CAT Team Mentor PT

A CAT Mentor provides mentoring and support for children and adolescents receiving mental health services through the Community Action Treatment (CAT) Team. They assist families in navigating the mental health services system and in achieving resiliency and recovery as defined by the child and family. Mentors provide support services that are designed for the restoration, modification, and maintenance of social, personal adjustment, and basic living skills.

These services are designed to assure that the recipient possesses the physical, emotional, and intellectual skills to live, learn, and work in their own environment. Respite services are provided when deemed necessary by the CAT Team. This position will be based in Polk County. Depending upon caseload and client needs, mentor may be assigned clients residing throughout the Tri-County service area of Polk, Highlands, and Hardee Counties.

In the performance of their respective task and duties, all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Fully understand and consistently exhibit all of Peace River Center’s Core Values, while fostering the same with all direct reports in applicable
• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision
• Interact professionally with other employees, clients, and vendors
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations
• Comply with all Center policies and procedures except those for which the employee gives notice of the need for reasonable accommodation and for which the Center can make such reasonable accommodation
• Assist non-consumer staff in identifying program environments that are conducive to recovery; lend unique insight into mental illness and what makes recovery possible
• Attend all scheduled work hours, meeting, training, and other Center functions as scheduled
• Complete all daily progress notes in Credible, and assessments in a timely manner as mandated in the PRC policies and procedures
• Participate in the completion of a comprehensive assessment of all CAT Team participants admitted to the program
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of each client’s activity according to established methods and procedures
• Participate in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings
• Provide transportation to participants for scheduled medical, dental, or other appointments as needed and determined to be in the best therapeutic interest of the participant as assigned
• Assist and support CAT Team participants to carry out personal hygiene and grooming tasks
• Help CAT Team participants to access reliable transportation (e.g., arrange for cabs, access bus line, apply for Handibus, etc.)
• Provide practical help and supports, advocacy, coordination, side‑by‑side individualized support, problem solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help CAT participants obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental health care, legal and advocacy services, transportation, social‑skill development, and assertiveness training to increase their social and interpersonal activities in community settings
• Assist consumers in articulating personal goals for recovery and resiliency
• Assist CAT Team participants in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
• Utilize and teach problem‑solving techniques with individuals and groups
• Teach CAT Team participants how to identify and combat negative self‑talk and overcome fears
• Model effective coping techniques and self‑help strategies
• Inform CAT Team participants about community and natural supports and how to utilize these in the recovery and resiliency process
• Assist CAT Team participants in developing empowerment skills through self‑advocacy and stigma‑busting

• High School Diploma or GED.

• Minimum of one year of experience working with children or adolescents with behavioral health needs (may include internship and volunteer services)
• Must have knowledge and experience in using local community resources as referrals
• Experience in…