Provide support and assistance to individuals in their homes and communities to maximize self-help skills in daily living, health, and employment. Monitor, report, and document the behavior and medical condition of persons served while ensuring compliance with individual program plans.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent and meet specific training or qualification requirements related to behavioral sciences or experience. Overnight staff are exempt from certain additional qualification requirements.
high schoolassociate degreeDocumentationPatient careCrisis interventionMental health supportMedication monitoringBehavioral monitoringDaily living assistanceCoping skillsIndividual program plan implementationHealth reporting
Job description
About the job
As a Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker, you will provide support and assistance to person served in their homes and communities and help maximize the self-help skills of person served in the areas of daily living, coping, boundaries, education, employment, housing, benefits, medication monitoring, and mental and physical health while following person served’s Individual program plan. Starting wage is $22.75 per hour.
Essential job responsibilities include, but not limited to
Monitor, report and document all unusual behavior and overall medical condition of person served.
Complete, sign, date and submit all documentation in a timely manner.
Assure all quarterlies are written, scheduled, held and submitted timely.
Qualifications
A mental health rehabilitation worker must:
have a high school diploma or equivalent;
have the training required under section 245I.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c); and meet one of the following qualification requirements:
be fluent in the non-English language or competent in the culture of the ethnic group to which at least 20 percent of the mental health rehabilitation worker's clients belong;
have an associate of arts degree;
have two years of full-time postsecondary education or a total of 15 semester hours or 23 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields;
be a registered nurse;
have, within the previous ten years, three years of personal life experience with mental illness;
have, within the previous ten years, three years of life experience as a primary caregiver to an adult with a mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, or developmental disability; or
have, within the previous ten years, 2,000 hours of work experience providing health and human services to individuals.
A mental health rehabilitation worker who is exclusively scheduled as an overnight staff person is exempt from the additional qualification requirements in paragraph (a), clause (3).
Benefits
That Support You:
Your well-being matters to us. That’s why we provide paid time off - Personal Leave Time (PLT) and Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST).
Comprehensive Health Coverage — 90% employer-paid employee health insurance, with access to spouse and family plans.
Health Savings Account Contributions — $150 per month toward your HSA when enrolled in our insurance.
Peace of Mind — $20,000 employer-sponsored life insurance. Plus, access to an additional voluntary plan.
Retirement Readiness — Strong retirement plan options with employer contributions, plus financial education resources to help you prepare for whatever life brings.
Additional Voluntary Benefits — dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, short- and long-term disability (STD/LTD), and accident insurance to fit your individual and family needs.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Flexible Work Schedule
Why choose us
At Prairie Community Services, we respect life, self, colleagues and others. We support individuals who receive services in our residential programs and through Community- Based Services by assessing and utilizing their strengths and skills to encourage, teach, and help them to achieve their hopes and dreams.
As part of a mission-focused nonprofit that values integrity, commitment, respect, excellence, service and stewardship, we will train you for success!
Prairie Community Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
