Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker- Nova House
About The Position
Thrive Behavioral Network is seeking compassionate and out-of-the-box thinkers to join their AMAZING Behavioral Healthcare Team. This role offers a strong team atmosphere with abundant support, where employees genuinely like other people and embrace differences. The position involves direct care services to clients, assisting them in maintaining a clean and safe living environment, meal preparation, and supervising, training, and assisting clients in all aspects of their lives. The goal is to foster an atmosphere that stimulates clients' development of self-confidence and self-worth.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Must meet the qualifications in 245I.04 Subdv. 14 (a).
- Must have an associate of arts degree or two years full-time postsecondary education in one of the behavioral sciences or human services; OR be a registered nurse without a bachelor's degree; OR who within the previous ten years has three years of personal life experience with serious and persistent mental illness.
- Must be fluent in the non-English language or competent in the culture of the ethnic group to which at least 20 percent of the mental health rehabilitation worker's clients belong.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care services to clients.
- Assist clients in maintaining a clean and safe living environment.
- Assist with meal preparation.
- Supervise, train, and assist clients in all aspects of their life.
- Provide an atmosphere that stimulates clients' development of self-confidence and self-worth.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and well-maintained environment in client living and staff areas.
- Oversee client domestic responsibilities, educating and assisting them as needed to promote self-worth.
- Verbally communicate with clients in a supportive and positive fashion throughout daily interactions.
- Supervise and be actively involved with clients at all appropriate times, stimulating positive social interaction.
- Be available to clients at all times doing at least quarter-hour checks.
- Act as an appropriate role model for clients.
- Plan and be actively involved in all recreational and programmatic aspects of the scheduled shift.
- Provide appropriate supervision, assistance, and training in meeting clients’ physical and emotional needs such as nutrition, grooming, socialization, family involvement, etc.
- Provide supervision, assistance, and training to clients in meeting their medical and health care needs.
- Supervise administration of medications according to healthcare providers’ prescriptions and policies of the organizations.
- Assist in making and keeping healthcare provider, psychological, and dental appointments.
- Document all medical concerns, appointments, medical administrations, destruction, etc.
- Provide education and assistance to clients in managing their personal funds.
- Assist clients in filling out any needed forms for application M.A., S.S.I., G.A. or requested assistance forms.
- Assist clients in budgeting personal funds to meet personal needs on a monthly/weekly basis.
- Assist clients in developing a plan to pay or defer any previous bills presently being billed for.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
