PRP Counselor, Full Time/Part Time

PRP counselors render individual and group services to adults in the home, community, and on-site environment. Counselors are required to conduct 6 visits a month which includes one visit a week for an hour. Counselors are responsible for implementing, documenting, and monitoring client progress towards their individualized rehabilitation plans.

Counselors help to rehabilitate clients in the following domains:

Self-care skills--hygiene, nutrition, self-administration and compliance with medication;

Social skills--community integration activities, interactive skills with peers and authority figures, developing natural supports, and supporting the child's participation in community activities;

Independent living skills--maintenance of personal living space, community awareness, mobility skills, money management, and accessing available entitlements;

Cultural and spiritual activities--

Behavioral/Emotional self-management--conflict resolution, anger management, time management, maintaining age-appropriate boundaries.
Promotion of illness self-management--education and information about mental illness, effective strategies to assist in managing illness, warning signs of relapse, helpful interventions.

Education and employment support

Disabilities

Counselors work in collaboration with all pertinent parties in the client's life, i.e. clinician, psychiatrist, DORS counselor, etc. All services delivered and data collected must be documented in the appropriate forms in a timely fashion. Counselors are the ones who teach and enrich the client lives by also sharing their individual interests, talents and life experiences.

Education Requirement: High School Diploma and related experience in the field.

Training and Certification requirements as deemed necessary by program:

• DLA 20 certification needed

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Social distancing guidelines in place

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Autonomous/Independent -- enjoys working with little direction

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Schedule:

• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• Do you have at least 12 months of recent PRP counselor experience?

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• PRP: 1 year (Required)

Work Location:

• In person

COVID-19 considerations:

• Following CDC and state guidelines regarding safe practices.

This organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, pregnancy status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to our personnel office.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Schedule:

• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• Do you have at least 12 months of recent PRP counselor experience?

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• PRP: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person