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Entry Level Mental Health Professional (DSP) - Weekends

Optimae LifeServices
place Redfield, 50233
local_atm $15an hour
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Full Time
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Racism, Diversity, and Tolerance
ECT
Families
Individuals
Victims of Crime/Abuse (VOC/VOA)

About Job

Optimae values diversity and we encourage everybody, including those from traditionally overlooked identity groups, to apply.

Optimae LifeServices, Inc. is hiring full-time Entry Level Mental Health Professionals (Direct Support Professionals) to work weekend days in Redfield, IA. Applicants should be caring, creative, and passionate about working with people experiencing Mental Illness, Intellectual, and/or Developmental Disabilities. If you want more than a job, join our team where you can make a difference by assisting in teaching life skills and advocating for individuals in a community based setting. Site differential pay for this location! Site differential pay for this location!

Qualifications:

  • Be at least 18 years of age.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Licensed driver with a dependable vehicle and automobile insurance.
  • Background check required which includes Child and Dependent Adult Abuse and driving record check.

Duties:

  • Support our customer's in their social and learning environments.
  • Assisting with activities of daily living.
  • Supporting our customers to achieve their personal goals.
  • We are looking for self-directed individuals with characteristics of compassion, patience, and problem solving skills.
  • No experience necessary,

We off a wide array of benefits to full-time staff including:

  • Company paid life insurance.
  • Holiday premium pay.
  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid time off

A Note Regarding Experience:

Are you excited about this role, but don’t feel that your past experience fits perfectly with every qualification in the job description? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate to join the Optimae family!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Weekends only

Education:

  • High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

  • Working with people with developmental disabilities: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Issues

Racism, Diversity, and Tolerance

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT

Modalities

Families
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Populations

Victims of Crime/Abuse (VOC/VOA)
Intellectual Disabilities/Dev. Disabilities
Racial Justice Allied

Settings

Intense Out-patient (IOP)
Milieu
Residential Treatment Facilities (RTC)
Home Health/In-home