Pay range of $16.00 to $18.00 per hour.

Purpose of the Position

This position provides support and rehabilitation services in the community to adults with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Services will be provided are provided through both the Community Treatment program and in the community.

Required:

• Less than one year experience working with the mentally ill.
• Valid Wisconsin driver's license and appropriate auto insurance coverage as required by North Central Health Care.
• Must have the use of a personal insured vehicle.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides ongoing support services to consumers to promote independence and recovery within the community.
• Provide direct psychosocial rehabilitation services to include communication and interpersonal skills training, medication management, physical health, psych education, recovery education/illness management and individually tailored psychosocial rehabilitative service as outlined in the consumer’s recovery plan.
• Activities of daily living services to include skill training support and supervision to assist consumer in gaining skills in grooming and hygiene, housekeeping, cooking, grocery shopping, and laundry completion.
• Support and supervision to access medical/dental services.
• Monitoring of medication adherence under the direction of Community Treatment registered nurse, program psychiatrist, program director and clinical coordinator.
• Symptom management and assessment.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues, consumers, and community partners.
• Participate in the Quality Improvement goals of the program and agency.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform other work related tasks as required as assigned

Competencies

• Demonstrate organizational, leadership, management, clinical, department, program, common position and job specific competencies as required by North Central Health Care and/or various regulatory agencies based on job title.
• Complete organizational, leadership, management, clinical, department, program, common position and job specific education as required by North Central Health Care and/or various regulatory agencies based on job title.
• Qualifications and provision of care are in accordance with national acceptable standards of practices pertinent to role based on job title.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards along with federal, state and local codes pertinent to role based on job title.

Core Value Standards of Behavior

It is expected that all employees will demonstrate behaviors that support excellence as defined by North Central Health Care’s Core Value Standards of Behavior.

Physical and Working Environment

• Light Work: Intermittent lifting. Must be able to lift a minimum of 10 pounds unassisted.

Physical Activities: List the minimum % of time required for each Physical/Mental Requirement.

Exposure to Hazards:

• Moderate exposure to workplace hazards.

Working Conditions:

• Indoors
• Outdoors

• Background Noise
• Tight Spaces and/or Close Quarters
• Exposed to infectious diseases or other possible infectious materials including: blood, fecal matter, OPIM...
• Required to function around high behavioral or physically disruptive individuals

Travel Requirements:

Frequency: Frequent

Type of travel: Not specified

Nature of travel: Not specified

Acknowledgement and Compliance

All requirements of the described position are subject to change over time where I may be required to perform other duties as requested by NCHC. Further, I acknowledge that this job description is neither an employment contract.

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, NCHC will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. North Central Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)