Extra-Help Consumer Assistance Worker
Job Description:
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Learn to interview and participate in educational settings; assist consumers to complete forms.
• Learns to assist outreach clinical and mental health clinical staff in linking consumers with resources.
• Learns to lead activity groups and prevocational groups in a program setting.
• Learns to identify and utilize appropriate community agencies for referral of consumers.
• May work in non-traditional settings such as community shelters, outreach programs, etc.
• Prepare routine reports and correspondence and maintain consumer records.
• Participates in in-service or other training courses and staff meetings.
• May assist consumers in various skills needed for craft activities and transport to various activities.
• May assist therapists with communication with non-English speaking consumers.
• Helps provide a therapeutic climate for patients by listening and socializing with them.
• May assist consumers with personal grooming and hygiene.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience: Background with serious mental illness as a consumer or family member of a consumer of public mental health services is required pursuant to Self Help Grant Contract #94-74225 with State of California Department of Mental Health.
Desirable: Background in assisting persons with histories of alcohol and drug abuse.
Six (6) months experience with direct contact in a mental health, medical, or human service setting is
preferred.
Six (6) months experience in a health related field providing services to consumer and/or continuous consumer contact.
Education: Must be able to read and write at the level required by the specific job assignment. Bilingual is preferred.
Special Requirement: Applicants with a personal history of alcohol and drug abuse must present evidence of their successful recovery.
SOME POSITIONS IN THIS CLASSIFICATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS PURSUANT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECTION 2, B
Salary: $13.00 /Hour
When to apply:
Now
How to apply:
Merced County
Human Resources
2222 M Street
Merced, CA 95340
(209) 385-7682
http://www.co.merced.ca.us
