call notification procedure or notifies immediate supervisor, staff, administration, police, fire department, ambulance, and paramedics as appropriate." There's a missing closing parenthesis after appropriate. We should preserve as is? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the text exactly as given, even if it's grammatically off. So we keep that sentence as is.
Check each bullet: we need to ensure we didn't add or remove content. Let's verify each bullet corresponds to a sentence from the essential duties list.
Original essential duties text (I'll copy):
Maintains communication with team members throughout the shift to ensure that all tasks are covered, and offers assistance where needed.Facilitates client transportation, as needed.Adheres to client/visitor sign in and out procedures, contraband protocols, and rounds protocols, including accurate completion of all required documentation.Responds to incoming calls on evenings and weekends. Conducts random security checks of premises and buildings at least hourly throughout shift.Conducts client rounds, per designated timeframes (i.e., hourly, Q30 minutes, 1:1), adheres to protocols regarding monitoring of clients, and accurately completes all rounds documentation. Assists with weekly room checks for clients as directed by the Supervisor and accurately completes and submits all required documentation.Reports safety hazards and maintenance and housekeeping needs to the Residential Manager. Observes and records clients’ behavior and activities throughout the facility. Documents these observations via the shift summary and reports them during shift exchange. Participates in shift exchange, when on shift. Immediately reports any unusual or concerning behaviors or activities to their supervisor, or designated supervisor. Prompts clients to complete their activities of daily living (ADLs) including attending to their hygiene/grooming, laundering their clothing, and changing their linen on a regular basis.Prompts clients to comply with schedule for medications, meals, groups and other scheduled appointments/activities. Monitors and supports clients to take prescribed psychotropic medications, also ensures that emergency medications are accurately recorded when taken by resident. Takes, records, and reports client vital signs (e.g., body temperature, blood pressure, etc.) when needed.Participates and assists in the investigation of any events that require submission of regulatory agency reports (e.g., CCL, DMH, DSH), or internal agency reporting to QI/EOC/HR.Responds appropriately to emergency or problematic situations (e.g., enacts on-call notification procedure or notifies immediate supervisor, staff, administration, police, fire department, ambulance, and paramedics as appropriate. Provides behavioral interventions to clients when needed, including crisis intervention and verbal de-escalation techniques (e.g., CPI).Collaborates with team to encourage clients to engage in treatment, to comply with House Rules, and to establish goals for discharge. Conducts themselves as a good role model for clients, consistent with Gateways’ rules of conduct.Participates in Paraprofessional Counselor meetings, in-service trainings, and other meetings as scheduled.Assists the treatment team in arranging emergency transportation for psychiatric and medical emergencies.Maintains an objective, professional relationship with clients at all times.Participates in all required trainings, including trainings on use of equipment (e.g., AED, vital signs monitors, panic alarm, etc.)Performs other additional tasks, within the employee’s scope of practice, as directed.
We need to split at periods. Some sentences have no space after period (like "...where needed.Facilitates"). We'll treat each sentence as separate bullet.
Let's list sentences:
1. Maintains communication with team members throughout the shift to ensure that all tasks are covered, and offers assistance where needed.
2. Facilitates client transportation, as needed.
3. Adheres to client/visitor sign in and out procedures, contraband protocols, and rounds protocols, including accurate completion of all required documentation.
4. Responds to incoming calls on evenings and weekends.
5. Conducts random security checks of premises and buildings at least hourly throughout shift.
6. Conducts client rounds, per designated timeframes (i.e., hourly, Q30 minutes, 1:1), adheres to protocols regarding monitoring of clients, and accurately completes all rounds documentation.
7. Assists with weekly room checks for clients as directed by the Supervisor and accurately completes and submits all required documentation.
8. Reports safety hazards and maintenance and housekeeping needs to the Residential Manager.
9. Observes and records clients’ behavior and activities throughout the facility.
10. Documents these observations via the shift summary and reports them during shift exchange.
11. Participates in shift exchange, when on shift.
12. Immediately reports any unusual or concerning behaviors or activities to their supervisor, or designated supervisor.
13. Prompts clients to complete their activities of daily living (ADLs) including attending to their hygiene/grooming, laundering their clothing, and changing their linen on a regular basis.
14. Prompts clients to comply with schedule for medications, meals, groups and other scheduled appointments/activities.
15. Monitors and supports clients to take prescribed psychotropic medications, also ensures that emergency medications are accurately recorded when taken by resident.
