Male Youth Mentor/Care Coordinator Behavioral Health Per Diem/As Needed

About Us: Newport Healthcare is a series of evidence-based treatment centers for young adults and families struggling with mental health issues. With locations across the United States that offer various levels of care, Newport Healthcare uses an integrated approach, providing individualized and comprehensive programs that encompass clinical therapy, life-skills support, family involvement, and experiential practices. We treat adolescents and young adults who are experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, and co-occurring disorders. Offerings include residential treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and day treatment. Newport Healthcare nurtures the physical, psychological, social, educational, and spiritual needs of the emerging adult, from a foundation of compassionate care, clinical expertise, and unconditional love. Our primary mission is to empower minds and restore families. Experts include medical directors, psychiatrists, therapists, registered dietitians, nurses, licensed social workers, teachers, and more.
Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.® Responsibilities: The primary purpose of this role is to provide supervision for our clients and to ensure their safety while building a rapport with them. This includes providing assistance to each client in working with a group and in handling individual problems; responsibility for setting of limits for behavior; creating documentation of the clients progress; identifying the possible need for professional services and communications of such findings to professional staff.

• This position does offer future growth opportunities. Per Diem. Several shifts available 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, 11pm-7am

Essential Duties:

• Responsible for being aware of where all assigned residents are and what they are doing at all times. When assigned to a one-to-one with a client, the requirement is to have eyes on the client at all times during the assigned period. If observing a client leaving the premises, the expectation is to follow them until further assistance can be provided.
• Facilitate residential daily schedule including participating in, and providing support to residents, to include but not limited to, activities such as chores, deep clean of designated space, meal service, laundry service, groups, activities, and events.
• Provide transportation to residents for community outings and meetings in company vehicle in a safe and legal manner.
• Practice compliance with all policies, record keeping requirements, checklist assignments, assigned documentation, and any other assigned duties.
• Remain current and up to date on all trainings and certifications required to maintain employment with Newport Academy.

Qualifications:Required Education/Qualifications

• H.S. Degree or GED required; bachelor’s level degree in psychology, counseling or sociology preferred.
• Prior work experience in other behavioral health treatment settings with adolescents a plus.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be eligible for insurance coverage for driving the company’s vehicles.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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