Mental Health Assistant - PERS
About The Position
The PERS Mental Health Assistant will look forward to meaningful, rewarding work with opportunities to develop clinical skills through regular supervision. Join a supportive, diverse team that allows collaboration with experienced colleagues. Our positive environment values diversity and provides avenues to take on special projects, aligning with your interests. Enjoy the potential for career advancement plus an efficient electronic health record system. Under the supervision of the PERS Program Coordinator, monitors the health, safety, and security of multiple consumers simultaneously via the electronic Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) monitors. Responds to their needs verbally and in person, or by arranging for an appropriate response. PERS runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is a midnight position, 6 pm-6 am.
Requirements
- Candidates must be committed to our shared values and commitment to community care, including clinical excellence, community inclusion, community benefit, innovation, integrated care, and improvement.
- Strong teaming skills are required for our collaborative approach to treatment.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Valid MI driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Able to work weekends and holidays.
- Able to work independently with no supervision.
- Able to discern multiple conversations and noises while external sounds and distractions are present in a room.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to learn computer operations and documentation procedures, operation of office equipment, filing, and other tasks as assigned.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience working with Adults with Intellectual/Developmental disabilities and/or Adults with Mental Illness preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Monitors the health, safety, and security of multiple consumers simultaneously via the electronic Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) monitors.
- Responds to consumer needs verbally and in person, or by arranging for an appropriate response.
- Works a rotating midnight position from 6 pm-6 am, including every other weekend and holidays.
- Learns computer operations and documentation procedures, operation of office equipment, filing, and other tasks as assigned.
Benefits
- Employee Signing Incentive for Regular Full-Time Employees: $2,000, less applicable taxes.
- Generous benefits package effective on Day 1 for Regular Full-time employees.
- 5% employer retirement contribution.
- Voluntary 457(b) salary deferment plan.
- Employer-paid 2X salary life insurance.
- Long-term disability.
- Generous contributions to BCBS medical.
- Generous contributions to Delta Dental.
- Vision coverage.
- Short-term disability.
- Accident coverage.
- Legal and identity theft programs.
- Voluntary life insurance.
- Spring Health Mental Health Wellness program offering free counseling, life coaches, and self-care tools.
- Generous paid time off with vacation, sick, personal, and 13 holidays (4 floating).
- More choices through our Cafeteria Benefit plan.
- Opportunities to develop clinical skills through regular supervision.
- Supportive, diverse team environment.
- Avenues to take on special projects.
- Potential for career advancement.
- Efficient electronic health record system.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
