Mental Health Practitioner, Part time Freshstart, Duluth, MN

Job Description

Job Description

About the job : As a Mental Health Practitioner, you are responsible to provide respectful support and assistance to person served in their homes and communities; to 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 $24.75 per hour.

Essential job responsibilities include, but not limited to :

• Prepare and facilitate groups and group discussion.
• Monitor, report and document any and all unusual behavior and overall medical condition of person served.
• Communicate concerns, suggestions and information to supervisors in a complete, accurate, prompt, respectful and timely manner.
• Report neglect and / or abuse of person served.

Qualifications :

o the individual completes at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields and :

o has at least 4,000 hours of experience in the delivery of services to individuals with : (i) a mental illness or a substance use disorder; or (ii) a traumatic brain injury or a developmental disability, and completes the additional training described in section 245I.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), after providing direct contact services to clients; or

o receives treatment supervision at least once per week until meeting the requirement in clause (1) of 4,000 hours of experience and has at least 2,000 hours of experience providing services to individuals with : (i) a mental illness or a substance use disorder; or (ii) a traumatic brain injury or a developmental disability, and completes the additional training described in section 245I.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), after providing direct contact services to clients.

Benefit Highlights :

Why choose us :

At Prairie Community Services, we respect life, self, colleagues and others. We work with persons served living in our residential sites and Community Based Services Programs to help identify their challenges and disabilities and to assist, encourage, teach, and utilize their capabilities and skills to the limits of their potential 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.