Mental Health Practitioner

CCRI • Moorhead, MN

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Provide professional, person-centered rehabilitative services to people with serious mental illness, helping enable the person to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent living and community skills. The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) provides client-centered rehabilitative services to individuals experiencing the symptoms of mental illness, including treatment plan-based interventions, and ensuring coordination across the individuals support system. The MHP is responsible for providing services which will enable the recipient to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent-living and community skills.

Requirements

• Qualified by a master's or other graduate degree in the behavioral sciences or related fields.
• Completed 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields and 2,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to adults with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities and completes 30 hours of additional training on mental illness, recovery and resiliency, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, and psychotropic medications and side effects.
• Fluent in the non-English language of the ethnic group to which at least 50 percent of the practitioner's clients belong and completes 30 hours of additional training on mental illness, recovery and resiliency, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and psychotropic medications and side effects.
• Working in an adult day treatment program (ADT).
• Completed a practicum or internship that required direct interaction with adults served and was focused on behavioral sciences or related fields.
• In the process of completing a practicum or internship as part of a formal undergraduate or graduate program in social work, psychology, or counseling.
• Completed 4,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to adults with mental illness, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities and completes 30 hours of training on mental illness, recovery and resiliency, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and psychotropic medications and side effects.
• At least 2,000 hours of supervised experience and receives treatment supervision at least once per week until meeting the requirement of 4,000 hours in the delivery of services to adults with mental illness or substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities and completes 30 hours of training on mental illness, recovery and resiliency, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and psychotropic medications and side effects.
• Valid driver's license.
• Reliable transportation.
• Car insurance.
• Able to meet insurability standards.
• Meet all employment requirements.
• Proficiency in speaking and writing in the English language is required.

Nice To Haves

• TEAM FIRST mindset: "how can I help you today?"
• TRUSTED ADVOCATE: use expertise to understand client needs and apply knowledge to help them get the best result, and to stand with them in their growth and discomfort.
• EXTREME PATIENCE: remain patient and kind in all interactions, offer grace, and express frustrations in a private and professional way, when necessary.
• BOLD INITIATIVE: ask questions, gather information, and consult resources to identify a next step or solution.
• ENTHUSIASTIC ADAPTABILITY: ability to quickly and enthusiastically adapt to new circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional, person-centered rehabilitative services to people with serious mental illness.
• Help individuals develop and enhance psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent living and community skills.
• Provide client-centered rehabilitative services to individuals experiencing the symptoms of mental illness.
• Implement treatment plan-based interventions.
• Ensure coordination across the individual's support system.

Benefits

• Rewarding work
• Flexible schedule
• Positive and fun work environment
• Employee referral bonus program
• Casual dress code
• Tuition assistance/scholarship opportunities including the national Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Plan (HDHP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Dental
• Vision
• Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Short- and long-term disability
• Voluntary Term Life insurance
• A 4% match on 401k contributions (immediately 100% vested and available after one year of employment)
• Paid vacation and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees