Required Education, Experience, Certifications, Licensure and Credentials: (Where appropriate, education and/or experience may be substituted)
Minimum Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Community/Family Counseling required.
Minimum Required Experience: Minimum of 1 years’ working with adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
Required License – Certification – Registration:
Motor vehicle record acceptable to program and/ or contractual requirements.
A valid Wisconsin driver's license, and automobile insurance with minimum limits of
$50,000/$100,000 bodily injury and $10,000 property damage”.
Certification as a functional screener is not required but desired.
Knowledge – Skills – Abilities:
• Must be familiar with MS Office such as Microsoft Word, Teams, and Excel.
• Professional workplace appearance and conduct; friendliness and courtesy to clients, coworkers, and vendors.
• Effectively communicates and develops good working relationships with co-workers.
• Reliability in reporting to work regularly and on time.
• Must possess good communication, listening, writing and organizational skills.
• Must be able to assist clients with activities of daily living, such as shopping, cleaning, and cooking.
• Effectively manages one’s own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
• Partners with clients to identify and resolve complex or sensitive issues.
• Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the products and services offered by the organization.
• Convinces others to follow recommendations and advice to bring them into compliance with regulations, standards, or policies.
• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Conveys ideas and facts in writing using language the reader will best understand.
• Ability to communicate effectively over the telephone, by computer and in person.
• Ability to use a personal computer.
• Ability to perform well in a fast paced work environment.
• Experience with individuals with dual diagnoses is preferred.
• Experience with motivational interviewing is preferred.
• Access to a personal vehicle.
Physical Requirements, Visual Acuity, and Work Conditions:
Physical Requirements: Work is performed largely in the community but may at times include an office environment or other various settings. This position frequently utilizes various office equipment including, but not limited to, a personal computer, multi-line telephone, fax machine, office copier. On occasion must be able to push/pull/lift/move objects weighing at least 20 pounds. Must have the ability to climb at least two flights of stairs. Must be able to safely push a person in a wheelchair on a level floor or on a wheelchair ramp in various weather conditions. Must be able to transfer a person from a wheelchair to the toilet, chair, or van seat/car with use of a gait belt and/or manual or power Hoyer lift.
Visual Acuity: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal.
Working Conditions: This position may work in a variety of indoor and outdoor work environments which may include, various outdoor weather conditions, loud noises, and fluctuating temperatures and the occasional use of stairs.
