Independent Living Skills Med Room Support

Essential Job Functions

• Provides assistance to person(s) served in order to promote their physical, social, and psychological well-being.
• Interacts frequently and positively with person(s) served and support staff to promote the rights of the person(s) served to achieve an enhanced quality of life.
• Aid the Nursing team as well as other team members with providing care in accordance with their treatment plans.
• Follow agency procedures to promote optimum health care, safety practice and behavioral supports to maintain the well-being of person(s) served.
• Perform administrative duties such as scanning, faxing, and organizing.
• Transport person served as needed.
• Provide group and individual services for person served.
• Teach person served independent living skills.
• Develop and maintain a cooperative working relationship with teams and outside providers.
• Manage the day-to-day therapeutic environment including the prevention of crisis at the lowest level of escalation.
• Develop and participate in community and in-house recreational and leisure activities.
• Complete all documentation as required to ensure quality services.
• Partner with the nurse regarding medication administration and monitoring and ensure required documentation is complete.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Physical Requirements

Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Minimum Knowledge And Skills Required For The Job

• Education and Experience: GED or High School Diploma with 2,000 supervised hours in the delivery of services to adults with serious mental illness. Bachelor's degree preferred in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university.
• Physical Requirements: Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.