Mental Health Practitioner - Residential & Crisis Programs

Radias Health • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $27 - $29 • Onsite

About The Position

The Mental Health Practitioner Float provides professional, quality services to clients across Community Foundations IRTS, Carlson Drake House IRTS, ReEntry House IRTS, and ReEntry Crisis. The practitioner works with team members to help clients obtain and maintain an optimum quality of life consistent with their needs and preferences. Services use evidence-based practices adapted for the agency and each client’s needs, with an emphasis on direct services in community-based intensive treatment settings to help clients achieve their goals.

This role supports adults across residential and crisis stabilization programs and involves working with diverse teams and clients. The position is fully onsite at facilities in Maplewood, Bloomington, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The schedule is 32 hours per week, on evening shifts from 4 p.m. to midnight or overnight shifts from midnight to 8 a.m.; most scheduled hours occur Friday through Monday. Monthly schedules are provided in advance. Pay is $27.48 per hour for evening shifts and $28.99 per hour for overnight shifts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral science or a related field.
• 2,000 hours of supervised experience delivering services to people with mental illness.
• Ability to transport clients in the community.
• Successful completion of the required medication test before administering medications.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services to residents.
• Provide staff coverage, ensure facility security, and generally supervise residents.
• Complete paperwork, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational groups.
• After successfully completing the required medication test, administer medications under the facility nurse’s supervision.
• Conduct resident house meetings in collaboration with the Peer Recovery Specialist.
• Assist therapists in developing treatment plans.
• Work effectively and professionally with other treatment team members and attend scheduled team meetings.
• Assist with orientation of new admissions to residential care.
• Teach and develop independent living skills, including relaxation, conversation skills, housekeeping, and budgeting.
• Identify individuals at risk of behavior emergencies and assist therapists with developing appropriate additional programming.
• Help defuse and de-escalate potential behavior emergencies and assist with developing additional programming appropriate to clients’ needs.
• Assist with discharge planning.
• Maintain regular work hours.
• Comply with applicable Minnesota statutes and rules governing IRTS and Residential Crisis facilities, including DHS variance requirements, MDH SLF (Class A), MS 253B, Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults, Duty to Warn, and the Minnesota Data Practices Act.
• Participate in ongoing professional growth and development, maintain appropriate professional behavior, and participate in appropriate supervision.
• Transport clients in the community.
• Administer BACs and UDs as scheduled or according to the client’s treatment plan.
• Use crisis assessment tools for suicidal or aggressive behaviors and consult the on-call supervisor or therapist and other emergency resources as needed.

Benefits

• Four weeks of accrued PTO in the first year of employment
• 12 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Dependent Care Account (DCA) with employer contribution
• Reimbursement for professional licensure fees
• Routine supervision from a Mental Health Professional, with access to licensure supervision opportunities
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer percentage match
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Bereavement and paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness program
• Discounts through ADP LifeSmart
• Pet insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Casual dress code

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level