Job Summary

The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Worker - Mobile is responsible for providing Psychiatric Rehabilitation in the community as a one on one service of the Westmoreland Psychiatric Rehabilitation program. This position provides individualized teaching, training, and support to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses. Responsibilities include completing and updating assessments of needs and strengths required by the program, developing and leading psych educational programming, providing vocational and independent life skills training.  The Psych Rehabilitation Worker-Mobile provides skill/resource development, counseling and encouragement to clients as they move into vocational or community based activities of their choice; ensures that all clients receive the level of and/or have access to the services/supports they choose, and to monitor and track client progress of assigned caseload; and participates in the development of individualized rehabilitation plans. This specialized program provides a safe and therapeutic environment, facilitating a client-centered focus on recovery. Rehabilitation workers provide services which are developed to assist individuals in reaching their optimal level of community integration.

Essential Job Functions

• Follow an overall rehabilitation philosophy and provide guidance to fellow staff and clients in methods of achieving them.
• Self-Directed: Consumers determine their own path to recovery
• Individuated and person centered: There are multiple pathways to recovery based on individuals’ unique strengths, needs, preferences, experiences and cultural backgrounds.
• Empowerment: Consumers can choose among options and participate in all decisions that affect them
• Holistic: Recovery focuses on people’s entire lives, including mind, body, spirit and community.
• Nonlinear: Recovery isn’t a step-by-step process but one based on continual growth, occasional setbacks and learning from experience.
• Strengths-based: Recovery builds on people’s strengths.
• Peer support: Mutual support plays an invaluable role in recovery
• Respect: Acceptance and appreciation by society, communities, systems of care and consumers themselves are crucial to recovery.
• Responsibility: Consumers are responsible for their own self-care and journeys of recovery.
• Hope: Recovery’s central, motivating message is a better future — that people can and do overcome obstacles.
• Plan, organize, and implement individual goal directed activities
• Develops a client driven curriculums consistent with client needs and desires.
• Ensure that all client’s appointments are set in a timely fashion.
• Conducts person-centered individual sessions consistent with the client’s goals.
• Follows check-list for pre and post trip inspection
• Follows Caregivers Policy on transportation
• Participates in the collection of data for the comprehensive quality assurance plan to evaluate the program.
• Document all goals achieved by clients
• Document all in-patient hospitalizations to clients participating in the Psych Rehab program
• Completes all documentation according to OMHSAS and Program guidelines.

Specialty Job Functions

• Completes of documentation when opening of a new Client
• Readiness assessment
• Functional Assessment
• Strength Based Assessment
• Individual Rehabilitation Goal Plan
• Medical Releases
• Client information sheet
• Client participation agreement and confidentially sheet
• Authorization for disclosure of health information
• Advance Directive
• Individual Note
• Obtain a copy of an ID
• Maintain a caseload
• Meet at least once a month
• Every 90 days renew
• Review and/or complete a new Individual Service Plan
• authorizations for disclosure of health information
• Client participation agreement and confidentially sheet
• Once a year must complete a new Strength Based assessment and functional assessment
• Maintain a flexible schedule. May have to work evenings or weekend for orientation to community programs.
• Responsible for calling and returning phone calls to various team members of your client caseload.
• Responsible for scheduling and attending team meeting and STAR meetings as needed.
• Complete and submit billing authorization for clients
• County form
• Beacon (VBH)
• Document after each session a note that describes and how it is helps each client work towards his or her goal.
• Schedule and meet with supervision every two weeks to update on caseload and any other issues.
• Responsible for completing TB tests, criminal history and applications at volunteer sites along with your clients.
• Assist clients to get open at WCSI and other community programs to help achieve their goals.
• Able to handle a client in a crisis situation within the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or Higher Level of Education
• Two (2) years’ experience in human services, must include (1) year of experience in Mental Health direct service.

• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments
• Knowledge of basic Office Equipment such as copier, fax machine, etc.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Outlook
• Strong time management and organizational skills; ability to work independently and in a team setting; creativity in treatment in various settings, flexibility in scheduling.
• Ability to communicate with all members of the health care team

License, Certification & Clearances

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program.
• Act 33 Clearance with renewal
• Act 34 Clearance with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• Child mandated court Reporting Training within 30 days of hire or transfer
• Must obtain Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) within two years of hire or transfer
• Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License (if out of state hire current Department of Motor Vehicle record report required and obtain PA Current Driver License within 30 days of hire).

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
• Travel may be expected locally between Excela Health locations.

LEAN

• Actively promotes a Lean work culture by performing team member duties to encourage consistent use of LEAN principles and processes, including continually seeking work process improvements. Recognizes the necessity of taking ownership of one’s own motivation, morale, performance and professional development. Strives for behavior consistent with being committed to Excela’s missions, vision and values.

AAP/EEO

• Excela Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Excela Health to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, non-job related disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected class. Excela Health will conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
• Ability to perform the Essential Functions listed on the Physical Conditions and ability to perform the Essential Functions on the Working Condition chart below.

Work Environment

Effective March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required. Essential – Absolute Necessity. Marginal – Minimal Necessity. Constantly – 5.5 to 8 hours or more or 200 reps/shift. Frequently – 2.5 to 5.5 hours or more or 32-200 reps/shift. Occasionally – 0.25 to 2.5 hours or 2-32 reps/shift. Rarely – Less than 0.25 hours or less than 2 reps/shift.	Physical Condition	Essential	Marginal	Constantly	Frequently	Occasionally	Rarely	Never
Extreme Heat
Extreme Cold
Heights
Confined Spaces
Extreme Noise(>85dB)
Mechanical Hazards
Use of Vibrating Tools
Operates Vehicle (company)
Operates Heavy Equipment
Use of Lifting/Transfer Devices
Rotates All Shifts
8 Hours Shifts
10-12 Hours Shifts
On-Call
Overtime(+8/hrs/shift; 40/hr/wk)
Travel Between Sites
Direct Patient Care
Respirator Protective Equipment
Eye Protection
Head Protection (hard hat)
Hearing Protection
Hand Protection
Feet, Toe Protection
Body Protection
Latex Exposure
Solvent Exposure
Paint (direct use) Exposure
Dust (sanding) Exposure
Ethylene Oxide Exposure
Cytotoxic (Chemo) Exposure
Blood/Body Fluid Exposure
Chemicals (direct use) Exposure
Mist Exposure
Wax Stripper (direct use)
Non-Ionizing Radiation Exposure
Ionizing Radiation Exposure
Laser Exposure

Physical Demands

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required. Essential – Absolute Necessity. Marginal – Minimal Necessity. Constantly – 5.5 to 8 hours or more or 200 reps/shift. Frequently – 2.5 to 5.5 hours or more or 32-200 reps/shift. Occasionally – 0.25 to 2.5 hours or 2-32 reps/shift. Rarely – Less than 0.25 hours or less than 2 reps/shift.	Physical Condition	Essential	Marginal	Constantly	Frequently	Occasionally	Rarely	Never
Bending (Stooping)
Sitting
Walking
Climbing Stairs
Climbing Ladders
Standing
Kneeling
Squatting (Crouching)
Twisting/Turning
Keyboard/Computer Operation
Gross Grasp
Fine Finger Manipulation
Hand/Arm Coordination
Pushing/Pulling(lbs. of force)					<10#
Carry					<10#
Transfer/Push/Pull Patients
Seeing Near w/Acuity
Feeling (Sensation)
Color Vision
Hearing Clearly
Pulling/Pushing Objects Overhead
Reaching Above Shoulder Level
Reaching Forward
Lifting Floor to Knuckle				10-19#	20-29#		30->50#
Lifting Seat Pan to Knuckle			10-19#	20-29#			30->50#
Lifting Knuckle to Shoulder					10-20#		20->50#
Lifting Shoulder to Overhead					10-20#		20->50#

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.