ARMHS Behavioral Health Practitioner

Job Title: ARMHS Behavioral Health Practitioner

Reports To: Community Program Supervisor

Job Status: Part Time

Job Location: In-home Telehealth

About RWC:

At Roots Wellness Center we treat co-occurring disorders through the lens of social justice. We believe that for many chronic social Injustice fuels the cycle of illness addiction and pain.

Come and work for a company that is at the forefront of social justice with a commitment to addressing racial and socioeconomic disparities in behavioral healthcare. We are on a mission to provide marginalized individuals and families with excellent clinical care and close the gap within marginalized communities.

Summary: Provide mental health skills services as outlined in the clients treatment plan in the home to help adults adjust manage the symptoms of their mental health condition.

The ARMHS Behavioral Health Practitioner position will support anti-oppressive/anti-racist practice and trauma-responsive practice in all aspects of their interactions with staff community and company stakeholders through their administrative and operations support of program staff working on site and in community to address socioeconomic and health disparity. Comfort and proven experience and interest in working with staff with a range of identities including age developmental and acquired disabilities religion spirituality ethnicity race socio-economic status sexual orientation relationship structure indigenous heritage national origin immigration status and gender is required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide in-home services and telehealth as needed
• Provide mental health skills services as outlined in the clients treatment plan in the home to help adults adjust to managing the symptoms of their mental health condition.
• Maintain a caseload - meeting 15-20 billable hours for part-time 32 billable hours for full-time
• Ability to provide culturally sensitive services
• Must possess clinically creative skills
• Must be able to sustain attention to detail
• Must be able to work independently
• Ensure compliance with DHS regulations
• Must possess great organizational skills
• Encourage client retention and regular communication coordinate services with other health care providers to ensure that client receives adequate services
• Provide adequate documentation of services i.e. complete progress notes
• Document contact with families or other providers
• Participate in department clinical supervision and other meetings
• Ensure compliance with DHS regulations
• Receive supportive supervision as needed
• Perform in an ethical manner and maintain professional boundaries
• Represent the agency in a positive light by being respectful toward clients and co-workers
• Other related duties may be assigned

Qualifications Education/Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Behavioral Sciences or related field and:
• Has at least 2000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to adults:
• Mental illness substance use disorder
• Traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities and completes 30 hours of additional training on mental illness recovery and resiliency mental health de-escalation techniques co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse and psychotropic medications and side effects; or
• Is fluent in the non-English language of the ethnic group to which at least 50 percent of the practitioners clients belong and completes 30 hours of additional training on mental illness recovery and resiliency mental health de-escalation techniques co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse and psychotropic medications and side effects; or
• Has completed a practicum or internship that required direct interaction with adults or children served and was focused on behavioral sciences or related fields; or
• Is working in a MHCP-enrolled adult or childrens day treatment program.

Practitioner is qualified through work experience if the practitioner has either:

• At least 4000 hours of experience in the delivery of services to adults with:
• Mental illness substance use disorder or
• Traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities and completes 30 hours of additional training on mental illness recovery and resiliency mental health de-escalation techniques co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse and psychotropic medications and side effects;
• At least 2000 hours (1 year) of work experience and receives treatment supervision at least once per week until meeting the requirement of 4000 hours in the delivery of services to adults or children with:
• Mental illness or substance use disorder; or
• Traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities and completes 30 hours of additional training on mental illness recovery and resiliency mental health de-escalation techniques co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse and psychotropic medications and side effects;
• Practitioner is qualified if they hold a masters or other graduate degree in behavioral sciences or related fields.
• Practitioner is qualified as a vendor of medical care if the practitioner meets the definition of vendor of medical care in Minnesota Statutes 256B.02 subdivision 7 paragraphs (b) and (c) and is serving a federally recognized tribe.

In addition to the above criteria a mental health practitioner for an adult must have training working with adults.

Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to talk or hear.

Bilingual BIPOC LBGQT folks are encouraged to apply!