• Understanding of symptoms and the course of serious and persistent mental illness as well as medications and other therapies. • Knowledge of community resources. • Have knowledge of vulnerable adult laws and other pertinent rules and regulations. • Be knowledgeable about various substance abuse treatment modalities such as harm reduction and motivational interviewing. • Develop and maintain an appropriate relationship with clients. • Able to use a computer for word-processing and data base management. • Must have good interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and be part of an IRTS team. • Be able to speak, clearly understand and write the English language. • Must have a valid MN driver’s license and a reliable functioning car. • Be able to accommodate flexible work hours. • Knowledge and awareness of race equity concepts and their application to persons served as well as employees and other participants in the human services system
Responsibilities
• Provide peer support to validate clients’ experiences. • Have a strong dedication to recovery. • Provide guidance and encouragement to clients to actively participate in their own recovery through individual and group experiences. • Serve as a mentor to clients to promote hope and empowerment. • Help IRTS team members to better understand and empathize with each client’s unique experience and perception. • Collaborate with the IRTS staff to promote a team culture in which client self-determination, client decision-making in treatment planning, and protection of client rights are supported. • Promote personal growth and development with mental health and substance abuse issues. • Assist, teach, and support clients with activities of daily living, vocational skills, accessing housing, maintaining financial supports, and utilizing buses and other transportation in the community. • Provide side-by-side support, coaching and encouragement to help clients socialize and carry out leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities and provide opportunities to practice social skills. • Attend and participate in all scheduled team meetings. • Complete all paperwork, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner. • Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in appropriate supervision. • Knowledge and awareness of race equity concepts and their application to persons served as well as employees and other participants in the human services system • Maintain a pattern of regular work hours. • Must be able to transport clients in the community. • Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
• High school diploma or equivalent. • Must be at least 21 years of age. • Must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness, be a current or former consumer of mental health services, must demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills and a strong dedication to recovery. • Credentialed as a DHS Certified Peer Specialist.
ReEntry House Crisis Stabilization Program
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426
US
