Basic Living Skills Instructor

AltaPointe Health • Mobile, AL

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About The Position

The Basic Living Skills Instructor works in AltaPointe Health’s Adult Outpatient Programs, which provide a least restrictive level of care and clinical interventions to help adults decrease symptoms, resolve problems, stabilize, recover, and prevent movement to a higher level of care. Treatment varies according to each consumer’s presenting symptoms. The instructor assesses consumers’ skill deficits using the DLA-20, teaches and demonstrates skills, evaluates understanding, and supports consumers in applying the skills they learn. The role collaborates with supervisors and treatment team members, responds to crises, and maintains timely and complete clinical documentation. The position also involves required training and meetings and the physical activities described in the posting.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be at least 23 years old.
• Valid, verifiable driver’s license and clear driving record.
• Within six months of employment, attain knowledge of basic living skills and how to teach them to adults with mental illness.
• Within six months of employment, attain knowledge of the Daily Living Activities 20 assessment.
• Within six months of employment, attain knowledge of appropriate ways to interact with the population served.
• Within six months of employment, attain knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.

Responsibilities

• Assess consumers for areas of deficit as determined by the DLA-20.
• Instruct patients in improving abilities in deficit areas.
• Demonstrate and assist consumers with tasks to evaluate their comprehension.
• Educate patients on continuing to use acquired skills.
• Follow institutional policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, and safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
• Recognize elements of a crisis and de-escalate or resolve situations.
• Collaborate with the supervisor to ensure steps to engage patients are completed and patients are set up for success.
• Collaborate with treatment team members and regularly provide feedback on patient status.
• Seek clinical supervision and consultation as needed and use suggestions for improvement.
• Document services promptly, within 24 hours of patient contact, and maintain appropriate, complete records in each patient’s chart.
• Treat consumers, visitors, and coworkers courteously and respectfully; preserve patient dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; and be sensitive to individual needs, expectations, and differences.
• Follow AltaPointe policies and procedures.
• Attend required in-service training, scheduled meetings, and workshops.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED