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**City/State:** Saint Louis, Missouri

**Categories:** Clinical Services and Support

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 94275

**Pay Range:** $17.62 – $29.26 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

Independence Center (IC) is an internationally recognized, community-based behavioral health organization for adults in St Louis living with a mental illness. Our mission is to provide all the services and resources a person living with a serious and persistent mental illness needs, to manage their symptoms, find belonging and purpose, and gain the independence to live a healthy, quality life. Since 1981, IC has offered a comprehensive system of programs and services including housing, case management, psychiatric care, employment and vocational support, wellness and social opportunities. Our programs create a restorative environment that includes the support of others who are in recovery and access to targeted resources that equip them to initiate and sustain the healthy behaviors necessary to live and work independently in the community. If, like us, you believe that every person has the right to a meaningful, caring and challenging community, then we have a career for you at Independence Center. https://independencecenter.org/about/

+ Shift information: 8 am – 4 pm (Monday – Friday)

+ **Clients:** Older adults (60+) that do not qualify for home-based chore worker services through Medicaid or those that have not been successful with a community based chore worker that are already enrolled in CSS services at Independence Center

+ **Location:** Community based – this person will work with clients in the community and in their homes

+ Ideal Skill Set: willingness to take action, collaborative skills, initiate and follow through on tasks to completion

+ **Example of a typical Day:** working with 3-4 members in their home, following set goals and providing education and skill building related to maintaining a safe home for members to age in place. Following up with the case worker for any needs that are in the community, alerting treatment team of any challenges they encounter or needs they are unable to address

Overview

**BJC Behavioral Health** is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Responsible for providing essential In-home based supports specifically designed to help adults living with persistent mental illness develop skills to maintain a clean, safe home despite physical limitations. This role addresses barriers to independence through education and modeling of independent living skills while coordinating access to comprehensive physical, environmental, behavioral health and in-home services. This role addresses the critical need for a more robust and patient centered chore service delivery system to ensure the well-being and independence of a vulnerable population.

Responsibilities

+ Completes timely documentation of services that clearly describe the need for the service, the intervention provided, the relationship to the treatment plan, the provider of the service, the date, the actual time and setting of the service, and the individual's response to the service.

+ Provides in home support services to complex clients to include clients on care plan, using treatment plan interventions that result in positive outcomes, based on individual strengths and needs; case load sizes will vary.

+ Completes specialized screening tools to identify and improve areas of need, and develop plan to improve housing skills through modeling and instruction in areas of meal preparation, laundry, home hygiene, organization and other areas of independent living skills.

+ Confers with treatment team to obtain additional information, suggest revisions in treatment plan and to integrate community support, and/or occupational therapy treatment with other aspects of clients' care.

+ BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ Associate's Degree - Social Services/related

Experience

+ 2-5 years

Licenses & Certifications

+ Valid Driver's License

Preferred Requirements

Education

+ Bachelor's Degree - Social Services/related

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to www.bjctotalrewards.com/Benefits (https://www.bjctotalrewards.org/Benefits)

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer