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The Homeless Outreach Mental Health Practitioner will provide professional, quality program services to the persons served by the PATH Access Team. Work with other members of the team to assist persons served in obtaining and maintaining an optimum quality of life consistent with client needs and strengths of the homeless population. Emphasis is placed on working with persons who are unsheltered and have a mental health and/or co-occurring diagnosis; directly providing the services necessary to assist individuals in achieving their goals and obtain housing.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide street outreach and engage with people living in places not meant for human habitation as well as in shelter settings and community drop-in locations.
• Assist in helping an individual get their most basic needs met.
• Coordinate cases with other county or community agencies including Intake, Mental Health Case Management, Adult Protection, Income Maintenance, Crisis Center, and community hospitals.
• Develop appropriate care plans for enrolled clients.
• Initial assessment to determine presence of mental illness, chemical dependency, or behavioral problems.
• Monitor clients who may decline active services who represent a potential danger to self or others to ensure referral for emergency psychiatric or other crisis intervention services as needed.
• Coordinate service provisions with other service providers to ensure smooth, prompt, consistent and quality delivery of services to clients.
• Refer urgent cases where there is risk of harm to self or others to the appropriate hospital emergency room.
• Provide information and referral, intervention strategies and assistance in deescalating the crisis, if there is no imminent risk of harm to self or others.
• Assess the need for hospitalization, crisis residence or St. Paul Detox.
• Provide Client Advocacy and Information and Referral to clients and agencies to ensure protection of civil rights and welfare of clients.
• Refer cases to Adult Protection and Child Protection where there is evidence of neglect and/or abuse of Vulnerable Adults and/or children.
• Assist clients in obtaining needed legal and/or advocacy services.

• File all legally required reports with Vulnerable Adults, the Ombudsman and Child Protection.
• Provide education to clients regarding the symptoms, course and treatment of their illness.
• Attend required staff meetings and trainings as scheduled.
• Must be able to transport clients in the community.
• Complete all paperwork, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
• Maintain a pattern of regular work hours.
• Participate actively in on-going professional growth and development; maintain appropriate professional behavior and participate in appropriate supervision.
• Allow for significant flexibility in hours worked.

• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Functions

• Type frequently.
• Drive frequently.
• Walk and hike frequently.
• Exposure to extreme weather conditions
• Lift 40 pounds or more.

Requirements

• 6,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness.
• Experience supporting persons experiencing homelessness.
• Current and valid drivers license with current and valid auto insurance clean driving record

Preferred:

• Bachelors degree in behavioral sciences or related fields
• Experience providing outreach services to persons experiencing homelessness and knowledge of services/resources in Ramsey County.

Benefits

• 4 weeks PTO first year of employment
• Casual dress code
• 12 holidays
• Medical (complementary access to NICE healthcare, a free primary care), dental, vision, life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and Loan Repayment
• Reimbursement for professional licensure fees
• Routine supervision from a Mental Health Professional, with access to licensure supervision opportunities
• 403b retirement plan with an employer percentage match
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Bereavement and paid parental leave
• Wellness program to support employee overall health and well-being
• Mileage reimbursement
• And more!

RADIAS Health is proud to be a LGBTQIA+, anti-racist, all-inclusive, and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other protected class status.