Employment Type: Regular Full-Time

Credentials required: High School Diploma or GED

Special Skills: Have one (1) year of full-time experience working with individuals who receive services for treatment of a Mental Health Disorder; or Co-occurring disorder (This is not required for Outreach Workers)

Successfully complete within six (6) months of hire the department-led or approved training program.

**MUST BE ABLE TO WORK NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS**

Primary Functions: 

• Conduct activities necessary to allow an individual to live with maximum independence in community-integrated housing;
• Ensure successful community living through utilization of skill training, cueing, or supervision as identified in the recipient’s treatment plan;
• Include:
  • Reminding a recipient to take medications and monitoring symptoms and side effects of medications: or
  • Teaching parenting skills, teaching community resource access and utilization, teaching emotional regulation skills, teaching crisis coping skills, teaching how to shop, teaching about transportation, teaching financial management, or developing and enhancing interpersonal skills; and
• Meet the requirements for comprehensive community support services established in 908 KAR 2:250.

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