This member of the PACT multidisciplinary team has responsibility to carry out rehabilitation and support functions and assist in treatment; monitors symptoms; assists in assessment and development of the persons served Individual Action Plan (IAP); educates team on recovery and rehabilitation practices; acts as an expert on community resources including social/recreational and benefits.

The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:
• Act as a member of the individual treatment team for an assigned number of persons served.
• Participate in the persons served-centered comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history (e.g. onset, course and effect of illness, past treatment and responses, and risk behaviors), mental status, and diagnosis; physical health and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living (e.g. self-care, living situation, nutrition, money management); and family structure and relationships.
• Consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
• Document persons served progress to maintain a permanent record of persons served activity according to established methods and procedures.
• Participate in Daily Organizational Meeting (DOM) and Individual Treatment Team (ITT) meetings.
• Participate in providing treatment and dual diagnosis services.
• Provide on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime and weekend hours with clinical supervision and support.
• Perform other related duties, as required.

Psychiatric Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Services
• Assist in the provision of ongoing assessment of persons served mental illness symptoms and persons served response to treatment. Make appropriate changes in IAP to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which puts person served at risk (e.g. suicidality)
• Assist in the provision of direct clinical services to persons served on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced by medication and to promote personal growth and development by assisting persons served to adapt to and 
cope with internal and external stresses.
• Assist in the provision of individual and group treatment in the office and in community settings in a stage-based treatment model that is non-confrontational, considers interactions of mental illness and substance abuse, and has person served-determined goals.
• Participate in the provision of rehabilitation services.

Structuring Time and Employment
• Provide individual vocational-supportive counseling to enable persons served to identify vocational strengths and problems, establish vocational or career goals and plans to reach them, and recognize and target symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work.
• Plan and provide work-related supportive services, such as assistance with grooming and personal hygiene, securing of appropriate clothing, wake-up calls, and transportation.
• Perform job coaching, problem solving, and support on and off the job site.
• Provide benefits counseling.

Activities of Daily Living Services
• Provide ongoing assessment, problem solving, side-by-side services, skills training, supervision (e.g. prompts, assignments, monitoring, encouragement), and environmental adaptations to assist persons served with activities of daily living. 
• Assist persons served to find and maintain a safe and affordable place to live – apartment hunting, finding a roommate, landlord negotiations, cleaning, furnishing and decorating, and procuring necessities (e.g., telephone, furnishings, linens).
• Assist and support persons served to perform household activities, including house cleaning and laundry.
• Ensure that persons served have adequate financial support (e.g. help to gain employment or apply for entitlements).
• Teach money-management skills (e.g. budgeting and bill paying) and assist persons served in accessing financial services (e.g. professional financial counseling, emergency loan sources). 
• Help persons served to access reliable transportation (e.g. obtain a driver's license and car, arrange for cabs, access bus line, find rides). 
• Assist and support persons served to have and effectively use a personal primary care physician, dentist, and other medical specialists. as required.

Social and Interpersonal Relationships and Leisure Time
• Plan, structure, and prompt social and leisure-time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Provide side-by-side support and coaching to help persons served socialize (e.g. going with a person served to a basketball game, coaching, and supporting a person served before he or she goes to a family reunion).
• Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities to structure persons served time, increase social experiences, and provide opportunities to practice social skills and receive feedback and support.

Support
• Provide practical help and supports, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help persons served obtain the necessities of daily living, including medical and dental health care; legal and advocacy services; financial support such as entitlements (e.g., SSI, SSDI, and veterans' 
benefits) or housing subsidies (e.g. HUD Section 8); supported housing (e.g., adult foster care, paid roommates, meals brought in for those who need it); money-management services (e.g.) payeeships); and transportation. 

Knowledge and Skills:
• Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues
• Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques
• Knowledge and use of different communication styles
• Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with program persons served
• Respect for persons served rights and personal preferences in treatment
• Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources
• Knowledge of the use of formal and informal assessment tools and practices
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Skills and competence to use crisis intervention techniques
• Strong commitment to the right and ability of program persons served to live, work, and seek supports as the general population at large
• Knowledge of therapy and teaching modalities
• Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues
• Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques
• Knowledge and use of different communication styles
• Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with program persons served
• Respect for persons served rights and personal preferences in treatment
• Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources
• Knowledge of the use of formal and informal assessment tools and practices
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Skills and competence to use crisis intervention techniques
• Strong commitment to the right and ability of program persons served to live, work, and seek supports as the general population at large
• Knowledge of therapy and teaching modalities

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,500 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in over 550 sites throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. For more information about Vinfen, please visit www.vinfen.org/careers.

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Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Typical Requirements:
• Two to three years experience with adults dealing with severe mental illness or with individuals with similar human-service needs.
• A high school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor’s degree in degree in a behavioral science (psychology, rehabilitation counseling or social work) preferred. In some cases, experience may be substituted for education.

Required Certifications Post Hire:
CPR required within two weeks of hire
First Aid required within two weeks of hire
CPSS required
NET required
PACT Module Training required within 3 months of hire

Driving Requirements:
Driving is a requirement for this position using either a Vinfen van or personal vehicle. If using a personal vehicle, you must possess and maintain adequate insurance as well as maintain a safe driving record which is subject to annual checks. A valid driver’s license must be presented at the time of employment. Incumbents must be at least 21 years of age, have maintained a valid US driver’s license for at least six months and must be able to pass a driver’s screening background check.

Physical Effort:
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb as this is a very physically active
position. Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds using proper lifting techniques or the use of a two-person lift.
Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment such as a calculator, copier, and printer.
Ability to sit, reach, climb stairs, and maneuver through narrow spaces or hallways.

Ability to assist person served with tasks of daily living.

Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time as needed.

Ability to bend, reach, file, sit, stand, and move around the facility.

Ability to speak, hear, and communicate with person served, staff, and external representatives.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth 
perception, and ability to adjust focus.