- Featured in:
-
More Mental Health Specialist Resumes
Use these Mental Health Specialist samples as a guideline or visit our extensive library of customizable resume templates.
Select
Customize
Download
For more information on what it takes to be a Mental Health Specialist, check out our complete Mental Health Specialist Job Description.
Find out what is the best resume for you in our Ultimate Resume Format Guide.
Additional Mental Health Resume Samples
Mental Health Specialist Resume Samples
No results found
0-5 years of experience
Served as a Mental Health Specialist II, providing care primarily for individuals with thought disorders. Position includes maintaining a safe therapeutic environment for patients, closely evaluating patients for psychiatric crises, facilitating the development and utilization of coping skills, and leading psychoeducational groups.
- Co-Lead on Unit board for one year
- Helped develop a prototype acuity scale to be implemented on the different units
- Developed a broad knowledge of research based psychoeducational groups.
- Demonstrated the ability to competently manage psychiatric emergencies in a calm, competent manner.
- Completed training in team building, management of assaultive behaviors and de-escalation techniques.
- Developed a strong knowledge base of psychiatric disorders and best practice treatments.
0-5 years of experience
- Assessed patients’ mental status through interviews or observations
- Developed treatment plans and made referrals to appropriate agency based on patient need
- Monitored patients’ treatment progress and kept track of their mental status
- Maintained case notes on all patients
0-5 years of experience
- Provided school and home based counseling services to youth ages 4 to 18 who suffered from emotional, mental, and behavioral issues
- Helped clients to improve problem solving skills through Person Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Play Therapy.
- Assisted LPC in developing treatment plans.
- Provided crisis intervention services.
- Educated parents and family members on client intervention techniques.
- Inputted client interactions and progress into database.
- Followed HIPPA guidelines.
0-5 years of experience
- Supported youth struggling with emotional and behavioral disorders
- Consistently followed safety protocols
- Utilized Therapeutic Crisis Intervention techniques to de-escalate youth
- Collaborated with a clinical team by providing written and verbal updates on clients
- Followed an Evidence-Based Practice model (CARE)
- Planned, prepared and lead activities for children of all ages
0-5 years of experience
- DSM diagnosis, treatment planning, and mental health assessment
- Conducted evidence based practice therapy with children, teens, and families in tehe community or at their homes
- Served as therapeutic team leader and collaborated with mental health professionals, parol officers, social workers, and teachers to provide quality mental health care for clients
0-5 years of experience
- Coordinated with the Registered Nurse and the interdisciplinary team, to perform mental health counseling.
- Provided behavioral intervention based on assessed needs for patients and routinely performed patient care duties.
- Provided individual and group therapy to patients with chronic mental illnesses, chemical dependency, and geriatric needs.
0-5 years of experience
- Provide connections and referrals to community agencies; psychiatry, counseling, family services, and juvenile systems.
- Collaborate with school staff to develop effective Individualized Education Plans and/or 504 Plans to resolve educational concerns.
- Deliver crisis intervention and critical incident stress management services.
- Promote personal growth in clients to overcome problems related to social interactions, mental/emotional health and family relationships.
- Support family units in establishing a safe and supportive environment that encourages successful growth and development.
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for implementing individual and group counseling within a residential unit for children and adolescents.
- Responsible for implementing individual and group programs through care supervision, monitoring and direction of the client.
- Use effective therapeutic methods for dealing and interacting with children with behavior and conduct disorders.
- Responsible for creating treatment plans through motivational enhancement, problem oriented and solution focused treatment.
- Create psychiatric reports for state agencies and private psychiatric facilities.
0-5 years of experience
Working for the ACT team that is focused and centered on the recovery of participants
- Providing weekly onsite and offsite individual therapy to adult participants who have mental health diagnosis, abuse drugs and alcohol, dual diagnosis and co-occurring disorders
- Completing recover plans monthly assisting participants to come up with their own practical behavioral goals
- Completing notes daily and other necessary materials such as releases, crisis intervention plans, housing request, making doctors’ appointments, safety plans, preventions plans, budgeting
- Delivering medications (mediations for psychotic and physical diagnosis) to the participants’ residence every day as well as completing wellbeing check
- Transporting participants to doctor appointments, court hearings, housing meeting with the state, the bank, grocery shopping
- The ACT team is also the rep-payee which allow us to manage participants’ money; educate on how to save and spend their money appropriately
- Having everyday case management team meetings with RN nurses, a psychiatrist, housing specialist, job specialist, drug and alcohol specialist, mental health specialist, and peer support specialist regarding the well-being of our participants (including medication management) and obtaining interventions
0-5 years of experience
- Participate as a member of a treatment team in developing and modifying treatment plans; implement treatment plans
- May serve as a lead person over other mental health paraprofessionals.
