A. Position Location/Pertinent Information:
Location: 1 North Matlack Street, West Chester, PA 19380
Employment/FLSA Status: Permanent, Non-Exempt, Part-Time
High school diploma/GED required. Employees are required to pass FBI/Criminal/Child/Driver license background checks. Employee must maintain a valid drivers’ license and current automobile insurance. Employee cannot be on the Federal ineligibility list.
All employees will adhere to Recovery Principles as employees of Human Services, Inc. (See attached document). Staff will participate in annual Recovery training and will utilize Recovery tools in the provision of services such as Personal Medicine, Power Statements, Common Ground, community integration and natural supports.
B. Duties/Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with residents.
- Promote activities and skill building techniques that support the Mental Health Recovery Model.
- Plan and facilitate Mental Health education and support groups.
- Develop and encourage social and recreational activities with residents.
- Document interactions with residents in files and staff log.
- Participate in staff meetings, trainings and resident meetings as scheduled.
- Support and educate residents in being responsible tenants in order to maintain their housing, such as paying rent on time, reporting maintenance requests and maintaining the cleanliness of unit.
- Assist residents in medication management, budgeting and other activities of daily living.
- Monitor the preparation of cafeteria meals.
- Transport residents in the agency van.
- Perform other job-related duties as required.
- Although an employee is assigned to a particular program, he/she may be transferred or reassigned to another program on either a temporary or permanent basis, depending upon the needs of the Agency and its consumers.
Recovery Principles
Human Services, Inc supports the vision of recovery for all those who experience mental illness. All staff of Human Services will utilize the Recovery principles to guide their interactions with clients and their families in the provision of services. In partnering with clients, all staff will support and facilitate the use of Recovery tools that have proven effective in achieving the goal of recovery.
HOPE: a focus on wellness, health and hope.
CHOICE: recognition of the client’s choice in all aspects of service delivery.
INDIVIDUALITY: being responsive to the particular individual’s needs and wishes.
PEER SUPPORT: the inclusion of peers and community supports in the planning of services.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: recognition of the inter-dependence between clients, providers and community supports as experts in their respective arenas.
COMMUNITY FOCUS and INTEGRATION: recognition and integration of an individual’s need for housing, employment, education and leisure activities from the outset of treatment planning.
RECOVERY PROCESS: service planning that reflects the view that recovery is individualistic and differently paced for different people.
