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Mental Health Counselor – Restoration Center
VinfenMental Health Counselor providing direct support in a Restoration Center for individuals overcoming barriers to independent living. Collaborating with staff and ensuring a safe environment in community access efforts.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide direct service in the Restoration Center Respite.
- Help Persons Served (PS) in residence overcome barriers to, and prepare for, living independently.
- Implement PS Treatment Plan support interventions as assigned by Respite Clinical Program Director.
- Provide physical site maintenance.
- Ensure a safe, comfortable and clean environment.
- Supports community access for PS by driving their own or company-owned or leased vehicles, transporting and accompanying PS to, from and during community appointments as directed by Respite program staff.
- Helps orient Persons Served (PS) who are new to the Respite.
- Collaborates with Respite Program staff as needed to address needs of PS.
- Uses recovery-oriented, person-centered, harm-reduction, trauma-informed, culturally competent and strengths-based approaches with PS.
- Adheres to safety, maintenance, Human Rights and other operational policies and procedures.
- Complies with physical site licensing standards and regulations.
- Creates opportunities for PS to participate in the smooth operation of the Respite, including participating in meal preparation, physical site maintenance, etc.
- Encourages social interaction between PS and helps create a collaborative environment where PS, family, friends, and others important in the lives of PS are welcome, respected and valued. Serves as a resource for neighbors.
- Helps PS prepare meals.
- Acts as an advocate for PS.
- Participates in trainings; attend supervision and staff meetings as requested.
- Assists with the orientation of new staff.
- Completes all required documentation.
- Contributes to program’s quality improvement goals and objectives.
- Helps PS use crisis intervention techniques when necessary. Accesses on-call back up when needed.
- Supports the provision of evidence-based practices and best practices to PS, including Motivational Interviewing; Harm Reduction; Housing First; Stages of Change; Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP); Seeking Safety and Cognitive Behavioral interventions.
- Completes incident documentation as needed.
- Performs physical site maintenance activities following maintenance schedule
- Performs other related duties, as assigned.
- Transports and accompanies PS to community appointments.
- Promotes the safety of all PS during transportation.
- Arranges routine vehicle maintenance.
- Complies with company vehicle procedures.
- Develops and maintains service-oriented and professional relationships with community resources and other service providers.
- Monitors PS status, reports concerns or incidents to supervisor.
- Picks up and drops off deliveries of program materials and supplies, as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
What you’ll need- One to two years related experience working with people with psychiatric disability and/or co-occurring disorders preferred.
- Must have access to an operational and insured vehicle and be willing to use it to transport PS.
- Bilingual/bicultural applicants and applicants with lived experience of psychiatric conditions encouraged to apply.
- Ability to collaborate as a member of multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams
- Ability to function as an agent of change
- Ability to make independent judgements and decisions
- Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity
- Ability to triage/balance competing priorities
- Ability to function under pressure in fast paced health and human services environments
- Ability to be flexible, open and responsive to ongoing industry changes
- Ability to articulate and communicate the Community Partners program’s mission
- Ability to represent the organization in a variety of circumstances and forums
- Ability to identify opportunities and obstacles and develop effective and creative solutions
- Strong commitment to the rights and ability of people served to live, work, have meaningful relationships and receive the resources and support needed in their community of choice.
- Knowledge of person-centered, strength based, recovery-oriented values and principles and modalities
- Knowledge of clinical and psychiatric rehabilitation values, principles and techniques
- Knowledge of health risks of prevalence with adults with SMI/SUD
- Knowledge of health promotion and clinical care coordination techniques
- Knowledge of trauma-informed and culturally responsive services
- Sensitivity to cultural, religious, ethnic, disability, and gender issues
- Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with Enrollees
- Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community and other resources
- Knowledge of empowerment and self-advocacy techniques
- Knowledge of available community health, mental health, and SUD services and resources
Benefits
Comp & perks- Great training
- Great benefits
- Career growth
- Job security
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Hard Skills & Tools
Motivational InterviewingHarm ReductionHousing FirstStages of ChangeWellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP)Seeking SafetyCognitive Behavioral interventionscrisis intervention techniquesphysical site maintenancedocumentation
Soft Skills
collaborationindependent judgementprofessionalismtriageflexibilitycommunicationproblem-solvingadvocacyrelationship buildingsensitivity