Part-Time Community Mentor

Community Mentor

The Community Mentoring Program provides mental health rehabilitation interventions and supports necessary to assist clients in meeting their mental health treatment goals while in their own environment. Community Mentors coordinate services with other members of the client’s treatment team such as, therapist and psychiatrist to help clients achieve rehabilitation, resilience, and recovery.

Non-exempt

Director of Therapy Services

Part-Time 10-29 hours per week

Field-Based

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Community Mentors provide community based support to youth, families, or adults with a mental health diagnosis.
• Support functions provided to clients/families include: teaching social skills, modeling appropriate behaviors, assisting in problem-solving, and psychoeducation.
• Coordinate services with primary clinician and additional collaterals to help clients achieve optimal recovery.
• Must maintain and manage a minimum caseload of approximately four to six clients.
• Provide a minimum of 9 hours a week of direct service to clients. (90% of hours worked per week dedicated to direct service)
• Provide time-limited intensive supports following a Mobile Crisis Response in order to assist with Crisis Stabilization Services.
• In the event of a crisis situation when the client is already with the Therapeutic Mentor, staff will continue to provide services until the client is stable, the parent/guardian relieves the Therapeutic Mentor, or other qualified professional (SASS worker, doctor, police, etc.) relieves the worker. This may require working past the scheduled time.

• Schedule and attend regular supervision with The Manager of Therapy Services to discuss cases and report problem cases, need for special services and resource information.
• Attend monthly group supervision and participate in Performance Quality Improvement Goals.
• Must fulfill agency required training and attend in-service trainings assigned by supervisor.

• Communicate with the client’s primary clinician/team at least bi-weekly.
• Timely submission of time sheets every other Tuesday morning to ensure the supervisor is able to review and submit to payroll by Wednesday.
• Timely submission of reimbursement paperwork for travel expenses on a monthly basis.
• Complete all other clinical paperwork for cases as needed. This may include Incident Reports, when necessary, DCFS reports, utilization reviews and any requested agency reports as well as any other paperwork clinically necessary for maintaining files.
• Complete and sign all service notes within 7 days of service delivery.
• Stay current on Medicaid Rule 132 and Rule 140.
• Must maintain 100,000/300,000/50,000 automobile insurance. Provide documentation that said insurance is current at the required level when requested by the agency.
• Must hold a valid, unexpired Illinois driver's license.

• Support to clients and their families is often provided in the home or community. Time at the office may be assigned by supervisor to fit program needs.
• Remain compliant with Council on Accreditation Standards and Best Practices in serving clients
• Community Mentors will adhere to all the agency policies, guidelines, and deadlines for interventions and paperwork for each case.
• Responsible for incidental business related travel.
• As per Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area all Community Mentors will adhere to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) when providing services.