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Job description
Job Opportunity at PATH Inc.
PATH (People Acting to Help) Inc. is a comprehensive Community Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Center. We offer a wide array of services and supports to meet the needs of our community in Northeast Philadelphia. PATH regularly achieves the highest levels of accreditation including a 5 Star Provider Rating by CBH, Philadelphia's Managed Care Entity, and recognition and awards related to our high-quality, innovative programs and staff accomplishments and contributions.
Our Mission: To Help Individuals Achieve a More Independent and Fulfilling Life.
A Career with Meaning
At PATH, our team members are at the heart of what we do, so we work hard to give them the best reasons to work here — and to stay here. In addition to the satisfaction of making a real difference in people's lives, we offer:
Competitive pay
Annual increases
Performance and longevity bonuses
Comprehensive benefits package for staff and family
Generous number of paid holidays, vacation, sick, and personal time
No-cost pension plan
Ongoing professional development opportunities, including licensure supervision
Cutting-edge treatment facility, resources, and treatment modalities
Opportunities for advancement and growth within the organization
Eligible for the Federal Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
Referral bonus for referring a friend who accepts employment
Job Summary
To promote the mission of PATH to help individuals achieve a more independent and fulfilling life by being an effective team member. To utilize a variety of approaches and interventions such as the Boston University Approach to Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Motivational Interviewing to promote recovery within a residential program as well as provide successful community integration experiences. Provide individualized support and skill teaching in the home and community to promote new role development. Assist individuals in gaining access to needed psychiatric, medical, social, residential, financial and other services appropriate for the individual.
Physical Demands
Work is physically active and may include bending, lifting, stairs, and the like. Ability to perform crisis management interventions, including restraints, once training is successfully completed. Ability to perform CPR once training is successfully completed. Ability to walk distances during psych rehab activities and other community outings with residents.
Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Human Services, Psychology, Rehabilitative Services or related field; Experience working with individuals who have a mental illness and/or intellectual or developmental disability; CPRP preferred; Valid Driver's License and insured vehicle; Able to use an Electronic Health Record and electronic timekeeping; Use of an Electronic Health Record.
Specific Duties
Provide individual and group psychosocial rehabilitation interventions for service recipients in adult residential treatment program (RTF-A)
Engage and support individuals in all phases of the psychiatric rehabilitation process
Assist individuals in identifying individual psychosocial rehabilitation goals for inclusion on their individual service plan.
Assist individuals in developing and practicing the skills defined on their individual service plan which may include accompanying individuals to appointments, leisure activities or other activities of interest such as religious, educational or vocational activities
Link individuals to community resources and, when possible, peer supports, to promote community integration
Collaborate with involved personnel in the community such as Service Coordinators, physicians, other healthcare professionals, employers, faith-based professionals, and others to achieve an individual's goals.
Responsible for developing psychiatric rehabilitation goals for inclusion in an individual treatment/service plan, completing progress notes, and annual psychosocial evaluations
Consult and collaborate with all team members including clinician, psychiatrist, nursing, residential treatment assistants/behavior techs and supervisory staff on a consistent basis
Assist in the development and implementation of psychoeducation and domain related support groups
With the individual's consent, engage family members, or other members of the individual's identified support system in the treatment and rehabilitation process
Assist individuals in gaining access to needed medical, social, financial and other services appropriate for the individual as assigned by the RTF-A team, and, as part of discharge planning, follow up mental health service
Worksite address
philadelphia, PA, 19117, US
Who can apply
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