Mental Health Practitioner - Residential & Crisis Programs
About The Position
RADIAS Health is hiring a Mental Health Practitioner to provide services across its Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) and crisis stabilization programs. The role supports adults in their recovery across Community Foundations IRTS, Carlson Drake House IRTS, Re-Entry House IRTS, and Re-Entry House Crisis. Practitioners work with treatment teams to help clients achieve and maintain an optimum quality of life consistent with their needs and preferences. Services use evidence-based practices adapted to the agency and each client, with an emphasis on community-based intensive treatment and direct client support. This is a 32-hour-per-week, fully onsite role. Evening shifts are 4 p.m. to midnight and pay $27.48 per hour; overnight shifts are midnight to 8 a.m. and pay $28.99 per hour. Most scheduled hours occur Friday through Monday, and monthly schedules are provided in advance. Facilities are located in Maplewood, Bloomington, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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.
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 passing 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 with developing treatment plans.
- Work professionally and effectively with treatment team members and attend scheduled team meetings.
- Help orient new admissions to residential care.
- Teach and develop independent living skills, including relaxation, conversation skills, housekeeping, and budgeting.
- Identify clients prone to behavior emergencies and assist therapists in developing appropriate additional programming.
- Help defuse and de-escalate potential behavior emergencies and assist in developing additional programming suited to clients’ needs.
- Assist with discharge planning.
- Maintain a regular work schedule.
- Comply with applicable Minnesota statutes and rules regulating IRTS and residential crisis facilities, including requirements concerning vulnerable adults, duty to warn, and data practices.
- Participate in ongoing professional development, maintain appropriate professional behavior, and participate in appropriate supervision.
- Transport clients in the community.
- Administer BACs and UDs as scheduled or according to clients’ treatment plans.
- Use crisis assessment tools for suicidal or aggressive behaviors and consult the on-call supervisor, therapist, or emergency resources as needed.
Benefits
- Four weeks of accrued paid time off in the first year of employment.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Tuition reimbursement and 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 match.
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Bereavement leave and paid parental leave.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Wellness program.
- Discounts through ADP LifeSmart.
- Pet insurance.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- Casual dress code.
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Job Type
Full-time
