Independent Living Skills Coach/ Medication Room -Elk River

About the position

The Independent Living Skills Coach/Mental Health Worker works as part of an Intensive Residential Treatment Services team that provides care, treatment and rehabilitation for persons served who are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms; who are demonstrating significant functional impairments; and who may have co-occurring disorders. This role focuses on ensuring quality care to help clients live their best life.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to person(s) served in order to promote their physical, social, and psychological well-being.
• Interacts frequently and positively with person(s) served and support staff to promote the rights of the person(s) served to achieve an enhanced quality of life.
• Assists Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioners with requested needs.
• Follows agency procedures to promote optimum health care, safety practice and behavioral supports to maintain the well-being of person(s) served.
• Performs administrative duties (scanning, faxing, organizing).
• Oversees meal preparation and grocery shopping.
• Cleans and maintains a safe environment.
• Transports clients.
• Manages food/cleaning budget.
• Provides group and individual services for clients.
• Teaches clients independent living skills.
• Develops and maintains a cooperative working relationship with various teams.
• Provides necessary financial management for the day-to-day operations of the program using established practices and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with training licensing regulations and company policies and procedures.
• Administers and monitors medication.
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment.
• Manages the day-to-day therapeutic environment including the prevention of crisis at the lowest level of escalation.
• Develops and participates in community and in-house recreational and leisure activities.
• Completes all documentation as required to ensure quality services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• GED or High School Diploma with 2,000 supervised hours in the delivery of services to adults with serious mental illness.
• Bachelor's degree preferred in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university.