Rehabilitative Service Aid

Envision Unlimited•Chicago, IL

20h

About The Position

Envision Unlimited is a full spectrum of care organization serving people with disabilities from infancy through age 80 and older, regardless of race, gender, religion, or ability to pay. Founded in Chicago in 1948, the organization provides services across Chicagoland and Central Illinois, including community living options, day programs, behavioral health services, employment programs, family respite, and foster care for children with disabilities. The Rehabilitative Service Aid (RSA) works directly with clients who have moved from nursing homes and long-term care facilities into their own community apartments. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the RSA helps supervise, train, and implement each individual's treatment and behavior management plans. The role provides direct services to members and completes documentation in accordance with team, CARF, funder, and Medicaid requirements. The RSA is also expected to meet assigned productivity targets. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position requires providing compassionate, recovery-oriented support and helping members build independent living skills. This includes training in daily living activities, budgeting, transportation, healthy relationships, and other goals in the treatment plan; supporting community living; assisting with meals and household chores; supervising recreation and medication self-administration; and completing service documentation by the end of each shift. The RSA must attend required supervision and training, follow agency policies and procedures, and maintain confidentiality under the Illinois Mental Health Code and Confidentiality Act.

Requirements

Must be at least 21 years of age.
Must pass a required criminal background check and TABE test.
Must have a valid Illinois driver's license.
Must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent.
Must have excellent writing and communication skills.
Must be flexible to work at either the 1801 S. Wabash site or the 1533 W. Warren site.

Nice To Haves

One year of social service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide a mobile number to the program supervisor and remain reachable by mobile phone during work hours.
Provide compassionate care and recovery-oriented services to members with mental illness and/or other disabilities.
Help members achieve independent living goals by training them in activities of daily living, budgeting, transportation, healthy relationships, and other treatment-plan goals.
Provide training, technical assistance, and support to help clients maintain successfully in the community.
Assist in developing and following a healthy menu based on clients' dietary needs, and prepare meals as indicated by each client's skill level and service or treatment plan.
Provide and supervise recreational activities with members onsite and in the community.
Supervise members in self-administering medications and educate them about medication processes, usage, and side effects.
Follow up with a supervisor and/or medical professionals about medication-related issues or concerns.
Document services in applicable individual or group note forms as outlined in members' treatment plans, following agency standards and completing notes before the end of each shift.
Help members complete household chores and maintain a safe, clean, and secure living environment; complete cleaning and other necessary tasks by the end of the shift.
Attend required or instructed supervision and training.
Follow Envision Unlimited policies and procedures and maintain confidentiality in accordance with the Illinois Mental Health Code and Confidentiality Act.
Meet established productivity targets as assigned.