IRTS/RCS Mental Health Practitioner

Residential Services, Inc. - MN; Cambridge (MN); On-site; USD 33,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

403(b) retirement plan with employer 


Paid Time Off (PTO)

Paid training

$500 refer-a-friend bonus

Employee Assistance Program

Long-term disability and life ins.

Flexible scheduling

Wellness & resources programs

Recognition & rewards programs

Tuition assistance programs

Job summary

Residential Services, Inc. (RSI) invites applications for a part-time Mental Health Practitioner in Cambridge, MN.

You will work with a treatment team within a residential crisis stabilization and IRTS setting to develop and implement plans that support psychiatric stability and independent living skills. The role requires 24–32 hours per week with 7:00am–3:00pm or 2:00pm–10:00pm shifts, every-other weekend, and a weekly in-person Monday meeting.

Qualifications

• Post-offer background and MVR check is required.
• Have 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related field plus 2000 hours of experience with individuals with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities; or
• Have 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related field and completed practicum/internship focusing on behavioral sciences with direct interaction with individuals served; or
• Have 4000 hours of experience delivering services to individuals with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities; or
• Have 2000 hours of experience providing services to individuals with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities and receive supervision weekly until 4000 hours; or
• Have a master's or other graduate degree in a behavioral sciences or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop treatment plans, functional assessments, and discharge summaries, ensuring they are implemented and reported as required by licenser/certification standards.
• Promote consumer empowerment and provide symptom management and relapse prevention skills.
• Safely monitor and guide activities, considering behavioral and psychiatric stability, cultural needs, and vulnerabilities.
• Provide supervision and training to meet the physical and personal needs of people receiving services.
• Provide crisis prevention intervention and resolution techniques per agency policies and risk management plans.
• Accurately document medication administration and maintain charts per RSI policies.
• Assist with household tasks and transportation to promote independence.
• Respond to needs and interests of individuals through review and assessment of services.
• Complete thorough documentation within required timeframes.
• Attend trainings and weekly team meetings.

Education

master's or other graduate degree in a behavioral sciences or related field

Job description

Residential Services, Inc. (RSI) has a part-time Mental Health Practitioner opening with our Lotus Grace program in Cambridge, MN. This position will work within a 24/7 Residential Crisis Stabilization (RCS) and Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) team to develop and implement treatment plans and services that enable the service recipient to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, personal and emotional adjustment and independent living and community skills.

Schedule: This position is for 24-32 hours per week and includes 7:00am-3:00pm and 2:00pm-10:00pm shifts. Every-other weekend is required as well as a mandatory weekly in-person meeting on Mondays from 8:00am-10:00am.

Salary: $24.00-$25.00 per hour

About RSI Lotus Grace:

Located on a serene 20-acre hobby farm in Cambridge, MN, RSI’s Lotus Grace IRTS & RCS setting is designed to support up to five people. The mission at Lotus Grace is to assist in addressing mental health in our community by providing services aimed to meet the immediate support needs of people experiencing mental health crises in a licensed residential setting. Our unique nature-based setting, complete with a variety of farm animals, creates a peaceful environment for healing, growth, and recovery.

What we offer:

• Health and dental insurance (Full-time)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching
• Paid Time Off (PTO) for full-time and part-time staff
• Paid training
• $500 refer-a-friend bonus
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long-term disability and life insurance (Full-time)
• Flexible scheduling
• Employee wellness & resource programs
• Employee recognition & rewards programs
• Eligible employees may qualify for tuition assistance and student loan forgiveness through state and federal assistance programs.

What You’ll do as a Mental Health Practitioner:

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will work with the treatment team in developing, implementing, and evaluating treatment programs for adults experiencing psychiatric instability. You will provide support and services that are rehabilitative and help the recipient to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent living skills. Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop treatment plans, functional assessments, individual abuse prevention plans, level of care assessments and discharge summaries and plans, ensuring that they are implemented, reviewed, revised as necessary and reported on as required by licenser/certification standard.
• Encourage consumer empowerment by promoting individual participation in support service development and provide service recipients with mental illness symptom management and relapse prevention skills to enable them to manage their mental illness.
• Safely monitor and guide the activities of each person, taking into account the person’s level of behavioral and psychiatric stability, cultural needs, and vulnerabilities.
• Provide supervision, assistance, and training to meet the physical and personal needs of people receiving services (e.g., health, grooming, bathing, toileting, eating, socialization).
• Provide appropriate supervision and crisis prevention intervention and resolution techniques, following agency policies and procedures, risk management plans and individual support plans.
• Provide accurate medication administration and documentation in accordance with RSI’s policies.
• Assist people receiving services with household responsibilities (e.g. shopping, meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, budgeting, banking) and transportation allowing them to achieve maximum independence based upon individual skills and abilities.
• Respond to the needs, desires and interests of people receiving services through proper review, implementation, and assessment of services, in accordance with the individual treatment support plans.
• Complete thorough and accurate documentation ensuring all documentation is completed within the required time frames.
• Attend trainings and meetings as required by RSI policy and licensing requirements, including weekly team meetings.

For this position, you will need:

• To pass a post-offer background and MVR check

You will also need to meet one of the following qualification requirements:

• Have at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related field and 2000 hours of experience with individuals with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities; or
• Have at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related field andhavecompleted a practicum or internship that focused on behavioral sciences or related field that required direct interaction with individuals served; or
• Have 4000 hours of experience in the delivery of services to individuals with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities; or
• Have 2000 hours of experience providing services to individuals with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities andreceivetreatment supervision at least once per week until obtaining 4000 hours of experience; or
• Have a master'sor other graduate degree in a behavioral sciences or related field.

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RSI is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, age, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or status with regard to public assistance.

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Department: Program Services
This is a non-management position
This is a part time position

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