Fairweather Mental Health Coordinator - Tasks Unlimited
Minneapolis, MN
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Position Summary
The purpose of the Fairweather Mental Health Coordinator is to facilitate support for adults diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness. The goal of this position is to keep individuals living successfully in the community in ways that are client-centered, and assists with and/or provides services and activities to help achieve those outcomes. This position generally follows guidance and makes decisions regarding the functioning of a lodge or program. The Fairweather Mental Health Coordinator has a significant amount of contact with external persons or organizations such as other service and medical providers.
Essential Job Functions
Provide support to assigned client caseload and locations (50%)
Support client vocational support (20%)
Coordinate and complete all necessary paperwork and documentation (20%)
Communicate and coordinate internally and externally to provide quality services to clients (10%)
Actual duties and percentages may vary slightly depending on jobsite location and assigned coverage
Physical Requirements of Position
Standing Occasionally
Walking Frequently
Sitting Occasionally
Talking or listening Frequently
Stoop, kneel, bend Occasionally
Reach with hands/arms Occasionally
Typing/Data Entry Frequently
Maximum weight to be lifted: 25 pounds
Equipment Used Tasks Unlimited van or personal vehicle, telephone, computer, copier, printer, fax machine, Tasks Unlimited internal client database, and Microsoft Office programs
Direct Reports
None
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Required
Preferred
Knowledge Areas
Skills
Abilities
Position Summary
The purpose of the Fairweather Mental Health Coordinator is to facilitate support for adults diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness. The goal of this position is to keep individuals living successfully in the community in ways that are client-centered, and assists with and/or provides services and activities to help achieve those outcomes. This position generally follows guidance and makes decisions regarding the functioning of a lodge or program. The Fairweather Mental Health Coordinator has a significant amount of contact with external persons or organizations such as other service and medical providers.
Essential Job Functions
Provide support to assigned client caseload and locations (50%)
- Manage mental health supports to clients on assigned caseload
- Assist with basic living skills, social, and coping skills training
- Faciliate participation in recreational activities and groups (illness management and recovery, vocational, healthy living) and the peer support and group process
- Assist lodge in managing bank account
- Oversee repair and/or correction of lodge maintenance issues, including collecting rent and performing lodge inspections
- Organize and facilitate group process/lodge meetings
- Coordinate med clinic facilitate lodge medication practices (verify med compliance, observe proper med procedures, monitor med counts)
- Faciliate attendance at medication clinic and communicate mental health observations to psychiatric provider
- Monitor client doctor’s orders for maintaining physical health
Support client vocational support (20%)
- Encourage client to build network of peer support and overcome barriers to employment
- Coordinate with employment service providers
Coordinate and complete all necessary paperwork and documentation (20%)
- Participate functional assessment and in treatment goal planning, lodge outcomes
- Coordinate benefits management, SGA tracking and MA renewals
Communicate and coordinate internally and externally to provide quality services to clients (10%)
- Coordinate with providers including client’s support team, family, psychiatrist, pharmacies, and case managers
- Communicate with DHS, counties, SSA, and other government entities
- Serve as a liaison for clients at appointments as needed
Actual duties and percentages may vary slightly depending on jobsite location and assigned coverage
Physical Requirements of Position
Standing Occasionally
Walking Frequently
Sitting Occasionally
Talking or listening Frequently
Stoop, kneel, bend Occasionally
Reach with hands/arms Occasionally
Typing/Data Entry Frequently
Maximum weight to be lifted: 25 pounds
Equipment Used Tasks Unlimited van or personal vehicle, telephone, computer, copier, printer, fax machine, Tasks Unlimited internal client database, and Microsoft Office programs
Direct Reports
None
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Required
- Must meet Department of Human Services criteria for Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker defined by Minnesota Statutes 256B.0623 and Minnesota Statutes 245.462
- Valid driver’s license and insured vehicle
- Smart phone with the ability to interact via specific programs and apps
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, public health or other human services related field, combined with at least one (1) year of experience working with adults who have been diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness
- Meet Department of Human Services criteria for Case Manager and/or Mental Health Practitioner
- Fluent in a non-English language or competent in the culture of an ethnic group to which 20 percent or more of the worker’s recipients belong
Knowledge Areas
- Psychology – Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research messages; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
- Therapy and counseling – Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance
- Sociology and anthropology – Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins
- Customer service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
- Education and training – Knowledge of the principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects
- Computers and electronics – Knowledge of electronic equipment and computer hardware and software, including applications
- Clerical – Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology
- Language – Knowledge of the structure and content of language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
Skills
- Active listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand points being made, asking appropriate questions, not interrupting inappropriately
- Critical thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Coordination – Adjusting actions in relation to other’s actions
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively
- Time management – Managing one’s own time and the time of others
- Clear judgment and decision making – Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
- Writing – Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate to the needs of the audience
- Social perceptiveness – Being aware of other’s reactions and understanding why they react as they do
- Complex problem solving – Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
Abilities
- Assisting and caring for clients, problem sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not include solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
- Communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates – Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships – Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time
- Oral comprehension – The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
- Gathering information – Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining infomration from all relevant sources
- Deductive Reasoning – The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
- Oral expression – The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
- Flexibility – Ability to work a flexible schedule that may includes some afternoon and evening hours
- Professionalism – The ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries
- Independent problem solving – Ability to set priorities, solve problems and follow through on own initiative
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