Key Functions

1. Promote and maintain a safe environment conducive to recovery.

• Reports client safety concerns to Program Leadership.
• Maintains compliance with all established program policies, processes, and procedures.
• Conducts situation monitoring in assigned settings to provide a continually safe environment.
• Follows established program guidelines for intervening and supporting clients who are in distress while under their supervision.
• Assists in monitoring sobriety and helping insure absence of all illicit drugs and alcohol in residences.

2. Provide assistance in activities of daily living in a goal-directed manner consistent with the client’s recovery plan.

• Collects data to contribute to the assessment of individual strengths and limitations.
• Provide support consistent with client’s developmental level, and which maximizes client functioning.
• Supports clients who need guidance with showering, oral hygiene, laundry, cooking and other activities of daily living as needed.

3. Facilitate the development of appropriate behaviors, self-expression, and social interaction.

• Establishes therapeutic relationships with client.
• Assists clients to utilize free time in a healthy manner.-
• Initiates interactions in a supportive manner.
• Coaches residents in social skills, emotional expression, and problem solving through modeling, behavioral rehearsal, and in vivo practice.

4. Assist in the provision and / or reinforcement of vocational, educational, social, and recreational rehabilitative experiences for clients.

• Helps clients set and monitor progress toward achieving weekly goals in vocational, educational, social and recreational domains.
• Reinforces skill development in domains such as but not limited to social / interpersonal functioning, activities of daily living, work / school readiness, and leisure time.
• May co-lead psychiatric rehabilitation and other therapeutic groups as assigned by program leadership and according to their established competencies.
• Assists clients with skill development in various settings as assigned.
• Documents client progress on their goals according to program guidelines.

5. Maintain a physical and psychological environment that facilitates the improved functioning of clients.

• Maintains professional boundaries and confidences with clients.
• Models good judgment and appropriate behavior including characteristics such as grooming, personal appearance, speech and hygiene.
• Provides effective and therapeutic limit setting with clients.

6. Provide input to the Program Staff and participate in other educational and clinical committee work as assigned; contribute to the development of policies and procedures.

• Offers observations to Program staff members in regard to client care.
• Attends and actively participates in program staff meetings.
• Serves as advocate for clients.

Education Required : High School Diploma

Education Preferred : Bachelor’s degree in a mental health-related field.

License / Certification : License to operate a motor vehicle in the state of Texas.

Last updated : 2024-06-07