Skills Trainer
Albertina Kerr

As a Skills Trainer for our community based programs, you'll provide skills-based mental health training and support to children and families in community-based settings as part of our community based services for early and school-age children and families. Albertina Kerr uses Collaborative Problem Solving, an evidenced-based and trauma-informed approach to helping children with behavioral challenges. This strength-based model fosters the understanding that "kids do well if they can".

Join our team, get a $2,000 sign-on bonus!

Albertina Kerr empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health challenges and other social barriers to lead self-determined lives and reach their full potential.

All Kerr employees are required to be fully vaccinated or meet the requirements for a medical or religious exception prior to beginning work.

Essential Duties

• Assists in development and implementation of effective behavior management strategies with guidance and input from clinical team and implements plans with family and child.
• Provides individual and family skills training in accordance with clinical plan.
• Observes, documents, and communicates information about the child's functioning and behavior to immediate supervisor, case managers and in meetings as required.
• Ensures child's personal safety and notifies appropriate personnel or agencies when necessary.
• Participates in on-call rotation and provides crisis response to families.
• Responsible for child's timely and safe transportation.
• Maintains productivity standard as set by supervisor for all billable activities.
• Assists in development and implementation of effective behavior management strategies with guidance and input from clinical team and implements plans with family and child.
• Provides individual and family skills training in accordance with clinical plan.
• Observes, documents, and communicates information about the child's functioning and behavior to immediate supervisor, case managers and in meetings as required.
• Ensures child's personal safety and notifies appropriate personnel or agencies when necessary.
• Participates in on-call rotation and provides crisis response to families.
• Responsible for child's timely and safe transportation.
• Maintains productivity standard as set by supervisor for all billable activities.

Benefits

• Paid medical, dental, and vision employee benefits
• Paid basic life & accident insurance and short- & long-term disability
• Paid internal training and career development
• 7 paid holidays and generous time off
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with up to 4% employer match
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that provides resources for everything from mental health to pet insurance and financial counselling
• Satisfies employment requirement for student loan Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PLSF)

Qualifications

• Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA) status (Bachelor's degree in human services, social science, or closely related field or equivalent work experience to meet OAR requirements).
• One to three years' experience working with children, experience with mental health or developmental disabilities issues preferred.
• Ability to understand and follow written or verbal instruction.
• Ability to work independently and exercise good judgement.
• Understanding of age specific child development.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. and perform physical restraints as needed.
• Valid Driver's license and the ability to meet agency driving requirements.

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