As a client advocate at Northstar Behavioral Health you will have the opportunity to provide person centered care in an opiate and stimulant specific program with an energetic team. Northstar provides a large continuum of care from residential to outpatient, medical services, and mental health services in our Co-Occurring and MAT friendly programs. Northstar offers opportunity for growth and advancement for the right candidates.  Northstar strives not only to be the provider of choice for the the clients we serve, but also to be the employer of choice in the Metro area. The right candidate will have a passion for the clients we serve and a desire to grow and learn along with a dynamic team of professionals.

Location: 1174 Western Ave, Fergus Falls MN 56537 - IRTS Program

Type: Full Time

Pay: $18-$21/Hr

Job Duties and Responsibilities: (Essential Functions)Supervise residents to assure their health and safety; plus: 

• Respond immediately to emergency situations following established policies and procedures.

• Facilitate one to one and group interventions and educational lessons using Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) or Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)materials or materials provided by the MH Professional. 

• Consult with the mental health professional on any psychiatric emergency, and follow directions as given. 

• Provide a supportive, recovery model and strengths based perspective with all residents • Complete all client skill building and mental health interventions as assigned by the mental health professional 

• Closely monitor activities throughout the facility 

• Conduct hourly room checks throughout the facility.

• Regularly conduct fire drills, severe weather drills. 

• Maintain safe access to medications for residents  Follow instruction and direction from lead staff.

Required Skills and Experience (Minimum requirements in terms of educational background, work experience, licenses/certifications or other knowledge skills and abilities).

• Must pass required Applicant Background check 

• Be 21 years of age or older 

• Meets the standards for Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker per DHS guidelines as listed below.

Mental Health Rehabilitation Workers must meet the following 4 requirements: 

Have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Must successfully complete 30 hours of training during the two years prior to hiring in each of the following areas: 

• Recipient rights

• Recipient-centered individual treatment planning 

• Behavioral terminology 

• Mental illness 

• Co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 

• Psychotropic medications and side effects 

• Functional assessment 

• Local community resources 

• Adult vulnerability 

• Recipient confidentiality 

Meets one of the qualifications in A. or B.

A. Have associate of arts degree in one of the behavioral sciences or is a registered nurse without a bachelor’s degree, or within the previous 10 years has : 

• Three years personal life experience with serious and persistent mental illness.

• Three years personal life experience as primary caregiver to an adult with a serious mental illness or brain injury.

• 4000 hours supervised paid work experience in the delivery of mental health services to adults with a serious mental illness or brain injury.

B. Is fluent in non-English language or competent in culture of ethnic group to which at least 20 percent of rehab worker’s recipients belong, and

• receives monthly documented individual clinical supervision during the first 2000 hours employment.

• has 18 hours of documented field supervision by a mental health professional or practitioner during the first 160 hours of contact work with recipients and at least 6 hours of field supervision quarterly during the following year.

• has review and co-signature of charting of recipient contacts during field supervision by a mental health professional or practitioner, and 

• has 15 hours of additional continuing education on mental health topics during the first year of employment and 15 hours during every additional year of employment.

Additional Skills and Experience (Preferred or helpful)

• Ability to handle confidential information responsibly.

• Ability to effectively relate to residents in community or facility.  

• Availability and flexibility to work additional hours, as need dictates. 

Skills needed: Clarity in verbal and written communication, sensitivity, accuracy, good logic, adaptability and flexibility, teamwork in an interdisciplinary setting, sense of humor, initiative, stress tolerance and safety awareness.