Recovery Aide Oak Branch

Mount Rogers Community Services Board; Marion (VA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Rogers Community Services Board seeks a caregiver to support individuals with serious emotional disturbance in a mental health group home. You will help implement recovery plans and provide necessary support.

Responsibilities include household duties like cooking and cleaning to ensure safety and licensure compliance, participating in team meetings, and assisting with independent living skills and medication administration under physician orders.

Qualifications

• Ability to interact with people in a supportive and therapeutic manner.
• Knowledge of mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse disorders.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Self-motivated with capacity to work independently as needed.
• Valid Virginia Driver's License and DMV record.

Responsibilities

• To ensure a clean and safe environment by house cleaning, grocery shopping, meal planning and preparation, and safety checks.
• Participate in self-directed team activities, meetings and trainings.
• Assist with teaching independent living skills based on service plan goals.
• Maintain, administer and document medications per physician orders and regulatory standards.
• Administer basic first aid and maintain CPR/First Aid certifications.
• Assist with answering calls, referrals and data entry into Credible; handle intake paperwork.
• Intervene in crisis situations and seek consultation from team members as needed.

Skills

Therapeutic communication

Mental health knowledge

Written communication

Teamwork

Independent work

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

To provide services to individuals with serious emotional disturbance within a mental health group home. Will provide support and instruction as needed and assist treatment team members in implementing individualized recovery plans. Will complete household duties such as cooking, as well as cleaning, to ensure safety and compliance with licensure regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. To ensure a clean and safe environment by performing such tasks as house cleaning, grocery shopping, meal planning and preparation, as well as fire drills and fire extinguisher checks.


2. To participate in the activities of a self-directed team, and as needed, assigned or scheduled, to attend meetings, and trainings events.


3. Assist with teaching independent living skills based on an execution of their individualized service plan goals.


4. To maintain, administer and document medications in accordance with written physician’s orders and regulatory standards, and to maintain current certification in the Board’s approved medication training program, and to observe persons for potential side effects of medications and to notify appropriate staff if necessary.


5. Administer basic first aid as needed and maintain current certification in CPR, First Aid and other training required by supervisor.


6. Assist with answering phone calls, taking referrals, and entering data into Credible. Assist with administrative intake paperwork.


7. To appropriately intervene in crisis situations and emergencies, making referrals and seeking consultation from other team members as needed.

KEY ABILITIES

• Ability to interact with people in a supportive and therapeutic manner


• Knowledge of the nature of mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse disorders


• Good oral and written communication skills


• Ability to work as part of a team


• Must be able to work independently and with supervision available at broadly spaced intervals

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIRED

-Valid Virginia Driver's Licenseand copy of DMV safe driving record