Recovery Specialist I (On-Call) - Behavioral Health 173
Company: Telecare
Location: Sanger
Posted on: January 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Founded in 1965, Telecare is a rapidly growing mental health
care company dedicated to making a difference for our clients, the
community, and our employees. We offer an array of mental health
services to adults with serious mental illness. We partner with
public sector entities and behavioral health organizations and have
over 155 programs and over 4,300 employees across the country. And
we're growing all the time! When you work at Telecare, you help to
empower thousands of individuals every day in their journeys of
recovery.
As part of the Telecare family,Sanger Place MHRC (Mental Health
Rehabilitation Center) is a 15-bed sub-acute, secure, psychiatric
care facility for adults ages 18-59 with serious mental illness and
developmental disability.
Sign-on Bonus: $250
Employment Status:On-Call
Shift:Varies as needed
Days: Varies as needed
Wage range $15.00 - $20.99 - Telecare applies geographic
differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this
role will be based on the geographic location from which the role
is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience
above the minimum requirements.
Learn more about the
role:https://www.telecarecorp.com/recovery-specialist-ii
POSITION SUMMARY
Provides care that responds to the physical and psychological needs
of members served, consistent with recovery-centered care
principles.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
--- Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs
in everyday language and contact with internal and external
stakeholders
--- Assists in the welcoming, admissions, and discharge
processes
--- Supports and coaches members served in activities of daily
living
--- Ensures safety of members served through monitoring and
observation, completing related documentation
--- Monitors and assists members served at mealtime
--- Attends and participates in community meetings and groups
--- Assists with outings for members served by driving Program van
and/or own vehicle
--- Participates in/facilitates rehabilitation therapy groups and
activities, as needed
--- Implements treatment or plans of care
--- Helps create a recovery environment through interactions with
staff and members served
--- Collects stool, urine, and other specimens, from members
served, as assigned
--- Obtains vital signs and weights, as assigned
--- Practices standard precautions at all times
--- Actively participates in multidisciplinary team meetings and
treatment planning meetings
--- Demonstrates knowledge of PART principles and techniques
--- Informs the charge nurse of observed behaviors and
conditions
--- Observes, records, and reports social, psychiatric, and
physical behavior of members served; has the ability to recognize
changes in milieu of members served and make modifications in care
giving methods accordingly
--- Reviews admission documentation and assists in collecting
assessment data
--- Must assist with restraint of members served in the event of
assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention
training
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, and/or changed
at the discretion of management.
Position requires transporting Members in own personal vehicle
(acceptable driving record and vehicle inspection for safety)
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
--- High school diploma or G.E.D.
--- Demonstrated sensitivity to behavioral health issues and
multi-cultural populations (e.g., exposure through family
relationships, volunteering, or other previous experience(s) or
coursework)
--- Must be at least 18 years of age
--- Must be CPR, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and First Aid
certified on date of employment or within 60 days of employment and
maintain current certification throughout employment
--- All opportunities at Telecare are contingent upon successful
completion and receipt of acceptable results of the applicable
post-offer physical examination, 2-step PPD test for tuberculosis,
acceptable criminal background clearances, excluded party
sanctions, and degree or license verification. Position requires
driving, valid driver license, a motor vehicle clearance, and proof
of auto insurance is required at time of employment and must be
maintained throughout employment. Additional regulatory,
contractual, or local requirements may apply.
Preferred:
--- Previous experience with population to be served and/or work in
a similar program setting
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions
of this job.
The employee is occasionally required to sit, bend, squat, kneel,
crawl, twist, push, pull, lift, and carry items weighing 25 pounds
or less as well as to frequently walk, stand, twist, reach, and do
simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation,
repetition, and dexterity, as well as driving, exposure to uneven
walking ground, and hazardous exposure (blood borne pathogens,
hospital waste, chemicals, and infections).
EOE AA M/F/V/Disability
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)
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