Schedule: On-call
Pay: $22.50-$24.37
General Responsibility: Under the supervision of the Program Director, the Mental Health Worker is responsible for providing direct care within a psychosocial rehabilitation program (residential program) for adults with psychiatric and co-occurring disorders (including substance abuse) with a mission to assist clients in moving towards housing in less restrictive settings in the community. Direct care includes responsibilities for the care and supervision of clients and client-related activities such as teaching and modeling daily living and socialization skills, as well as assisting clients with medication management, transportation, and other treatment-related interventions, including safety planning activities. This position is responsible for implementing techniques and strategies for assisting clients with achieving their goals and objectives.
Specific Responsibilities:
- All shifts, including On-Call, Day, PM, and Overnight, are awake shifts and require full attention to the clients, facility, and assigned tasks.
- Responsible for direct care of clients, and assists with case management for clients.
- Participates in treatment planning and crisis intervention as needed, consulting as appropriate.
- Teaches and monitors activities of daily living; provides hands-on instruction and guidance. This includes daily, weekly, and other household chores, including cleaning, transportation, meal preparation and cooking, assisting clients to understand and follow the program guidelines, and various other activities.
- Teaches, guides, and assists clients in menu planning, shopping, and preparing meals.
- Monitors and documents treatment/program progress, timely, accurately, and in accordance with agency policies and procedures, CCL regulations, and DMH standards and policies. This may include progress notes, weekly summaries, individual and/or group notes, incident reports, rounds, and medication accountability records. All documentation is expected to be completed using agency electronic tools and software, as well as those that are done outside of the computer EHR. Documentation is to be filed completely and accurately.
- Participates in treatment team meetings, case reviews, staff meetings, supervision sessions and trainings as assigned.
- Responsible for reporting of unusual occurrences, as per agency policy and procedure and CCL and DMH regulations.
- Monitors clients’ self-administration of prescribed medications as per agency policy and procedure,including related timely and accurate reporting and documentation.
- Assists clients in developing self-advocacy skills and empowerment by accompanying client toappointments and/or by assisting with phone calls.
- Provides transportation in agency vehicle for clients to attend outings, meetings or other therapeutic ormedical activity/appointments. Drives agency vehicle for other agency business as assigned. Although notcommon, you may also be directed to transport clients in your personal vehicle in emergency situations (suchas in the emergency evacuation of site).
- Leads and monitors activity program that encourages and promotes wellness and socialization.Activities take place within the program and in the general community.
- Monitors and reports facility conditions to ensure the health and safety of clients and compliance withtitle 9, 22, 17.
- Responds to individual client needs as deemed beneficial by the treatment team.
- Always treats clients with dignity, respect, courtesy and communicates in an adult-to-adult manner.
- Other related duties as needed
Compensation details: 22.5-24.37 Hourly Wage
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