Rewarding Career In Mental Health

Compensation & Benefits

• $58,000+ / year (DOE)
• Fully covered health, dental, and vision insurance
• 2 weeks PTO + holidays including New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Vacation time increases with tenure.
• 12 Days Sick Leave Anually.
• Sabbatical for tenured employees.
• Occasional covered travel opportunities for trainings, conferences, or social events.

Brief Description

This is a professional level direct service position with the members of Bellevue Clubhouse as the primary recipients of services. The Clubhouse Rehabilitation Associate provides mental health rehabilitation services to adults recovering from serious mental illness in a clubhouse model program (www.clubhouse-intl.org). The responsibilities includes sharing in the operation of Bellevue Clubhouse's programs. These programs include the work-ordered day, social/recreational, and career development. Main responsibility is the engagement of members in all aspects of clubhouse operation. This engagement is performed by helping members to experience the sense of belonging, with a focus on their strengths, talents and interests.

Primary Job Functions

• Offer a positive supportive relationship that helps promote hope, empowerment, choice, wellness and recovery for participants while working side-by-side with the members on the work of the clubhouse.
• Work side-by-side with the members of Bellevue Clubhouse in program areas of work-ordered day (within assigned unit such as Hospitality or Business), social/recreational, education, employment (Transitional and Supported), advocacy, and member supports.
• Hospitality Unit is responsible for planning an preparing meals, Snack bar operation, organize events, social and health & wellness activities.
• Business Unit is in charge of keeping statistics, new member orientation, reception, greeting cards, social media, daily and monthly publications.
• Consistently fulfill the primary responsibility of helping members experience being needed and actively reach out to each member to establish productive partnership.
• Facilitate assigned tasks and projects in a timely manner maximizing members’ skills, talents, engagement and leadership.
• Ensure that performance of job duties actively reflects and promotes the Standards for Clubhouse Model of Psychiatric Rehabilitation as developed by Clubhouse International.
• Train, job coach and work with members at their place of employment.
• Work evenings and weekends, approximately once a month.
• Provide education and resources that support self-management, self-determination, self-advocacy, and shared-health-care decision making.
• Ensure all documentation is complete, accurate and performed within time frames as specified in Bellevue Clubhouse procedures.
• Provide assistance in identifying and linking to community-based services and supports (primary care, mental health and or substance abuse treatment, housing, financial benefits, etc.)
• Provide and model advocacy to ensure access to service for the member where/when needed.
• Help with identifying and/or re-engaging with family, friends, and other natural supports.
• Assist with transportation to appointments, employment, social outings, etc.
• Keep supervisor informed on a timely basis of member routine/emergency/crisis needs developing, the proposed or actual response to these needs and/or barriers to, or gaps in needed services.

Requirements:

• Washington State Driver’s License
• Clean criminal history background check
• Bachelors Degree or higher
• Basic computer skills, proficiency in Word, Excel, Access
• Prefer experience working with adults living with mental illness
• Prefer training in Trauma Informed Care
• WA State Registered Counselor or ability to become one

Required Personal Skills

• Listening effectively
• Problem solving
• Multi-tasking
• Facilitating individual and group activities
• Working independently and collaboratively on a team
• Breaking down large projects into smaller tasks
• Working with a sense of urgency and excitement about the work of the clubhouse
• Showing personal initiative when identifying and completing tasks
• Maintaining healthy boundary with peers
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
• Demonstrates adherence to a strengths-based perspective in words and actions with members
• Adhere to Clubhouse International philosophy and applicable federal, state and local guidelines in carrying out job duties
• Travel with members to various conferences, trainings, and social events