Career in Mental Health Field

Compensation & Benefits

• $58,000+ / year (DOE)
• Fully covered health, dental, and vision insurance
• 2 weeks PTO to start + holidays including New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
• 12 Days Sick Leave Annually.
• Sabbatical for tenured employees.
• Covered travel opportunities for trainings, conferences, or social events.

This is a professional level direct service position with the members of Bellevue Clubhouse as the primary recipients of services. The Clubhouse Rehabilitation Associate provides mental health rehabilitation services to adults recovering from serious mental illness in a clubhouse model program ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). The responsibilities include sharing in the operation of HERO House Bellevue. These programs include the work-ordered day, social/recreational, and career development.

Main responsibility is the engagement of members in all aspects of clubhouse operation. This engagement is performed by helping members to experience the sense of belonging, with a focus on their strengths, talents and interests.

By joining the HERO House Bellevue team, you will find your place in a vibrant community that celebrates individual strengths, talents, and interests. As a Clubhouse Rehabilitation Associate, you ll play a vital role in supporting adults recovering from mental illness in a nurturing and collaborative environment.

• Offer a positive supportive relationship that helps promote hope, empowerment, choice, wellness and recovery for participants while working side-by-side with the members on the work of the clubhouse.
• Work side-by-side with the members of HERO House Bellevue in program areas of work-ordered day, social/recreational, education, employment, advocacy, and member support.
• Assist with development and establishment of routine in the brand-new Unit, which is responsible for Snack Bar operation, education supports, community resources and fundraising.
• Consistently help members feel needed by reaching out and building meaningful connections.
• Facilitate completion of assigned tasks in a timely manner maximizing members’ skills, talents, engagement and leadership.
• Ensure that performance of job duties actively reflects and promotes the Standards for Clubhouse Model of Psychiatric Rehabilitation as developed by Clubhouse International.
• Train, job coach and work with members at their place of employment.
• Work evenings and weekends, approximately once a month.
• Provide education and resources that support self-management, self-determination, self-advocacy, and shared-health-care decision making.
• Ensure all documentation is complete, accurate and performed within time frames as specified in Bellevue Clubhouse procedures.
• Provide assistance in identifying and linking to community-based services and supports (primary care, mental health and or substance abuse treatment, housing, financial benefits, etc.)
• Provide and model advocacy to ensure access to service for the member when needed.
• Help with identifying and/or re-engaging with family, friends, and other natural supports.
• Assist with transportation to appointments, employment, social outings, etc.
• Keep supervisor informed on a timely basis of member routine/emergency/crisis needs developing, the proposed or actual response to these needs and/or barriers to, or gaps in needed services.

• Washington State Driver’s License
• Clean criminal history background check
• Bachelors Degree or higher
• Basic computer skills, proficiency in Word, Excel, Access
• Prefer experience working with adults living with mental illness
• Prefer training in Trauma Informed Care
• WA State Registered Counselor or ability to become one

• Listening effectively
• Problem solving
• Multi-tasking
• Facilitating individual and group activities
• Working independently and collaboratively on a team
• Breaking down large projects into smaller tasks
• Showing personal initiative when identifying and completing tasks
• Maintaining healthy boundary with peers
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
• Demonstrates adherence to a strengths-based perspective in…