MH Rehab Worker, Part time Freshstart, Duluth, MN

St. Francis Health Services; Duluth, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

HSA contributions

Life insurance

Job summary

Prairie Community Services seeks a Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker to assist persons served in their homes and communities, helping maximize daily living and self-help skills. Starting wage is $23.00 per hour.

You will implement individual plans, provide supportive activities, monitor health and behavior, and ensure timely documentation. The role requires meeting specific education or life-experience qualifications, ongoing supervision, and completion of required training within the first

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• AS degree in behavioral sciences or human services, or RN without bachelor’s degree.
• In the past ten years: relevant life experience in mental health caregiving or 4,000 hours of supervised paid work in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Follow each person's Individual Program Plan.
• Provide positive social interaction with persons served.
• Conduct activities in home and community per plans.
• Monitor and document medical conditions and behavior.
• Report concerns to supervisors clearly and promptly.
• Complete and submit documentation on time.
• Ensure quarterly reports are written, scheduled, and submitted.

Skills

Communication

Cultural awareness

Education

AS degree in behavioral sciences or human services

RN without bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Category: Mental Health

Requisition Number: MHREH001891

• Part-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Description

About the job: As a Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker, you will provide support and assistance to persons served in their homes and communities and help maximize the self-help skills of persons served in the areas of daily living, coping, boundaries, education, employment, housing, benefits, medication monitoring, and mental and physical health. Starting wage is $23.00 per hour.

Essential job responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Follow persons served's Individual Program Plan.
• Be available to persons served to provide positive social interaction.
• Conduct appropriate activities in persons served's home and community in conjunction with individual plans.
• Monitor, report and document all unusual behavior and overall medical condition of persons served.
• Communicate concerns, suggestions, and information to supervisors in a complete, accurate, prompt, respectful and timely manner.
• Complete, sign, date and submit all documentation in a timely manner.
• Assure all quarterlies are written, scheduled, held and submitted timely.

Qualifications:

Must be 18 years of age or as dictated by certification requirements and meet the following qualifications:

1. has an associate of arts degree in one of the behavioral sciences or human services, or
2. is a registered nurse without a bachelor's degree, or
3. who within the previous ten years has:

• a. three (3) years of life experience with serious and persistent mental illness;
• b. three (3) years of life experience as a primary caregiver to an adult with a serious mental illness or traumatic brain injury (TBI); or
• c. 4,000 hours of supervised paid work experience in the delivery of mental health service to adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) or TBI, or

Meets all the following:

1. is fluent in the non-English language or competent of the culture of the ethnic group to which at least 50% of the mental health rehabilitative worker’s persons served belong; and
2. received during the first 2000 hours of work, monthly documented individual clinical supervision by a mental health professional; and
3. has 18 hours of documented field supervision by a mental health professional or practitioner during the first 160 hours of contact work with persons served, and at least six (6) hours of field supervision quarterly during the following year; and
4. has review and co-signature of charting of person served contacts during field supervision by a mental health progression or practitioner; and
5. has 40 hours of additional continuing education on mental health topics during the first year of employment in the mental health field.

Must successfully complete 30 hours of training during the previous two-year period in, at least but not limited to, the following areas:

• Person served rights
• Person served - centered individual treatment planning
• Behavioral terminology
• Mental illness
• Co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
• Psychotropic medications and side effects
• Functional assessment
• Local community resources
• Adult vulnerability
• Person Served confidentiality/HIPAA per MN Statues

Benefits That Support You:

• Your well-being matters to us. That's why we provide paid time off - Personal Leave Time (PLT) and Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST).
• Comprehensive Health Coverage - 90% employer-paid employee health insurance, with access to spouse and family plans.
• Health Savings Account Contributions - $150 per month toward your HSA when enrolled in our insurance.
• Peace of Mind - $20,000 employer-sponsored life insurance. Plus, access to an additional voluntary plan.
• Retirement Readiness - Strong retirement plan options with employer contributions, plus financial education resources to help you prepare for whatever life brings.
• Additional Voluntary Benefits - dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, short- and long-term disability (STD/LTD), and accident insurance to fit your individual and family needs.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Work Schedule

Why choose us:

At Prairie Community Services, we respect life, self, colleagues and others. We work with persons served living in our residential sites and Community Based Services Programs to help identify their challenges and disabilities and to assist, encourage, teach, and utilize their capabilities and skills to the limits of their potential hopes and dreams.

As part of a mission-focused nonprofit that values integrity, commitment, respect, excellence, service and stewardship, we will train you for success!

Prairie Community Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications

Experience

Preferred

List the last three years of work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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