RMBHS is always seeking qualified individuals to join in providing excellent behavioral health services. RMBHS offers competitive salaries, medical, dental, and life insurance, and a 401(k) matching program.
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Job Description: Life Skills Coach (on call)
Reports To: Respite Manager
Position Status
• Part-time
• On-call status with no guaranteed hours
• Salaried
• Exempt
Minimum Qualifications
• Associates Degree preferred
• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• Behavior Paraprofessional (BHPP) or Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) status
Required Abilities and Attributes
• Competent in basic computer skills including use of Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to adjust communication tactics to effectively communicate and establish rapport with a variety of client personalities
• Ability to effectively facilitate client group meetings and discussions by keeping conversation flow in scope, soliciting client engagement and ensuring pertinent information is understood
• Ability to communicate with clients, guardians, coworkers, case managers and clinicians
• Ability to understand and utilize clinical language and terms in conversation and written documentation
• Ability to drive safely, including 12 or 15 passenger vans
• Ability to remain professionally detached when engaging emotionally escalated clients by remaining calm and perceiving client statements or behavior as ‘personal’
• Ability to demonstrate adequate judgment in order to make clinically sound decisions and minimize client risk while in respite care
• Must demonstrate creative problem solving abilities sufficient to navigate unique situations, dynamics, and logistics
Scope of Responsibilities and Duties
• Conceive and implement an appropriate activity schedule each weekend considering budget, developmental factors, age and gender
• Manage a weekend budget for activities and groceries
• Purchase groceries and supplies for the respite facility
• Facilitate respite for a group 4-12 child and adolescent clients by establishing boundaries and expectations
• Establish and maintain a safe environment in all settings including respite facilities, vehicles and public outings
• Engage clients, encourage positive peer interactions and healthy socialization
• Prompt for tasks of daily living
• Redirect inappropriate behaviors
• Seek positive resolution to client conflicts and difficulties using professional behavioral health tactics and training
• Utilize non-violent physical crisis intervention tactics if a client presents a danger to self or others
• Transport clients to and from home in rural and urban areas
• Be available for and participate in ongoing trainings
• Facilitate information exchange regarding clients with internal personnel and external agencies including RMBHS staff, guardians, case managers and clinicians
• Document client progress and capture accurate claims information in a concise, professional, and accurate manner
• Maintain a clean facility and vehicle by doing laundry, dishes, and basic housekeeping tasks
• Prompt and monitor the self-administration of medications
Physical Requirements
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, driving, bending, reaching, and grasping
• Several hours using a computer per week
• Lift and carry up to approximates 50 pounds
• Able to drive safely, including 12 or 15 passenger vans
• Able to endure summer heat for outside outings
• Able to implement non-violent physical crisis intervention tactics if a client presents a danger to self or others
• Able to visually observe client behavior
• Able to hear, understand and interpret staff and client behavior
• Able to read, understand and interpret written instructions
• Able to communicate verbally and in writing
Work Environment
RMBHS office, respite facilities, public outings, with several hours in a vehicle per week