InSHAPE Health Mentor Assertive Community Treatment
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Job Location:
Council Bluffs, IA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 41300 - 52252
Posted on:
03-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Heartland Family Service we are committed to building a culture that is trauma informed and values and celebrates diversity and inclusion. We believe this allows for better service delivery and innovation as it encourages our employees to bring various experiences and uniqueness to the workplace.
Trauma Informed Care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. Trauma Informed Care also acknowledges the effects of working with trauma survivors on our workforce and seeks to build collaborative and supportive working environments and relationships.
If you believe in our mission of creating healthy families and communities and like a fast pace collaborative and team oriented environment then Heartland Family Service is the agency for you.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF WORK
This position is responsible for assisting InSHAPE members to develop and implement their personal wellness program. Provides support education and motivation related to physical fitness nutrition and wellness. Encourages by example. Assists in training of volunteer mentors and other mentors as needed. Provides individual and group activity instruction. Works independently in community settings with individual consumers or leading activities. Collects data on participant progress.
Compensation: between $41300 and $52252 per year (salary is determined by total years of relevant experience)
Work Schedule: 40 hours per week
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Mental Health Experience preferred
- Personal Trainer Certification
- Current CPR and First Aid Certifications
- Bachelors Degree in Health Science Social Work Rehabilitation Psychology Health Promotion or related field preferred.
- Ability to perform exercises and movements as demonstrations for clients
- Physically active readily identifies and believes in the holistic benefits of good health.
- A commitment to decreased health disparity and social stigma for individuals with mental illness.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- *Provides community based support services to insure implementation of clients health goals.
- *Manages a caseload of approximately 20-25 clients to establish and implement individual InSHAPE plans.
- *Works collaboratively with clients program staff and the InSHAPE Coordinator to design and support individual member plans.
- *Provides fitness training monitoring continuing reassessment of exercise nutrition and healthcare commitments.
- *Advise participants about important safety concerns and demonstrate exercises or maneuvers as needed.
- *Provide clients with safe reasonable exercises that they can perform in the gym as well as at home or in the community
- *Facilitates peer relationships among participants.
- *Actively participates in activities with member when support is needed.
- *Helps members maintain focus on personal goals.
- *Encourages member participation and movement along the continuum of wellness related lifestyle changes.
- *Administers fitness assessments as needed and records data.
- *Shares member participation and progress other than or in addition to fitness assessments with InSHAPE Coordinator to assist in documentation for project
- outcomes.
- *Assumes responsibility for tracking and documenting member participation in activities.
- *Works with clients volunteers and community partners to increase client independence.
- *Helps plan and facilitate quarterly celebration/ recognition events for participants.
- *Assists in facilitation of team building activities.
- *Provides instruction and facilitation for group activities.
- *Works with clients to identify and establish wellness support system outside of InSHAPE program.
- *Assists in training new mentors interns and volunteer mentors.
- *Assists in the supervision of volunteer mentors
- Display a courteous and caring attitude at all times to the clientele volunteers and visitors of Heartland Family Service.
- Cooperate and collaborate with program area staff volunteers and other Agency staff.
- Abide by all specific program and Agency procedures policies and requirements.
- Develop personal and program related skills through participation in internal and external training opportunities including printed material and audio and/or visual media.
- *Create maintain and share as appropriate a dynamic self-care plan.
- * Strive to make connections between the agency and the larger community whenever possible in order to contribute to the agencys ongoing fundraising and friend-raising efforts.
- * Essential functions of this job are to be performed on company physical work site
- Perform other program related duties as assigned.
*DENOTES ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Key Skills
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Behavior Management
- Computer Skills
- Conflict Management
- Autism Experience
- Case Management
- Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Child Protective Services
- Experience with Children
- Mentoring
- Word Processing
About Company
Founded in Omaha in 1875, Heartland Family Service connected with nearly 153,000 individuals and families through direct services, advocacy, education, and outreach last year, from 20 locations in east central Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Our services provide critical human services t ... View more
