Mental Health Worker

Prime Time House

For over 35 years, Prime Time House (PTH) has been providing individuals in Northwestern Connecticut with mental illness a supportive environment that helps them lead independent and productive lives and reach their highest potential.

Our Clubhouse program offers people who have mental illness hope and opportunity to achieve their full potential. Much more than simply a program or a social service, the Clubhouse is a community of people working together to achieve a common goal. We have "members", not patients or clients, and focus on one's strengths, not a diagnosis or illness. During participation, members gain access to opportunities to rejoin the worlds of employment, education, and friendships, and to the services and support they need to continue their recovery.

The Clubhouse provides a restorative environment for people whose lives have been severely disrupted because of their mental illness. Recovery is promoted through peer support. This program employs rehabilitation counselors that support individuals through all phases of mental health recovery. Services are provided by working side by side with our participants, encouraging involvement in the work of the day which helps enhance each individual’s social, employment, and educational goals.

Rehabilitation Counselor

Prime Time House is hiring a full-time Rehabilitation Counselor for our Clubhouse program.

In a restorative environment, the Rehabilitation Counselor supports individuals through all phases of mental health recovery. Services are provided by working side-by-side with program participants, encouraging involvement in the work of the day and various holistic wellness activities to enhance the individual’s social, employment, and educational goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Generating member interest and participation in all aspects of the work-ordered day.
• Helping members set and achieve personal, career, and wellness goals.
• Referring members to community resources to promote well-being, independence, and personal satisfaction.
• Encouraging peer-to-peer relationships and interaction among the members.
• Serving as staff advocate to a caseload of approximately 30 members.
• Organize and plan lunch at least one day per week.
• Manage kitchen, food inventory and menu planning.
• Transporting members to and from Clubhouse in agency van.
• Facilitating holistic wellness and multicultural activities.
• Collaborating with members to update Clubhouse social media, activity calendars, and electronic signage as needed.

Qualifications:

• Interested candidates should possess an understanding of serious mental illness, have a passion for excellence, a positive attitude, and enjoy multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment.
• Candidates should possess the ability to connect members to existing community resources for case management and crisis intervention, communicate effectively to treatment teams, and simultaneously maintain healthy boundaries to not over-step into those roles.
• Candidates are culturally and trauma responsive, gender affirming, recovery oriented, person centered, situationally aware, open minded, have excellent communication skills, a sense of humor, are growth oriented, solution focused and patient.
• A driver’s license is required, and the candidate will need to complete agency driving training to provide transportation to participants in an agency van.
• Candidate must be comfortable preparing lunch in a commercial kitchen, while engaging members in the process. Candidate must possess a certified food protection manager certification or be willing to obtain within 90 days of employment.
• Excellent communication skills, and comfort working with technology including MS Office, and social media. Is also comfortable learning new technology and programs. Candidate will have a responsibility for placing food orders through various online systems.
• A bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or a related field is preferred. Previous experience working with individuals who live with serious mental illness and connecting individuals with community resources will be considered in lieu of education on a commensurate basis.

Benefits:

• Excellent benefits package for full-time employees includes:
• Medical insurance (employer pays 75% of premiums)
• Dental Insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Generous life insurance policy
• Long-term disability insurance
• 3 week’s vacation and 1 week of sick time within the first year
• Over 500 online training courses available to employees

Pay:

$18.00/Hour

Schedule:

• Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
• Mondays through Fridays, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Availability to work evening and Saturday shifts on a rotating basis (approximately 2 per quarter)
• Availability to work holiday shifts on a rotating basis (approximately 2 annually)

To Apply:

Please submit a resume and cover letter.

Prime Time House, Inc. provided the following inclusive hiring information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18