Venture Forthe, one of WNY’s leading home health care agencies, is looking for multiple Behavioral Health Support providers to join our growing team of home and community-based service providers.
As a Behavioral Health Support Provider, you will be given the opportunity to make a dramatic difference in the lives of those who are struggling to reemerge into society due to a mental health illness.
If you are compassionate, driven, self-motivated, and are passionate about helping others, come join Venture Forthe and our 1400 + employees all on a mission to help our clients best achieve their maximum potential and independence.
FT & PT opportunities available immediately!- Bonus incentives available to all Behavioral Health Support Providers!
Overview:
There are three components to Behavioral Health Support, each client is different and requires a different set of activities. Job duties/activities include but are not limited to:
Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Assist the individual with compensating for or eliminating functional deficits and interpersonal and/or environmental barriers associated with their behavioral health condition. Focus can include help on relearning interpersonal skills, independent living, social and community growth, health and wellness and recovery.
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Rehabilitation counseling to support and restore social and interpersonal skills necessary to increase or sustain community tenure, establish support networks, increase community awareness, develop coping strategies, and effective functioning in the individual’s social environment such as home, work, and school.
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Rehabilitation counseling including recovery activities, interventions and support necessary for the individual to implement learned skills so the person can remain in a natural community location.
- Assisting the individual with effectively learning adaptive behaviors responding to or avoiding identified precursors such as cravings or triggers that result in relapse or functional impairments.
Habilitation: Assist individuals in acquiring, retaining and improving skills, mobility, personal adjustment, relationship development, use of community resources and adaptive skills necessary to reside successfully in home and community- based settings.
- Instruction in accessing and using community resources such as transportation, translation, and communication assistance
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Assistance in developing financial skills through instruction of budget development, money management skills, and self-direction with regards to managing own funds.
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Skill training and hands-on assistance of instrumental activities of daily living, including assistance with shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc.
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Facilitate communication with family members/natural supports to encourage the development of recovery support plans
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Assistance with developing strategies and supportive interventions for avoiding the need for more intensive services such as inpatient detoxification, coordinating crisis services, and consulting with current service providers.
Family Support and Training: A person-centered or person-directed, recovery oriented, trauma-informed approach to partnering with families and other supporters to provide emotional and informational support, and to enhance their skills so that they can support the recovery of a family member with a substance use disorder/mental illness.
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Assisting the family to provide a safe and supportive environment in the home and community for the individual
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Training on treatment regimens including elements such as: recovery support options, recovery concepts and medication education and use of equipment
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Development and enhancement of the family’s specific problem-solving skills, coping mechanisms, and strategies for the individual’s symptom/behavior management and prevention of relapse.
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Assisting the family in the acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary to understand and address the specific needs of the Medicaid eligible individual in relation to their substance use disorder/mental illness and treatment
All components include additional job duties as assigned
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No license required
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1 year of experience providing support to individuals with a mental health and/or substance use disorder.
Venture Forthe Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind: Venture Forthe, Inc. is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.