Hybrid Mental Health Assistants - Kyle Garden Square (Minneapolis) bei Touchstone Mental Health

Starting Pay: $18.25 an hour
Location: Minneapolis, Elliot Park

Schedule: A vareity of shifts are available, including weekday evenings, weekend days, weekend evenings, and awake overnights. Staff are scheduled to work every week or every other weekend. Staff who work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits.

Shifts include:

• Saturday and Sunday 8:00am to 4:30pm
• Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 4:00pm to 12:30a
• Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 4:00pm to 12:30am
• Friday and Saturday 4:00pm to 12:30am
• Sunday and Monday 4:00pm to 12:30am 
• Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 11:55pm to 8:30am
• Monday through Thursday 4:00pm to 12:30am (program meeting starts at 3:00pm on Tuesdays)
• Monday through Thursday 11:55pm to 8:30am

TMH’s Mental Health Assistants (MHA’s) provide support to residents with Klye Garden Square, a supportive housing program for 59 residents.

Mental Health Assistant Responsibilities: 

• Establish supportive and motivational relationships with residents; coach residents to utilize coping strategies and complete activities of daily living; assist in the completion of independent living skills; and provide rehabilitative skills training. 
• Observe residents for changes in health symptoms; redirect maladaptive behaviors; perform behavioral management interventions; and de-escalate mental health crises.  
• Perform delegated nursing services, including the administration of medications, as unlicensed personnel under the direction of the nursing staff.
• Promote participation in community activities; and provide support and prompts that encourage socialization.
• Support the cleanliness of common areas and complete housekeeping duties in resident apartments.
• Ensure residents and their guests are following site guidelines to ensure the facility is safe and secure. 
• Collaborate with other staff members, consultants, interns and/or volunteers.

Mental Health Assistant Requirements:

• Experience supporting adults with mental illness and/or co-occuring disorders preferred 
• Experience supporting adults experiencing long-term homelessness preferred. 
• Ability to work a variety of shifts to ensure staff coverage preferred. 
• Ability to work at multiple locations preferred. Other locations are in the Seward and Longfellow neighborhoods of Minneapolis.

Touchstone Mental Health Mission and Values:
  
 Touchstone Mental Health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and wellbeing.

• Dignity and respect are cornerstones of all our interactions.
• Diversity, equity and inclusion create a welcoming culture that reflects compassion and embraces differences.
• Innovation, excellence and collaboration in our work helps us set the standard for mental health services and assures safe  and affordable housing for the people we serve.
• Person-centered approaches ensure that all people have the right to make informed choices about their lives.

Touchstone Mental Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve and live in. People of color and LGBTQ-Identified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.