Mental Health Weekend Evening Advocate

Job Description

Job Description

Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

Tuesday & Wednesday - 1 : 00pm to 9 : 00pm

Friday & Saturday - 4 : 00pm to 12 : 00am

Grade 13

Job Summary :

Assists with para-professional administrative, casework activities and Medicaid Billing for the Mental Health Transitional Living Supervised Residence. Provides service coordination and crisis supports to high risk severely mentally ill (SMI) program participants in need of rehabilitative services. Carries out all duties according to agency and program policies and procedures and NYS Office of Mental Health regulations.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Assists with the day-to-day activities and operation and upkeep of the MHTL Supervised Residence.
• Provides supervision and guidance of consumers in their daily activities; provides a safe, home-like atmosphere for all consumers.
• Evaluates and documents consumers' mental, behavioral, and emotional health on a daily basis for the Resident Record.
• Oversees the performance of daily housekeeping activities by consumers, performs household chores, meal planning and preparation when the consumers are unable to do so themselves.
• Provides emergency supportive and trauma informed crisis counseling to consumers in distress.
• Completes required documentation, paperwork, and Resident Records in a timely manner.
• Develops and implements individual Quarterly Individualized Action Plans incorporating activities of daily living and provides assistance in related personal progress, maintains a caseload as a Primary Advocate.
• Provides guidance and advisement in the core Medicaid Reimbursable Services; teaches and monitors daily living skills, facilitates education groups as scheduled.
• Provides and ensures medical, dental, social, recreational and transportation services for consumers.
• Supports consumers in attaining their goals by providing advocacy, linkages and education to necessary community services and resources.
• Advocates for consumer needs with treatment providers and community resources when the consumer is unable to do so themselves.
• Maintains a good working relationship with treatment providers, healthcare providers, social service agencies, and the criminal justice system to ensure proper documentation and supervision is provided.
• Ensures prompt and accurate data input into Precision Care and Initial Contact / Intake and daily service data into agency database, CAPTAIN.
• Oversees consumer medication administration and weekly med bar fills; completes controlled med counts, and documentation; ensures refills; follows physicians’ orders.
• Provides satisfactory exchange of information at shift change.
• Assists in household upkeep and maintenance, conducts double staffed room searches as directed by supervisory staff.
• Follows petty cash and grocery procedures, completes food purchasing.
• Attends staff meetings; attends required training for skill enhancement.
• Teaches and assists with fire safety skills.
• Plans and initiates constructive leisure time activities.
• Instills positive socialization and coping skills through role modeling.
• Provide first aid in emergencies situations, completes NYS OMH / Justice Center and agency Incident Reports as needed.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures as outlined in the Program Policy and Procedure Manual.

JOB REQUIREMENTS :

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

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