- Provide case management to mentally ill or elderly clients; may provide counseling, money management or other related services, as well as basic client counseling in groups or on an individual basis.
- Manage a small mental health or related program; assists in managing a large program.
- Maintain records, prepares reports and performs other administrative duties as required.
- Provide skilled direct 1:1 patient care to clients in a 24 hour psychiatric facility or day treatment program; evaluate patient progress and status, record clinical notes, advise physicians on treatment plans and medications, counsels’ clients and family.
0-5 years of experience
Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients’ treatment.
- Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.
- Counsel clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist them in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
- Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
- Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients.
0-5 years of experience
- Work on an ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) team with the main premise of housing the homeless with severe mental illness
- Assist with completing and working towards their ISP (Individual Service Plan)
- Assist clients with managing their daily basic needs
- Link clients with local community resources
- Tender Mercies Liaison; assist clients with attaining and maintaining appointments
0-5 years of experience
- Certified new staff on “CPI†(Crisis Prevention Intervention). Verbal de-escalation techniques, physical holds and restraints.
- Assisted Patients during ECT treatment.
- Led patient therapeutic groups (Creative writing groups, Challenges and Goals groups, Activity groups, etc.).
- Documented group notes and patient progress notes.
- Assisted patients with daily living routines.
- Utilized de-escalation strategies to assist patients with self-regulation.
- Managed complex patient situations.
- Monitored patient’s safety and well-being.
- Collected specimens, obtained vital signs and weights.
0-5 years of experience
- Assists in the direct care and management of patients as prescribed by the psychiatrists, therapists and treatment team
- Provides training, guidance and leadership to mental health associates as well as identifying areas of improvement and make recommendations in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
- Provides social, emotional and cognitive treatment through counseling interventions
- Develops, plans and implements daily therapeutic intervention treatment programs for the Pediatric & Adolescent populations
- Implements behavioral support plans that focuses on addressing and enhancing the patient’s social, emotional, cognitive and mental health issues and needs
- Provide daily therapeutic milieu management
0-5 years of experience
- Taught children with behavior challenges on how to handle day to day issues in a positive way
- Discussed treatment plans with parents and counselors
- Monitored changes and outcomes of children’s behavior
0-5 years of experience
- Administer counseling and casework services to 25 patients, including adults and adolescents.
- Provide crisis intervention services to patients who are a danger to themselves or others.
- Monitor patients’ treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status.
- Analyze patient behavior and group interactions to improve treatment processes.
0-5 years of experience
- Conduct therapeutic physical managements to assist troubled children
- Assist children with developing life skills and promote age-appropriate behavior
- Update treatment plans, evaluating child’s areas of growth and development needs
- Document appropriate behavioral health information in a timely manner.
0-5 years of experience
- Administer and deliver mental health counseling services to individuals and families
- Provide crisis intervention services to clients
- Monitor client’s treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status by creating and maintaining written records
- Act as a liaison between the youth and family and the service team and other providers
- Develop and maintain various supports and services in the community for the youth and family
- Assist the youth and family with identifying and establishing relationships with natural supports
0-5 years of experience
- Worked with patients and families to determine the goals for treatment.
- Collaborate with other mental health practitioners to develop treatment plans for patients
- Conduct individual group therapy sessions for patients suffering from mental illness.
- Assist in the oversight of group therapy sessions and ensure safety of patients and other specialists.
- Assist with determining the need for rehabilitation assessment.
- Make treatment recommendation for patients suffering from mental illness, and emotional and substance abuse problems.
0-5 years of experience
- Complete intakes, assess mental health needs and refer to Clinical Psychiatrist for further evaluation.
- Fulfilled the duties of a role model and leader for both youth and employees.
- Maintains effective comminution with treatment team and clients
- Create and maintain a support system for clients and coworkers
- Displayed remarkable skills in implementing crisis prevention and intervention techniques
10+ years of experience
- Establish therapeutic relationships with patients by modeling behaviors and setting limits.
- Leads and co-leads groups ensuring therapeutic outcome, based on patient census.
- Ensuring work areas are organized, safe, and ready for the next activity or shift.
- Effectively communicates by interacting with patients of diverse demographic backgrounds.
- Assists in planning patient activities and recreation schedules, including external outings.
0-5 years of experience
- Counsels clients with mental disorders/behaviors.
- Document encounters during sessions with clients.
- Prepare appointments for client meetings.
- Conducts social assessments for clients.
- Ensures all sessions are documented within a timely manner.
