Our Community Support Services team is looking to add a Skills Trainer

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides Skills training & Development interventions to seriously and persistently mentally ill adults involved in Case Management Services vary with individual needs, and may include in-home or community based interventions.

VITAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides assistance and education in necessary skills training interventions including, but not limited to: activities of daily living, self-care, illness management, medication monitoring, budgeting, crisis intervention, and physical health management.
• Works in a team setting to provide necessary support to shared case load consisting of individuals receiving any of the residential services, outreach services, or monitoring services necessary to help them live within the community.
• Provides appropriate therapeutic interventions and crisis interventions.
• Provides documentation of interventions per department standards.
• Assists clients in meeting their treatment goals.
• Completes electronic medical record documentation as required.
• Drives and transports clients if deemed necessary
• Connects clients to available community resources and acts as an advocate for clients.
• Coordinates care with internal and external providers.
• Facilitate interventions to address treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Attends staffing, clinical supervision, in-services and staff meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES

Must demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Therapeutic interventions for seriously and persistently mentally ill adults.
• Signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders.
• Criteria for enrollment and appropriate regulations to assist clients in maintaining compliance with program guidelines.
• Activities of daily living.
• Behavior disorders, parenting skills, treatment interventions and crisis intervention.

Must demonstrate skills in the following:

• Assessing the needs of seriously and persistently mentally ill adults.
• Documenting interventions.
• Building and maintaining therapeutic rapport with assigned clients.
• Providing education in activities of daily living for clients.
• Assisting clients with medication compliance through self-administering psychotropic medications, or assisted administration.
• Advocating for client's needs.
• Group facilitation.
• Typing and basic computer usage.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology or related human services discipline is required.
• Previous related experience working in mental health or related discipline preferred.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSE

• Successful completion of OBHP (Other Behavioral Health Professional) educational requirements is required within 2 weeks of hire date.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Moderate physical effort.

• Requires person to stand and/or walk most of the day.

• Lifts, carries or uses lightweight (>25lbs) materials or equipment often.

• Occasional physical effort with heavy weight objects (over 60 lbs.).

MENTAL AND VISUAL DEMAND, STRAINS & FATIGUE

The mental and visual strain and demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Performs work which regularly produces a high level of mental and/or visual fatigue (>50% but <75% of work day).

WORKING CONDITIONS

The working conditions described here describe the frequency and quantity of undesirable working conditions, such as noise, dampness, heat, cold, changing temperatures, odors, fumes, etc. and are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Exposed to unpleasant conditions part of the day.

• Exposed to undesirable conditions intermittently.

Please feel free to visit www.porterstarke.org for more information.

COVID-19 considerations: Per Federal CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements, all Porter-Starke Services employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or request and be approved for a valid religious or medical exemption before they can begin employment.