Hybrid Residential Equine Specialist - Temporary bei Community Counseling Solutions
Community Counseling Solutions · Heppner, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Hybrid
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- Optionales Büro in Heppner
Description
JOB TITLE: Residential Equine Specialist for Lakeview Heights
FLSA: Temporary (3 months, potential for additional 3 months) - Non Exempt, .25FTE (10 hours per week) Schedule to be determined
LOCATION: Lakeview Heights SRTF
SUPEVISOR: Facility Administrator
PAY GRADE: B5 ($18.65 - $25.77 hourly, depending on experience)
Do you have a heart for helping others and experience caring for Equine? We encourage you to apply and have a hand in helping provide our residents with Equine Therapy that has been proven to be a major tool in improving Mental Health. Our Lakeview Heights residential facility is located in Heppner, OR overlooking the beautiful, serene Willow Creek Dam.
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DESCRIPTION
Equine Specialist
The Equine Specialist position is responsible for providing therapeutic horsemanship, care and oversight to the horses on-site at LVH as well as working closely with our QMHA's and Residential Associates. Equine-assisted therapy is provided 1-2 times/week for the residents of LVH. The equine specialist must have a minimum of 6,000 hours (3 years) of hands-on experience with horses. No background in mental health is required.
Residential Associate
Provides services and supports for clients that help the residents develop appropriate skills to increase or maintain their level of functioning. These services may include the mental health services, rehabilitation services, social services, personal services, educational services, vocational services, recreational and leisure activities, and other services required to meet a resident’s needs as defined in the guidelines of their personal care plan. This person works directly with residents to promote recovery.
SUPERVISION
Supervision Received
The Administrator is the immediate supervision and provides supervision of the Equine Specialist. However, given the nature of the business, the Facility Assistant Administrator will often provide supervision, primarily in the absence of the Facility Administrator.
Supervision Exercised
Position does not supervise or assign work
RESPONSIBILITIES
This position will or may:
Reads log and other client support documents as needed upon reporting to work and to make all
appropriate entries during and before the conclusion of the shift.
Stays awake and alert throughout the shift.
Assists residents in activities including, socialization,
recreation, skill acquisition, and self-expression.
Orients, trains, and works with the residents to perform in an appropriate, safe, and independent,
recovery oriented manner within the guidelines of the residents personal care plan (PCP) or
individual support plan (ISP).
Receives SRTF trainings prior to giving care; passes and maintains certification in CPR.
Maintains clean, sanitary and safe conditions at the barn, for example, sweeping, mopping, etc., both routinely, and as needed. Reports all safety
hazards.
Provides timely and accurate documentation as required per OAR’s and Community Counseling Solutions
policies and procedures.
Reports any suspected violations or clients rights or abuse of a client by another client or a
staff member according to policies and OAR’s regarding mandatory reporting. Such reporting is
required for, but is not limited to, suspected incidents of physical assault, neglect of care,
sexual exploitation of financial exploitation, which may also include borrowing or removing
property from the home.
Attends staff meetings and training sessions as scheduled.
Follows the policies and procedures of Community Counseling Solutions.
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
QUALFICATIONS
The ability to interact and relate to residents, staff, managers and others with respect and
dignity. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; comprehend laws,
administrative rules and regulations and agency policies, and develop and maintain effective
working relationships with peers, supervisors and other professionals. Ability to deal with
clients experiencing crisis situations.
Education and Experience
This position must have a high school diploma or equivalent, be able to pass a criminal history
background check, and have a current drivers license.
The ideal candidate will have three years combination of training or experience in psychology,
counseling, or a related field. This could be college coursework in psychology, social work or
related social sciences, experience in a social service setting; or any satisfactory equivalent
combination of experience (professional and/or personal) and training which demonstrates the
ability to perform the above-described duties.
Other Skills and Abilities
The position requires the handling of highly confidential information. Must adhere to rules and
laws pertaining to client confidentiality.
Must posses, or have the ability to possess functional knowledge of business English and medical
terminology.
Must have good spelling and basic mathematical skills.
Must have the ability to learn assigned tasks readily and to adhere to general office procedures.
Good organizational and time management skills are essential. Must have in depth knowledge of
standard office equipment.
Must possess the ability to represent the interest of the customer and the agency in a favorable
light in the community.
Must have the ability to work well with teams and other groups of individuals.
Must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats. Must have the ability to
present and exchange information internally across teams and co-workers, and externally with
customers and the public.
Must hold a valid drivers license and be insurable or carry insurance for client service purposes
and for travel between business offices, the community, and to attend required meetings and/or
trainings. Must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536-181.537
and in accordance with OAR 410-007-0200 through 410-007- 0380.
PHYISCAL DEMANDS
This position requires an individual to be regularly available for work as scheduled. Position
requires professional and personal skills to cope with stress associated with work involving a high
degree of mental, emotional and physical demands. This position also requires the ability to bend,
stoop, push and pull on an ongoing basis. This position may require an individual to lift and
transfer clients using a two-person lifting technique. This position may involve working overtime,
weekends, evening or overnight awake shifts.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential
functions of this position. Must be willing to work a flexible work schedule; depending on
community and resident needs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in the barn, in an office/home environment as well as in the community. The noise level in
the office environment is usually moderate, but occasionally one may be exposed to loud noises.
The noise in the community, including the homes of customers, is often difficult to predict.
Occasional out of area travel and overnight stays will be required for attendance at meetings
and/trainings.
However, the employee also will be required to work in the community. Handicap access may not be
available at all places where this position must go. There are some situations where this position
may be required to respond to environments where a client is in crisis. The environments in these
situations are difficult to predict and may be in uneven terrain.
This position exposes the employee to the everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety
precautions typical of such places as an office or home environment.
This position holds the expectation of providing basic horse skills groups to clients. For example, anatomy of a horse etc. This position will not work on the floor in the facility.
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