0-5 years of experience
- Assist licensed professional staff with assessing, planning, and providing mental health services in the clinic, institutions, field and community settings.
- Responsible for reliable transportation to provide mental health services along with providing the client with transportation to therapeutic settings.
- Assist with assuring compliance to all applicable rules, regulations, policy, and/or procedures of the agency and governing bodies.
- Work closely with Foster Care Agencies, Wrap Around Services, Law Enforcement Agencies, Courts and various community-based resources in providing services to clients and their families.
- Responsible for ongoing behavior monitoring, symptom monitoring and medication management monitoring in addition to reporting to medical providers and supervisors
- Resolve crisis situations such as suicide threats, suicide attempts, hostile behavior along with determining risks and needs so that services are provided to meet those needs
6-10 years of experience
- Monitor and provide support to clients transitioning from hospitals and crisis units in residential treatment.
- Monitoring client’s self-administration of medications.
- Facilitate therapeutic groups that include coping skills, self-awareness, understanding resources, and education of dual diagnosis.
- Conducting intake procedure when clients present to crisis unit.
- Monitor and manage dynamic flow on crisis unit.
- Promoted to three different programs while at Columbus Area Integrated Health that include: WRAP Services, Community Treatment Team, and IDDT/ACT Team.
- Street Outreach Volunteer with Salvation Army’s Human Trafficking Program 2014-2017.
- Achieved employee of the month in April, 2008 and October, 2013 at Columbus Area Inc.
- Achieved employee of the year in 2009 at Columbus Area Inc.
- Vice President and Secretary for National Criminal Justice Organization, chapter Lambda Alpha Epsilon in 2007 and 2008.
0-5 years of experience
- Mental health specialists are often responsible for providing counseling and casework services to patients.
- Responsibilities may include assessing patients’ mental status through interviews or observations and then developing treatment plans or making referrals to the appropriate services.
- Provide crisis intervention services to patients who are a danger to themselves or others.
- Mental health specialists monitor a patient’s treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status.
0-5 years of experience
- Skilled in working under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Counselor.
- Monitoring and tracking progress of patients
- Case notes and date collection.
- Provided emotional and mental to clients.
- Strong Organizational Skills
- Skilled in writing and implementing treatment plans
0-5 years of experience
- Provide individual and family skill building therapy session
- Work with individuals and families to determine their strength and needs
- Facilitate monthly meetings with individuals and families to evaluate goals and improvement areas
- Document and track progress of individuals and families on a weekly basis
0-5 years of experience
- Providing support on medical units with high acuity behavioral needs
- Relaying patient status information to medical team
- Providing support to Emergency department for patients with psychiatric evaluations.
- Implementing Crisis Intervention techniques to ensure safety and de-escalation
0-5 years of experience
- Offers support, guidance, and encouragement to each consumer through their individual paths of rehabilitation, recovery, and sense of independence
- Assists consumers with medical matters, financial needs, grocery shopping, nutrition lessons, transportation, and crisis intervention
- Shares responsibility with staff members to maintain the well-being of the consumers and the group home.
- Completes paperwork and shift duties within the designated period required by the program
0-5 years of experience
- Mental health specialists are often responsible for providing counseling and casework services to patients.
- Assessing patient’s mental status through interviews or observations and developing treatment plans or making referrals to the appropriate services.
- Mental health specialist monitor a patient’s treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status.
10+ years of experience
- Clinical triage and psychiatry support services
- Behavior Management and coaching
- Assist and lead groups for Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and other mental health issues
- Specialized knowledge, judgment and skills in both mental health diagnosis and treatment methods
- Responsible for answering the crisis line, safety planning, crisis planning, and helping families navigate the mental health system.
- Monitoring of clinic flow and patient vitals
0-5 years of experience
- Provide individual counseling services for adults
- Facilitate growth, mental stability and independence.
- Assist in the development, ongoing monitoring and implementation of an Individualized Service Plan
- Complete monthly, quarterly and annual reports
- Complete daily BIRP progress notes via Lauris
6-10 years of experience
- Provides quality mental health services to at-risk individuals in the community
- Advocates mental health needs of client, eliminating barriers and providing linkage to community resources
- Implements therapeutics techniques to aid in management of mental health symptoms
- Facilitates weekly interventions, reviewing treatment goals and objectives
- Monitors therapeutic progression, making appropriate revisions to treatment plan
0-5 years of experience
- Conduct psychosocial initial evaluation and interviews.
- Provide individual counseling with formerly incarcerated women.
- Facilitate daily therapeutic women’s groups.
- Write client progress reports to probation officers and judges.
- Implement evidenced-based case management needs.
