Mental Health Rehab Worker - Earn retention bonuses!

FAMILY & CHILDRENS CENTER • Winona, MN

5d • $12 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as a part-time Mental Health Rehab Worker at Hiawatha Hall in Winona, MN! This position provides direct care services to program clients and helps to ensure a calm and appropriate therapeutic environment in the home. The role involves developing and implementing therapeutic and recreational activities, providing structure and support to residents, managing emotional and behavioral issues, assisting clients with independent living skills, enforcing house rules, conducting hourly checks, serving as a role model, providing client transportation, participating in floor time and level assessments, participating in the "on call" schedule, conducting groups as directed, completing daily logs and encounter notes, and dispensing medications. In the absence of an RN, the worker may fill medication minders, order refills, and provide medication education. Staff must remain awake during all work hours. General team member duties include attending staff meetings and trainings, documenting therapeutic encounters, recording client progress, participating as a member of the treatment team, and contributing to the development of house policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Be fluent in the non-English language or competent in the culture of the ethnic group to which at least 20% of the mental health rehabilitation worker’s client’s belong.
• Have an associates of arts degree.
• Have two full years of full –time postsecondary educations or a total of 15 semester hours or 23 quarter hours in behavior sciences or related fields.
• Be a registered nurse.
• Have, within the previous ten years, three years of personal life experience with mental illness.
• Have, within the previous ten years, three years of life experience as a primary caregiver to an adult with a mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, or developmental disability.
• Have, within the previous ten years, 2,000 hours of work experience providing health and human services to individuals.
• Strong verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to work with and relate to adults with serious mental illness.
• Proficient at personal computer standard applications (Word, Excel, E-mail, etc.).
• Use of fax and photocopy machine.

Nice To Haves

• A mental health rehabilitation worker who is scheduled as an overnight staff person and works alone is exempt from the additional qualification requirements in paragraph (2).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a schedule of therapeutic and recreational activities for residents.
• Provide structure, support and daily organization to residents.
• Conduct therapeutic client encounters daily.
• Manage client emotional and behavioral issues using a variety of techniques including but not limited to crisis intervention and de-escalation.
• Assist clients in learning independent living skills.
• Follow and enforce house schedule and all house rules.
• Conduct hourly checks.
• Serve as role model and mentor to new staff.
• Provide client transportation as needed.
• Participate in scheduled floor time.
• Participate in level assessments.
• Participate in the “on call” schedule.
• Conduct IMR or other groups as directed by Program Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor in accordance with schedule and curriculum.
• Complete daily logs and encounter notes.
• Dispense medications in accordance with legal requirements and house rules.
• In absence of RN, fill medication minders, order refills and provide medication education to clients as needed.
• Attend scheduled staff meetings and trainings as required.
• Document therapeutic encounters as required.
• Record client progress toward goal completion in client chart.
• Participate as a member of the treatment team.
• Participate in the development of house policies and procedures in conjunction with management.

Benefits

• Paid time off through accrued vacation time
• An additional floating holiday
• Life insurance covered 100% by FCC when working 20 or more hours per week
• Short term & long-term disability
• Voluntary life, accident, cancer and critical illness insurance available when working 20 or more hours per week
• 401(k) Savings Plan - FCC will match up to 3% of the employee’s contribution (a 50% match on the first 6%)
• Business Casual dress code policy
• Making a difference by supporting members in your local community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED