IRTS/RCS Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker (Part-time)

Job Duties

Residential Services, Inc. (RSI) has a part-time Mental Health Worker opening with our Lotus Grace program in Cambridge, MN. This position will work within a 24/7 Residential Crisis Stabilization (RCS) and Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) team to implement treatment plans and services that enable the service recipient to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, personal and emotional adjustment and independent living and community skills. If you are compassionate, warm-hearted, and reliable with a passion for advocating for others, apply to join our team!

Shifts times include 7:00am-3:00pm shift and2:00pm-10:00pm. Mandatory in-person weekly meetings on Mondays from 8:00am-10:00am. Every-other weekend is required. This position is 24-32 hours per week.

About RSI Lotus Grace:

Located on a serene 20-acre hobby farm in Cambridge, MN, RSI’s Lotus Grace IRTS & RCS setting is designed to support up to five people. The mission at Lotus Grace is to assist in addressing mental health in our community by providing services aimed to meet the immediate support needs of people experiencing mental health crises in a licensed residential setting. Our unique nature-based setting, complete with a variety of farm animals, creates a peaceful environment for healing, growth, and recovery.

What You’ll do as a Mental Health Worker:

As a Mental Health Worker, you will work with the treatment team to implement treatment plans and services for adults experiencing psychiatric instability. You will provide support and services that are rehabilitative and help the recipient to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent living skills. Key responsibilities will include:

-Encourage consumer empowerment by promoting individual participation in support service development and provide service recipients with mental illness symptom management and relapse prevention skills to enable them to manage their mental illness.

-Safely monitor and guide the activities of each person, taking into account the individual’s level of behavioral and psychiatric stability, cultural needs, and vulnerabilities.

-Provide supervision, assistance, and training to meet the physical and personal needs of people receiving services (e.g., health, grooming, bathing, toileting, eating, socialization).

-Provide appropriate supervision and crisis prevention intervention and resolution techniques, following agency policies and procedures, risk management plans and individual support plans.

-Provide accurate medication administration and documentation in accordance with RSI’s policies.

-Assist people receiving services with household responsibilities (e.g. shopping, meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, budgeting, banking) and transportation allowing them to achieve maximum independence based upon individual skills and abilities.

-Respond to the needs, desires and interests of people receiving services through proper review, implementation, and assessment of services, in accordance with the individual treatment support plans.

-Complete thorough and accurate documentation ensuring all documentation is completed within the required time frames.

-Attend trainings and meetings as required by RSI policy and licensing requirements, including weekly team meetings.

RSI is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, age, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or status with regard to public assistance.

Minimum Education Required

For this position, you will need:

To pass a post-offer background and MVR check

A high school diploma or equivalent and meet one of the following qualification requirements:

Associate of Arts Degree or two years of full-time postsecondary education, or a total of 15 semester hours or 23 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields; or

Qualify as a Registered Nurse; or

2,000 hours of work experience providing health and human services to individuals within the previous 10 years, or

Three years of experience as the primary caregiver to adults(s) with mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, or developmental disability within the previous 10 years; or

Three years or personal life experience with mental illness within the previous 10 years.

Minimum Experience Required

For this position, you will need:

To pass a post-offer background and MVR check

A high school diploma or equivalent and meet one of the following qualification requirements:

Associate of Arts Degree or two years of full-time postsecondary education, or a total of 15 semester hours or 23 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields; or

Qualify as a Registered Nurse; or

2,000 hours of work experience providing health and human services to individuals within the previous 10 years, or

Three years of experience as the primary caregiver to adults(s) with mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, or developmental disability within the previous 10 years; or

Three years or personal life experience with mental illness within the previous 10 years.

Shift

Rotating

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

No

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Yes

Physical Required

No

Drug Test Required

No

Compensation

$20.00 - $21.00 / Hourly

Postal Code

55008

Job Type

Part Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

10664

Job Benefits

What we offer:

-Health and dental insurance (Full-time)

-403(b) retirement plan with employer matching

-Paid Time Off (PTO) for full-time and part-time staff

-Paid training

-$500 refer-a-friend bonus

-Employee Assistance Program

-Long-term disability and life insurance (Full-time)

-Flexible scheduling

-Employee wellness & resource programs

-Employee recognition & rewards programs

-Eligible employees may qualify for tuition assistance and student loan forgiveness through state and federal assistance programs.