Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker

Thrive Behavioral Network•Moorhead, MN

About The Position

Thrive Behavioral Network is hiring Mental Health Rehabilitation Workers to provide direct care to clients. Workers help maintain a clean, safe living environment; prepare and supervise meals; and supervise, train, and assist clients with daily activities. The role supports clients’ development of self-confidence and self-worth through positive communication, active supervision, social interaction, and appropriate role modeling. Workers plan and participate in recreational and program activities during their shifts and conduct at least quarter-hour checks. The position also involves supporting clients’ physical, emotional, medical, and health care needs. This includes assisting with nutrition, grooming, socialization, family involvement, health care appointments, and prescribed medication administration in accordance with organizational policies. Workers document medical concerns and related activities, and assist clients with personal finances, applications for assistance, budgeting, and plans for managing bills. Full-time evening shifts (3 p.m.–11 p.m.) and overnight shifts (11 p.m.–7 a.m.) are available. All shifts include working every other weekend. A $500 sign-on bonus is offered.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age.
Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Meet the qualifications in Minnesota Statute 245I.04, subdivision 14(a), including one of the stated pathways: an associate of arts degree or two years of full-time postsecondary education in behavioral sciences or human services; registered nurse status without a bachelor’s degree; three years of personal life experience with serious and persistent mental illness within the previous ten years; or fluency in a non-English language or competence in the culture of an ethnic group to which at least 20 percent of the worker’s clients belong.

Responsibilities

Provide direct care to clients and assist with daily living activities.
Maintain clean, safe, and well-maintained client living and staff areas.
Oversee clients’ domestic responsibilities and educate or assist them as needed.
Communicate with clients in a supportive and positive manner.
Supervise and actively engage with clients, encourage positive social interaction, and conduct at least quarter-hour checks.
Serve as an appropriate role model for clients.
Plan and participate in recreational and program activities during the scheduled shift.
Provide supervision, assistance, and training related to clients’ physical and emotional needs, including nutrition, grooming, socialization, and family involvement.
Support clients in meeting medical and health care needs.
Supervise medication administration according to health care providers’ prescriptions and organizational policies.
Assist clients with making and keeping health care provider, psychological, and dental appointments.
Document medical concerns, appointments, medication administration, and medication destruction.
Educate and assist clients with managing personal funds, completing applications or assistance forms, budgeting, and planning to pay or defer bills.