Mental Health Direct Care Staff-Varied

Do you have a drive to help others and solve problems? Then this is the job for you!

We are a local non-profit, Mental Health treatment agency offering behavioral health care in a residential treatment setting. Our non-profit provides 24/7 housing and support to individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness.

All the staff of Halfway House Services, Inc. are a very important element of our program. They provide continuity and stability as role models for the residents. They must constantly work to increase communication between themselves and residents, as well as keeping other staff up to date on what is happening with individual residents and the house atmosphere. Residents, Staff, Administrators and Directors are interdependent and vital to the health of the agency as a whole.

Requirements:
Have a High School Diploma/GED and be at least 18 years of age.

Duties:
· Provide informal and crisis counseling as well as crisis intervention for up to 9 clients with severe and persistent mental illness in a residential treatment facility.

· Maintain professional behavior and cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

· Maintain appropriate documentation of services for clients including daily log notes, active engagement and incident reports.

· Monitor and assure that the health and safety needs of clients are met.

· Understand and implement clients service plan and provide active engagement with clients.

· Dispense medication as prescribed and document accurately in MAR.

· Monitor controlled substances and document.

· Be able to navigate 2 flights of stairs during shift.

· Pull, push, and/or lift 30 lbs. repeatedly.

· All functions of house cleaning including following policy and procedures for biohazard clean up.

· Assisting clients or doing tasks for clients associated with ADL’s (cooking, cleaning, laundry, dressing, showering, appointments, etc.)

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $23.10 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Home Health

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Work Location: In person