Job Description
Do you a passion for public service? Do you want to make a difference in people's life? Then this is the position for you! Chesapeake Juvenile Services is seeking an experienced individual who will provide valuable assistance to the team.
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
- Plan, develop and implement mental health services suited to the needs of residents in secure detention; assess for high risk mental health indicators; initiate precautionary measures for residents exhibiting high risk indicators; implement step down plans; complete referrals for therapy and psychiatric services
- Provide crisis intervention; initiate the TDO process for residents who present as a danger to themselves or others and can't be maintained safely in detention; appear before a Magistrate and/or Judge to assert mental health status of residents
- Conduct interviews or investigations and resident assessments; formulate and implement plan of action; document progress
- Provide mental health assessments for mentally and emotionally disturbed residents who have been identified with a history of substance abuse, suicide attempts, child abuse, dual diagnosis, legal/criminal background, and who are acutely or chronically mentally ill and/or mentally impaired
- Score MAYSI-2 assessments and determine suicide risk level of residents based upon Suicide Risk Assessments and MAYSI-2- assessments completed upon admission; implement necessary suicide risk precautions
- Enter MAYSI -2 Assessments into SoftTec and Badge Systems
- Assess residents and refer those in need of medication evaluations to Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Coordinate, conduct or participate in individual, family. and group counseling
- Consult and work with staff and other agencies, organizations, or the courts to provide services for residents
- Keep Administration and Team Leadership apprised of issues related to resident's mental health issues
- Keep accurate records and files; prepare correspondence, progress notes, written reports and other documentation as necessary
- Plan, develop and conduct in-service training annually for all full-time ad part-time staff in the areas of Mandatory Reporting and Child Abuse Prevention Suicide Prevention, Ethics and Professional Relationships Between Staff and Residents and Community Relationships
- Participate in meetings and committees
- Develop, revise and implement policies and procedures for area of responsibility; interpret same for staff as needed
- Monitor program compliance with applicable guidelines, regulations, and laws, monitor referrals and notifications
- Perform other job-related duties as required (PREA)
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
Do you a passion for public service? Do you want to make a difference in people's life? Then this is the position for you! Chesapeake Juvenile Services is seeking an experienced individual who will provide valuable assistance to the team.
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
- Plan, develop and implement mental health services suited to the needs of residents in secure detention; assess for high risk mental health indicators; initiate precautionary measures for residents exhibiting high risk indicators; implement step down plans; complete referrals for therapy and psychiatric services
- Provide crisis intervention; initiate the TDO process for residents who present as a danger to themselves or others and can't be maintained safely in detention; appear before a Magistrate and/or Judge to assert mental health status of residents
- Conduct interviews or investigations and resident assessments; formulate and implement plan of action; document progress
- Provide mental health assessments for mentally and emotionally disturbed residents who have been identified with a history of substance abuse, suicide attempts, child abuse, dual diagnosis, legal/criminal background, and who are acutely or chronically mentally ill and/or mentally impaired
- Score MAYSI-2 assessments and determine suicide risk level of residents based upon Suicide Risk Assessments and MAYSI-2- assessments completed upon admission; implement necessary suicide risk precautions
- Enter MAYSI -2 Assessments into SoftTec and Badge Systems
- Assess residents and refer those in need of medication evaluations to Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Coordinate, conduct or participate in individual, family. and group counseling
- Consult and work with staff and other agencies, organizations, or the courts to provide services for residents
- Keep Administration and Team Leadership apprised of issues related to resident's mental health issues
- Keep accurate records and files; prepare correspondence, progress notes, written reports and other documentation as necessary
- Plan, develop and conduct in-service training annually for all full-time ad part-time staff in the areas of Mandatory Reporting and Child Abuse Prevention Suicide Prevention, Ethics and Professional Relationships Between Staff and Residents and Community Relationships
- Participate in meetings and committees
- Develop, revise and implement policies and procedures for area of responsibility; interpret same for staff as needed
- Monitor program compliance with applicable guidelines, regulations, and laws, monitor referrals and notifications
- Perform other job-related duties as required (PREA)
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
About City of Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Virginia is a vibrant community that enjoys the best of two worlds, one of urban variety, culture, and excitement, and another of rural landscapes and relaxed living.
Located 20 minutes from the oceanfront, 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk, and 45 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Chesapeake is the perfect place in which to live, work, and raise a family.
Home to beautiful parks, lakes, and rivers, Chesapeake has more miles of deepwater canals (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) than any other city in the country!
The City of Chesapeake was formed through the merger of the City of South Norfolk and Norfolk County in 1963. It’s a community of communities, with each having its own distinctive history.
Over the last decade, many national and international companies have taken advantage of the City’s ports, atmosphere, and highly qualified labor market by relocating to Chesapeake.
Chesapeake’s neighborhoods offer a variety of comfortable housing alternatives, from apartments and town homes, to single-family residences and executive homes. The City is consistently ranked by the FBI as one of the safest U.S. cities (with populations over 150,000), which lends to the safe, community atmosphere that residents enjoy.
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