Personal Housing Instructor

Turning Point Community Programs; Chico (CA); Presencial; USD 28.000 - 29.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Turning Point Community Programs is hiring for a direct service role in California to support clients who are dually diagnosed with mental health and developmental disabilities. Under supervision, you will teach and assist clients to live independently in their homes and advocate for their expressed goals.

Responsibilities include helping clients develop housing skills, building relationships with landlords and services, and providing crisis intervention when needed.

Qualificações

• Two (2) to less than four (4) years of full-time equivalent experience in a mental health or related field providing direct mental health services.

Responsabilidades

• Assists assigned clients in identifying and progressing toward client-chosen goals.
• Supports clients with developing practical housing skills and positive relationships with peers, housemates, neighbors, and landlords; and cultivates networks with landlords and housing/employment resources.
• Provides consultation and assistance to landlords, property owners, and employers.
• Empowers clients in meeting their goals and learning to access emergency services, mail, and phone services.
• Instructs clients in independent living skills (housekeeping, laundry, food prep, hygiene, budgeting, safety).
• Encourages community participation and completes intake with new admissions.
• Occasionally carries a small caseload and participates in rotational after-hours on-call duty.
• Attends to health, safety, and well-being; provides on-the-spot counseling or crisis intervention as needed.

Descrição da vaga

GENERAL PURPOSE

Under the guidance of the coverage supervisor, this position is responsible for teaching and assisting clients who are dually diagnosed with a mental health diagnosis and developmental disability.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

This is an at-will direct service position within a program. The position is responsible for assisting and advocating for our members in meeting their expressed goals while living in the community. Staff will provide instruction to clients in the skills necessary to live independently in their home and support the client in learning advocacy skills.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that could be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this class.

• Assists assigned clients in identifying and progressing toward the achievement of client-chosen goals.
• Supports clients with developing practical housing skills and positive relationships with peers, housemates, neighbors, and landlords; and cultivating strong relationships/networks with landlords, other housing service providers, and employment resources.
• Provides consultation and assistance to landlords, property owners, and employers.
• Empowers clients in meeting their goals, including supporting opportunities for clients to make informed decisions regarding their needs.
• Instruct client in performance of various independent living skills; EG, housekeeping, laundry, food preparation, hygiene, yard work, nutrition, budgeting, and safety.
• Instruct the client in learning how to access emergency services, mail, and phone services.
• Encourages clients to participate in the development and implementation of activities in the community.
• Completes intake process with new admissions.
• Occasionally carries a small caseload.
• Responsible for rotational after-hours on-call duty.
• Attends to the health, safety, and well-being of clients.
• Provide on-the-spot counseling or crisis intervention as needed.
• Completes paperwork as assigned promptly.
• Provides prompt intervention in the event of a crisis, both to stop the crisis and to notify, when indicated, persons and agencies necessary for the resolution of the crisis.
• Completes paperwork as assigned promptly.

Minimum Qualifications And Certifications & Licenses

Education, Training, and Experience:

A typical way of obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities outlined above is through working at least two (2) years but less than four (4) years of full-time/equivalent experience in a mental health or related field providing direct mental health services. Lived experience is a plus.

Licenses; Certificates; Special Requirements

• California driver’s license & current vehicle insurance/registration if driving; and,
• Reliable means of transportation capable of passing vehicle safety inspection if more than five years old, excluding all modes of two-wheeled transport, inclusive of bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles.

Full Time

Tuesday-Saturday 3:30PM-12:00 AM

Part Time

Saturday and Sunday 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM

40 Hours Total Per Week & Eligible For Benefits

Compensation

$20.00 - $20.81 an hour.

located at 10850 Gold Center Drive, Suite 325, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670