16. Takes, records, and reports client vital signs (e.g., body temperature, blood pressure, etc.) when needed.
17. Participates and assists in the investigation of any events that require submission of regulatory agency reports (e.g., CCL, DMH, DSH), or internal agency reporting to QI/EOC/HR.
18. Responds appropriately to emergency or problematic situations (e.g., enacts on-call notification procedure or notifies immediate supervisor, staff, administration, police
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should convert the essential duties into a list.
We need to keep the summary as
. We need to include location? The location is given: Percy Village. Should we include that? It's substantive info. Where to put? Possibly in About the role paragraph. We also have Exempt/Non-Exempt, Union/Non-Union, Supervisor. Those are metadata; we could fold into a short
maybe under About the role. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph with those details. Thus About the role section: include summary of position plus maybe location, exempt status, union, supervisor. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. So only About the role and Responsibilities. Let's craft:
About the role
Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center, located in Los Angeles, is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents, transitional aged youth, and adults with mental illness in the Greater Los Angeles area. The organization operates a 55‑bed hospital and six outpatient facilities (14–134 beds each) and employs approximately 400 staff. The Paraprofessional Counselor works at Percy Village, reporting to the Residential Manager, and is a non‑exempt, union position.
The Paraprofessional Counselor is part of a multi‑disciplinary team that provides support, supervision, and residential services to adults ages 18‑59 diagnosed with chronic and persistent mental health disorders. Responsibilities include monitoring and reporting clients’ behaviors and activities, monitoring and reporting facility issues or security concerns, and providing support and supervision to ensure clients engage in treatment, comply with House Rules, and make progress toward discharge goals to lower levels of care.
Then Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- Maintains communication with team members throughout the shift to ensure that all tasks are covered, and offers assistance where needed.
- Facilitates client transportation, as needed.
- Adheres to client/visitor sign in and out procedures, contraband protocols, and rounds protocols, including accurate completion of all required documentation.
- Responds to incoming calls on evenings and weekends.
- Conducts random security checks of premises and buildings at least hourly throughout shift.
- Conducts client rounds, per designated timeframes (i.e., hourly, Q30 minutes, 1:1), adheres to protocols regarding monitoring of clients, and accurately completes all rounds documentation.
- Assists with weekly room checks for clients as directed by the Supervisor and accurately completes and submits all required documentation.
- Reports safety hazards and maintenance and housekeeping needs to the Residential Manager.
- Observes and records clients’ behavior and activities throughout the facility.
- Documents these observations via the shift summary and reports them during shift exchange.
- Participates in shift exchange, when on shift.
- Immediately reports any unusual or concerning behaviors or activities to their supervisor, or designated supervisor.
- Prompts clients to complete their activities of daily living (ADLs) including attending to their hygiene/grooming, laundering their clothing, and changing their linen on a regular basis.
- Prompts clients to comply with schedule for medications, meals, groups and other scheduled appointments/activities.
- Monitors and supports clients to take prescribed psychotropic medications, also ensures that emergency medications are accurately recorded when taken by resident.
- Takes, records, and reports client vital signs (e.g., body temperature, blood pressure, etc.) when needed.
- Participates and assists in the investigation of any events that require submission of regulatory agency reports (e.g., CCL, DMH, DSH), or internal agency reporting to QI/EOC/HR.
- Responds appropriately to emergency or problematic situations (e.g., enacts on‑call notification procedure or notifies immediate supervisor, staff, administration, police, fire department, ambulance, and paramedics as appropriate.
- Provides behavioral interventions to clients when needed, including crisis intervention and verbal de‑escalation techniques (e.g., CPI).
- Collaborates with team to encourage clients to engage in treatment, to comply with House Rules, and to establish goals for discharge.
- Conducts themselves as a good role model for clients, consistent with Gateways’ rules of conduct.
- Participates in Paraprofessional Counselor meetings, in‑service trainings, and other meetings as scheduled.
- Assists the treatment team in arranging emergency transportation for psychiatric and medical emergencies.
- Maintains an objective, professional relationship with clients at all times.
- Participates in all required trainings, including trainings on use of equipment (e.g., AED, vital signs monitors, panic alarm, etc.)
- Performs other additional tasks, within the employee’s scope of practice, as directed.