LIFE SKILLS PROF

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Life Skills Professional - FULL-TIME

Walnutport, PA

Sunday to Thursday 11pm-7am

Position Summary

CRS is primarily responsible for providing daily support for residents in relation to daily living, self-care, support as it relates to treatment being received. Model behavior that is consistent with treatment outcomes. Facilitate individual and group counseling. A commitment to the RHD values should be demonstrated as job duties are performed.

Essential Duties and Functions

• Assisting residents in skill building with a focus on independent living; employment, education, money management, medication management, transportation, meal preparation, shopping for household goods, site cleanliness, housing searches, roommate matching and social skills development.
• Assisting residents with appointments, following up with medical care and managing medications.
• Managing a caseload of 1-3 residents with the goal of moving them onto a lesser level of care in one year’s time.
• Focusing on Psychiatric Rehabilitation principles while implementing the phase system, service planning, skill building, goal planning and community integration.
• Keeping detailed documentation of progress through daily notes, service- planning, goal documentation and medication monitoring/MAR.
• Attending weekly team meetings, engaging in supervision with site lead (minimum once a month), attending monthly all staff meetings and meeting with psychiatric rehabilitation specialist as needed to focus on any barriers in service planning and skill building with residents.
• Ensuring compliance with all programmatic and corporate procedures and protocols as they apply to staff, residents, and the program.
• Informing management of any kind and all incidents which may affect the welfare of staff, residents, or the program immediately.
• Conducting oneself in a manner that exemplifies professionalism, fairness and compassion at all times.
• CRS should have a minimum of a high school diploma with three years experience in a related field.
• All other duties as directed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, High School Diploma required.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working directly with individuals diagnosed with mental health or IDD.
• Current and valid driver’s license with ability to travel to programs and the Corporate Office as needed.

• Criminal record clearances, as dictated by the assigned programs

Lifting Requirements

• Light: exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. The use of arm and/or leg control requires force greater than sedentary, but worker still sits majority of time.

Physical Requirements

• Stand or Sit (stationary position)

• Walk

• Use hands or fingers to handle or feel (operate, activate, inspect, position)

• Climb (stairs/ladders)

• Talk/Hear (communicate, converse, convey, express/exchange information)

• See (detect, identify, recognize, inspect, assess)

• Pushing or Pulling

• Repetitive Motion

About Company:

Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment.

Apis Services, Inc. and affiliate’s provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.