The PACT Per Diem Professional is a member of the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) multidisciplinary team who provides rehabilitation, community-based support, skill development, and assistance with treatment activities to persons served with serious mental health conditions. The position provides flexible coverage based on program needs and works collaboratively with members of the PACT team to support recovery, community integration, independence, and achievement of person-centered goals.
The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:
Participate as a member of the PACT multidisciplinary team and assist with implementing individualized treatment and rehabilitation plans.
Provide community-based rehabilitation, support, and skill-building services based on the needs and goals of persons served.
Monitor persons served psychiatric, behavioral, physical, and functional status and communicate significant changes or concerns to appropriate members of the PACT team.
Provide side-by-side assistance and coaching with activities of daily living, including household management, personal care, meal planning, shopping, transportation, budgeting, and accessing community resources.
Assist persons served with obtaining and maintaining safe and stable housing and accessing health care, benefits, financial resources, transportation, and other community supports.
Provide vocational, educational, social, and community-integration supports consistent with individualized goals.
Assist persons served in developing coping, problem-solving, interpersonal, and independent-living skills.
Provide practical support, advocacy, coordination, and direct assistance to help persons served achieve greater independence in the community.
Support persons served during transitions, including hospital discharge, changes in housing, or other significant changes in level of care.
Provide crisis intervention and support, within the scope of the position and with clinical supervision and support as appropriate.
Collaborate with families, providers, hospitals, community agencies, and other natural or professional supports as directed by the PACT team.
Provide transportation to persons served when required as part of service delivery.
Complete timely and accurate documentation of services and persons served progress according to established policies and procedures.
Participate in team communication and coordination necessary to ensure continuity of care.
Maintain a person-centered, strengths-based, recovery-oriented approach that supports persons served rights, preferences, choice, and self-determination.
Comply with all organizational, program, safety, confidentiality, and documentation requirements.
Perform other related duties, as required.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques.
Knowledge of rehabilitation, recovery, and community-based support practices.
Ability to establish supportive and trusting relationships with persons served.
Knowledge and use of effective communication styles.
Ability to provide person-centered, strengths-based support.
Knowledge of community resources and the ability to assist persons served in accessing needed services.
Knowledge of crisis-intervention techniques.
Ability to assist persons served in developing independent-living and community-integration skills.
Respect for persons served's rights, choices, preferences, and self-determination.
Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, LGBTQ+, and gender issues.
Teaching, coaching, problem-solving, and skill-building abilities.
Ability to work independently in community settings and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary PACT team.
Ability to recognize and communicate changes in a person's functioning, symptoms, or risk status to appropriate clinical staff.
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.
Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes (for eligible employees):
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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
High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's degree in a behavioral science, psychology, rehabilitation counseling, social work, or related human-service field preferred.
Experience working with adults with serious mental health conditions or individuals with similar human-service needs preferred.
Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in place of some academic preparation where permitted by organizational requirements.
Preferred /Required Education:
A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
Driving Requirements:
May be called on to drive for Vinfen using either a Vinfen van or personal vehicle. 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. If driving, must maintain a safe driving record, which is subject to annual checks. If using a personal vehicle, must possess and maintain adequate insurance.
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 clients with tasks of daily living.
Ability to speak, hear, and communicate with clients, 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.
Required Certifications:
Other trainings may be required
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