- Ensure continuity of care and successful community reintegration of clients.
- Perform scientific literature searches in support of research.
- Collect data for performance measures and maintain confidentiality.
0-5 years of experience
- Complete intakes with families entering the shelter to assess level of mental health functioning and develop an individualized case plan.
- Provide case management services to shelter clients, including seriously mentally ill and severely emotionally disturbed clients, homeless individuals, and survivors of domestic violence.
- Monitor implementation of individualized case plan through weekly meetings.
- Provide direct services such as peer counseling, information and referrals, transportation, advocacy and coaching/training related to job searching, house searching, budgeting and applying for public benefits.
- Complete documentation in Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS).
- Attend staff meetings and professional development trainings.
- Member of Kings Partnership for Prevention – Mental and Emotional Wellbeing Workgroup (co-facilitating trainings on mental health for elementary school teachers).
- Certified in Mental Health First Aid and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills.
0-5 years of experience
- Teach/monitor individuals self-management skills
- Teach problem solving skills/ resolving conflicts
- Perform daily record keeping/daily logs
- Teach and administer medication skills according to DMR regulations
- Encourage Empowerment
- Sight and Sound Supervision
0-5 years of experience
- Provide direct care services to children with emotional disorders
- Support children in a crisis moments and implement behavior interventions
- De-escalate inappropriate behavior
- Maintain confidential notes in data base
0-5 years of experience
- Assess client’s needs and collaborate with client to complete individualized service plan
- Monitor client’s usage of agency prescribed medications
- Ensure client’s mental and physical health needs are met
- Maintain client’s records via case note entry
0-5 years of experience
- Provide discharge planning services to Mental Health Patients
- Work in conjunction with the treatment team to facilitate discharges
- Meet with families/patients to obtain/document Psychosocial history
0-5 years of experience
- Work with patients and families to determine the goals for patients’ treatment.
- Provide counseling and casework services to patients.
- Assess patients’ mental status through interviews and observations.
- Develop treatment plans or making referrals to the appropriate services for the patients.
- Provide crisis intervention services to patients who are a danger to themselves or others.
- Monitor patient’s treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status.
- Record and keep records of all patient interactions.
- Work with other mental health practitioners to develop treatment plans for patients.
0-5 years of experience
- Provide counseling and casework services to patients
- Complete comprehensive and mental health assessment.
- Monitor patient’s treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status
0-5 years of experience
- Completes initial and quarterly psychosocial assessments
- Develops individual, strengths-based care plans
- Provides case management services related to homelessness issues
- Works with clients with severe and persistent mental illness
- Assisted with linking clients to health care and mental health providers
- Collaborates client care with Department of Health, Department of Mental Health, and The Housing Authority of Los Angeles.
- Participates in ongoing Case Management Workshops, clinical supervision, and other mental health related trainings.
- Familiar with Harm Reduction practices to service clients
- Assisted with permanent housing for clients experiencing homelessness
0-5 years of experience
- Advocate for students’ education, safety and well-being
- Assist with researching resources for students and their families within the community
- Attend clinician meetings, supervision, and staff meetings as required
- Complete tasks as needed by Supervisors
- Educate students on how to navigate through high school and manage associated stressors
- Establish, update and maintain student files
- Motivate and introduce students to new activities occurring within SBYSP and EHS
- Provide case management and crisis intervention to students on caseload
- Use clinical skills to provide individual, family and group counseling
0-5 years of experience
Taught Coping Skills to Students.
- Taught Students to deal with Behavior Problems.
- Taught Families to deal with mental health problems.
- Taught Families skills to successfully cope in the home.
0-5 years of experience
- Teach Social Skills and Teach Independent Living Skills
- Provide crisis intervention services to patients who are a danger to themselves or others.
- Assist in providing mental health care to patients.
- Monitor a Client treatment progress and keep track of his or her mental status.
- Written and Electronic records must be kept of all patient interactions.
- Participate in patient’s treatment planning with other staff members.
- Establishing an open and trustworthy relationship with patients.
- Insert notes
- Taking vital signs (only on Dr. day)
0-5 years of experience
- Maintain safe environment
- Administer medication to youth when necessary
- Provide and create structure
0-5 years of experience
- Mentor the youth
- Assist with assignments
- Monitor Behavior Changes and Document using the computer
Rate This Article
Mental Health Specialist
Last edited by: Gabriela Barcenas, CONTENT STRATEGIST -
Gabriela Barcenas
CONTENT STRATEGISTGabriela is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and career adviser. With 10 years of digital media experience and five years of resume writing expertise, her publication history includes fashion, education, travel, social justice, equitable design and career advice.
