Rehabilitation Assistant

General Summary: 
Provides services and support to individuals to develop and enhance community and independent living skills. Instructs, assists, and monitors clients in accordance with service plans.  Assists in providing a safe and therapeutic environment. Under close supervision, participates in the initial assessment, intervention, planning and re-evaluation of client’s needs based on behaviors.  
Principal Responsibilities and Duties: 
1.    Work with clients to learn or regain skills for successful community living including independent living skills (shopping, cooking, cleaning, budgeting and transportation) and socialization (enhancing social and/or romantic relationships, recreational and leisure pursuits that contribute to community integration) utilizing deliberate and consistent skills training which typically includes staff demonstration, working side by side, client practice/roleplaying and staff feedback, as well as prompting and cueing.
2.    Provides input into the Individual Rehabilitation Plan (IRP) process.
3.    Coordinates comprehensive care to assigned clients.
4.    Monitors clients’ medications, ensuring compliance with medical regimen.
5.    Maintains accurate, up-to-date documentation of all services in a timely manner. Creates contact notes, end-of-shift notes, incident reports and other documentation as directed by supervisor.
6.    Maintains client privacy in accordance with HIPAA, MD Privacy Laws and Sheppard Pratt policy. 
7.    Completes assigned training and documentation as required by regulation and accreditation bodies.
8.    Monitors and reports any changes in client’s conditions, physical health and/or mental health.
9.    Monitors, reports and participates in managing home environments for assigned locations including cleanliness, pest control, health and safety and property management. Responsible for addressing immediate health/safety concerns and reporting cleanliness issues to supervisor.  Responsible for helping clean with clients.
10.    Supports clients in maintaining rules and basic program guidelines. With guidance from supervisor, provides crisis support/intervention and facilitates appropriate utilization of community support systems.
11.    Provide transportation to clients in a personal vehicle and/or agency-owned vehicles including large passenger vehicles as assigned.
12.    Assists clients in accessing resources, including making referrals.
13.    Provides additional and or relief coverage as assigned.  
14.    Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
1.    Work requires the ability to read, write, and speak English and working knowledge of specific patient population served, e.g., children and adolescents or adults with mental disorders.
2.    High school Diploma or equivalent required. BA/BS in Human Service and/or related area preferred. 
3.    Ability to obtain additional certifications/trainings required (or provided during orientation, or shortly thereafter): CPR/First Aid, Infection Control, Food Safety and Handling, and Crisis Intervention/Suicidal Protocol.  
4.    Work requires orientation period to obtain sufficient familiarity with behavioral rehabilitation methods, procedures and techniques, Program policies and procedures, and specific patient population.
5.    Must possess a full valid state driver's license with 3 or fewer points at time of hire. Provisional DL not accepted.  
6.    Must have a vehicle during working hours and utilize that vehicle for work related duties, including transporting clients as necessary. Vehicle insurance must name employee as an insured driver.
7.    The ability to physically assist clients with daily tasks.
8.    Good organizational, communication and time management skills. 
9.    Ability to establish rapport and to assist client to identify his or her own needs (i.e., self-care skills, social skills, independent living skills, medication management, health- mental and somatic, entitlements, and vocational) to establish appropriate rehabilitation goals and to provide internal and/or community referrals when necessary.  
10.    Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, ability to navigate through applications and utilize keyboard to input required documentation into electronic health record.
11.    Must be able to work variety of shifts including day, evening and weekend hours and holidays.