Milieu Counselor - Child & Adolescent Neurodevelopment
Company: Cambridge Health Alliance
Location: Somerville
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Location: CHA Somerville Campus Work Days: M-F, 8-hour shifts
with every other weekend and holidays Category: Human and Social
Services Department: 5 East and 5 West Job Type: Part-time Work
Shift: Day / Evening Hours/Week: 24.00 Union: Yes Union Name: SH
Laborers 381In partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
we will be expanding inpatient psychiatric care in the region, by
adding 42 new child, adolescent and specialized autism spectrum /
neurodevelopmental beds at our Somerville Campus. The new CHA
Center of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Inpatient Mental
Health Care at Somerville will provide a transformative continuum
of patient and family-centered care for diverse youth with mental
health needs.Cambridge Health Alliance's Child and Adolescent
Neurodevelopment Inpatient Unit provides specialist assessment and
care for children and adolescents who have severe mental health and
neurodevelopmental needs. CHA provides services for children
experiencing complex and persistent emotional and behavioral
difficulties due to neurodevelopmental disorders. We care for our
patients in a newly renovated secured 24-bed unit at the CHA
Somerville Campus. Our unit offers private rooms, communal eating
and living areas, an outdoor activity space, an active sensory
room, quiet calming' spaces for both individual and group play and
learning.Job PurposeThe Milieu Counselor is a member of the
multidisciplinary team who, under the supervision of a registered
nurse, is responsible for a safe and structured service as well as
attending to the individual needs of patients in crisis in an
inpatient psychiatric setting.The role of a Milieu Counselor will
assist with ADL'S lead or co-lead groups, perform safety checks,
1:1 meetings with patients, and will accurately chart patients B/P,
TPR & weight. Notifies RN of any changes in vital signs. Accurately
measures and documents patient's intake and output. Uses
appropriate methods of urine and stool collection and labeling of
these specimens. Assists patients following through with ADL's
(bathing, laundry, organizing room), maintaining nutritional and
hydration needs, and assisting & monitoring elimination needs and
other tasks as assigned by the charge
RN.Qualifications/Experience:
Keywords: Cambridge Health Alliance, Somerville , Milieu Counselor - Child & Adolescent Neurodevelopment, Other , Somerville, Massachusetts
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