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UnityPoint Health

Intensive Support Professional-IRSH (2nd shift)

UnityPoint Health, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52404

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Overview Join our team today, starting Pay Begins at $19.72/hr!

The Intensive Support Professional is responsible for delivering hands-on intensive rehabilitation services to adults with mental health, behavioral health, intellectual disabilities, or co-occurring conditions. Key responsibilities include assisting with medication adherence, appointment compliance, comprehension, crisis planning, behavior modification, and skill building. The position focuses on providing person-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed care to support individuals in stabilizing and reintegrating into the community.

Why UnityPoint Health? At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker\'s Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:

Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.

Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Completes mental health and functional assessments; identifies strengths and needs.

Assists individuals with exploring potential hopes, dreams, and goals.

Supports individual’s participation in person-centered service planning process.

Executes the individualized service plan centered around the person\'s needs, developed collaboratively with the service seeker.

Works in partnership with individuals receiving services to facilitate progress and attainment of treatment plan goals.

Engages in consultation and collaboration with the individual’s additional professional support resources.

Engages in Crisis Planning: creates and executes crisis plans as necessary; recognizes early signs and symptoms of physical and mental illness, and performs appropriate interventions and/or referrals; provides support and interventions to assist with crisis de-escalation; provides crisis intervention skill training; provides education regarding available supports such as WARM Line and 988 Crisis Line.

Medication Management: assess individual’s ability to self-administer their medication; manage, store, and inventory medications; recognize and report therapeutic actions and side effects; assist individuals with communication to medication prescribers; provide medication management skill training as directed by the person-centered plan.

Supporting Activities of Daily Living: provide transportation to individuals served, including appointments, meetings, errands, and outings; instruct and develop daily living skills; activities may include shopping, budgeting, meal planning, cooking, cleaning; assist individuals in working toward full community integration and connecting to community resources and leisure activities; complete housekeeping and home maintenance tasks; make referrals and follow up to ensure services are received; assist with developing natural supports in the community.

Discharge Planning: assist with connecting to community resources and support for successful transition and discharge; participate in development and implementation of discharge plans and ensure opportunities to engage.

Special Skills, Knowledge, and Specific Job Duties: utilize motivational interviewing and trauma-informed care; communicate observations and progress with the team; maintain thorough documentation; participate in planning and evaluation; assist in data collection for program evaluation; attend trainings; provide services according to schedule including day/evening/weekend hours; educate individuals about their rights; on-call duties as assigned.

Qualifications

High School Diploma, bachelor’s degree in human services or related field, preferred.

One year of experience in behavioral or mental health.

Valid driver’s license.

Successful completion of minimum 30 hours of crisis management and de-escalation training within the first year of service provision, preferred.

Understands, follows, and advocates for individual’s rights.

Possess strong de-escalation and crisis management skills, and ability to effectively manage emergency situations.

Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

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