Recovery Specialist - CNA - Behavioral Health 101

Company: Telecare Corporation
Location: Hayward
Posted on: January 18, 2023

Job Description:

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you will find the contact information to request the appropriate accommodation by visiting the following page: Recovery Specialist - CNA - Behavioral Health 101 Hayward, CA - Morton Bakar Center
Hayward, CA 94541, USA
DescriptionTelecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems. -As part of the Telecare Family, -Morton Bakar Center is a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providing psychosocial rehabilitation and skills-building support for older adults (ages 65+) with a primary diagnosis of severe mental illness. -Shifts Available: -Full Time; AM 7:00 am - 3:30 pm; Days vary as neededFull Time; PM 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm; Days vary as neededFull Time; NOC 11:00 pm - 7:30 am; Days vary as neededWage range $18.22 - $25.69 Hourly - Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements. POSITION SUMMARY Under supervision, the Rehabilitation Therapist provides rehabilitation therapy services to members served, both on an individual and group basis. POSITION SUMMARY
The Recovery Specialist I-CNA provides care that responds to the physical and psychological needs of members served, and is consistent with recovery-centered care principles.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
--- Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with the internal and external stakeholders
--- Assists in the welcome, admission, and discharge processes
--- Supports and coaches members served in activities of daily living
--- Ensures safety of members served through monitoring and observation; completes related documentation
--- Monitors and assists members at mealtime
--- Attends and participates in community meetings and groups
--- Participates in and facilitates rehabilitation therapy groups and activities, as needed
--- Implements treatment of care plans
--- Helps to create a recovery environment through interactions with staff and members served
--- Collects stool, urine and other specimens, as requested on assigned members served
--- Obtains vital signs and weights, as assigned
--- Practices standard precautions at all times
--- Participates actively in multidisciplinary team meetings and treatment planning meetings
--- Demonstrates knowledge of PART principles and techniques
--- Informs the charge nurse of observed behaviors and conditions
--- Observes, records, and reports client social, psychiatric, and physical behavior; demonstrates the ability to recognize changes in client milieu and makes modifications in care giving methods
--- Reviews admission documentation and assists in collecting assessment data
--- Must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at the discretion of management.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
--- High school or G.E.D.
--- Demonstrated sensitivity to behavioral health issues and multi-cultural populations (e.g., exposure through family relationships, volunteering, or other previous experience(s) or coursework)
--- For Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) - must have a current Certified Nursing Assistant Certificate in the state of operation
--- Must be at least 18 years of age
--- Must be CPR, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and First Aid certified on date of employment or within 60 days of employment and maintain current certification throughout employment
--- All opportunities at Telecare are contingent upon successful completion and receipt of acceptable results of the applicable post-offer physical examination, 2-step PPD test for tuberculosis, acceptable criminal background clearances, excluded party sanctions, and degree or license verification. If the position requires driving, valid driver's license, a motor vehicle clearance and proof of auto insurance is required at time of employment and must be maintained throughout employment. Additional regulatory, contractual or local requirements may apply

Preferred:
--- Previous experience with population to be served and/or work in a similar program setting

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, twist, push, pull, bend, squat, kneel and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to frequently sit, reach and do simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetition and dexterity.

EOE AA M/F/V/DisabilityEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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