Outreach Worker; Mental Health Services

Accs Outreach Worker – The ACCS Outreach Worker promotes the full integration and functioning of adults with psychiatric conditions needed to live successfully in the community by working towards life goals. Working alongside a Team LPHA Clinician, the ACCS Outreach Worker provides evidence‑based and best‑practice services and supports to Persons Served in the community, in a Group Living Environment or Supported Independent Environment.

In this role you will work with each Person Served to build life skills in the areas of activities of daily living, medication administration, symptom reduction, health and wellbeing, employment, school, socialisation, and recreation.

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• Participate as a member of the intervention team for assigned PS. At the direction of the Team LPHA Clinician, based on the PS Treatment Plan, perform skills teaching and help PS learn about community resources and obtaining resources. Provide PS with support and supervision, as needed.
• Deliver interventions identified on the Treatment Plan targeted at skills building in life domains, including but not limited to activities of daily living, medication administration, symptom reduction, health and wellbeing, employment, school, socialisation, and recreation, with supervision and direction from clinically licensed Team members.
• Attend medical, psychiatric and other appointments with PS as needed.
• Develop and maintain service‑oriented and professional relationships with community resources and service providers.
• Adhere to Medication Administration Program (MAP) policies and procedures.
• Provide crisis intervention to PS, when needed.
• Use trauma‑informed, recovery‑oriented, person‑centred, culturally competent and strengths‑based approaches and skills‑training techniques in the work with PS.
• Help PS with self‑management of symptoms through Safety Plans, and medication administration program services and education as needed.
• Participate as a member of the regional ACCS Outreach Worker Community of Practice Workgroup led by LPHA Clinicians for continuous professional role competency development, mentoring and learning.
• Support the provision of evidence‑based practices and best practices to PS, including Motivational Interviewing;
  Harm Reduction;
  Housing First;
  Stages of Change;
  Seeking Safety, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), Cognitive Behavioural interventions, as well as the development of Safety Plans and Crisis Prevention and Response Plans, and 8 Dimensions of Wellness.
• Promote engagement, safe housing, community tenure, achievement of greater self‑sufficiency and successful completion of service for all PS.
• Provide thorough and thoughtful documentation of PS needs and services.
• Promote healthcare, employment and education services access for PS.
• Help with orientation of new staff and PS to the ACCS service.
• Attend trainings, as assigned.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security.

• A fully funded, employer‑sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee‑funded 403(b) plan.
• First‑rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open to all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
• Employer‑paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long‑Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!).
• Employer‑paid Short‑Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short‑Term disability insurance.
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care).
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance.
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):
• 15 days of Vacation per year
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 10 Sick Days per year
• 3 Personal Days per year
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs.
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
• Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

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