Are you doing what you love? We are!
Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company. Our
purpose is to unleash the power of our employees and participants to create a
resilient world, one person at a time.
As an innovative, learning and collaborative organization,
every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of
who we are. We support healthy work/life balance for our employees and invest
in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and
growth.
If this resonates with you, then read on!
About our Housing Specialist:
Our Housing Specialist provides resources and
support to individuals in need of safe, stable affordable housing on our Permanent Supportive Housing team. The
Housing Specialist also participates in rehabilitation and
treatment programs and teaches independent living skills.
What a Housing Specialist Does at Resilient
Health:
- Monitors
patients' physical and emotional well-being and reports unusual behavior
or physical ailments to clinical support team.
- Documents
services provided in the participant's health record as directed under
agency guidelines.
- Provides
personal care to mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally
delayed participants.
- Observes
and influences participants' behavior, communicating and interacting with
them and teaching or counseling them.
- Collaborates
with assigned clinical support team in working with mentally ill or
developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return
patients to the community.
- Encourage
patients to develop work skills and to participate in social,
recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal
skills or develop social relationships.
- Uses
appropriate de-escalation techniques with violent, potentially violent, or
suicidal patients by verbal means as required.
- Participates
in the development and teaching of strategies to promote client wellness
and independence.
- Researches
and maintains community resources related to housing opportunities that
work with low income individuals, individuals with housing
vouchers/subsidies and individuals with history of evictions and/or other
issues that can be a barrier to housing.
- Educates
participants in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds,
clothing, or living areas clean, budgeting, shopping, cooking, and
organization.
- Leads
prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific
therapeutic procedures.
- Interviews
new participants to complete admission forms, to assess their mental
health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history.
- Supports
participants with respect to medical appointments as needed.
- Utilizes
agency vehicles to transport participants from homes to agency facilities
for clinical services.
Education, Experience, and Other Requirements:
- Behavioral
Health Technician (BHT) required (must be 21 years old):
- High School Diploma or equivalent and six months of full-time behavioral health work experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
- Associates Degree and three months of full-time behavioral health experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
- A BHT Certificate from an accredited college/university, or
- Bachelor's Degree, or
- Master's Degree
- Valid
Arizona or other state driver's license
- Valid
automobile insurance
- Valid
CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
- Valid
Fingerprint Clearance Card or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
- Three-year
Motor Vehicle Report that meets Resilient Health's auto insurance
carrier's coverage requirements
Where You'll be Located: 4655 S. Lakeshore Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282
What This Position Pays: $19.25-$21.42, depending on experience/education
Our Perks:
- Exceptionally
generous PTO (3.5 weeks off your first year and rising in
subsequent years)
- 14 paid holidays
- Excellent
quarterly incentives
- 403(b)
with company match
- Medical/Dental/Vision
Insurance
- Short
and Long Term Disability
- Life
Insurance
- Licensure
reimbursement
- Employee
Assistance Program
- Voluntary
insurance for critical illness, accident and hospitalization
- Pet
insurance
If all of this sounds like something you were born to do,
then we would love to hear from you!
In an
effort to support our participants by setting healthy examples, all Resilient
Health campuses are smoke-free for employees.
Resilient Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
and is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Resilient
Health will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known
disabilities and for employees whose work requirements interfere with a
religious belief.