Psychiatric Rehabilitation Worker- Franklin- Fulltime 15.50 per hour email resume to aaron@challengectr.com

Are you passionate about mental wellness and recovery? Do you want to be part of a team that empowers individuals to grow, learn, and achieve their personal goals? The Recovery Center at the Challenge Center is seeking a dedicated Psychiatric Rehabilitation Worker to join our dynamic team.

About Our Program- Challenge center

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (Psych Rehab) is a recovery-based program that focuses on helping individuals develop the skills they need to live fulfilling, independent lives. Through a person-centered approach, we support individuals in reaching their self-identified goals while promoting mental wellness, resilience, and hope.

What We Do:

At our center, we provide a variety of mental health and wellness classes designed to support recovery and personal growth. These include:

  • Psychosocial education: Learning about mental health, coping strategies, and life skills
  • Creative arts: Expressing emotions and building confidence through artistic activities
  • Coping skills development: Strategies to manage stress, anxiety, and emotional challenges
  • Gardening & mindfulness: Connecting with nature and practicing self-awareness
  • Exercise & movement: Promoting physical and mental well-being through activity
  • Advocacy & empowerment: Teaching self-advocacy skills to navigate life’s challenges
  • Journaling & self-reflection: Encouraging personal growth through writing
  • and much more!

Your Role:

As a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Worker, you will:

  • Facilitate group and individual classes that teach essential mental wellness and life skills
  • Encourage participants to identify and work toward their personal recovery goals
  • Foster a supportive and inclusive community of hope and growth
  • Collaborate with team members to develop engaging, meaningful programs
  • Support individuals in applying the skills they learn to their daily lives

Why Join Us?

  • Flexible Schedule: Enjoy a work-life balance that you can make your own schedule, with no weekends or holidays
  • Professional Growth: Develop your skills while helping others succeed- we will even assist in gaining a credential that is a CPRP (certified psych rehab practitioner licenses) this will bump your starting pay from 15.50 per hour to 18.50 after the completion of the credential.
  • Full time benefits include: medical, dental, vision, 5 sick days a year, a PTO that is impressive
  • Meaningful Work: Make a real impact in people’s lives every day
  • Supportive Team: Be part of a community that values collaboration and wellness. Come work for a company that treats everyone with compassion and value.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are seeking someone who is compassionate, motivated, and committed to building a culture of wellness and recovery. If you are passionate about mental health, enjoy teaching, and want to be part of a positive, growth-focused environment, we encourage you to apply!

Join us in helping individuals build confidence, resilience, and hope. Apply today and be part of a team that makes a difference!

Minimum requirements:

Bachelor’s degree OR Associates AND 1-year direct experience in mental health; OR High School Diploma or Equivalent AND 2 years work experience in human services which must include 1 years of direct experience in mental health work (must show this on resume and provide documentation).

Interested candidates must be willing to do a 3-phase interview process:

  1. Interview with Program Director and tour the facility.
  2. Interview with the Challenge Center Advisory Board.
  3. Prepare and facilitate a a 45-minute class/group designed around any mental health, wellness, or skills-teaching topic, where the challenge center participants engage in the class, ask questions and grade the facilitator.

Mental Health Supported Living Worker—Full Time with benefits

Location: Oil City, PA (hiring 1 MH Supported Living Worker)

Location: Meadville, PA (hiring 1 MH Supported Living Worker)

Starting wage: $15.00 per hour

Job Information:

Looking for a compassionate person who is experienced in working with adults with mental health conditions and is a creative problem-solver to help individuals overcome obstacles in their lives.
The Mental Health Supported Living Worker provides daily guidance, care, and skills teaching to adults with mental health conditions who reside in this 3-bed home. This is a program that provides a home-like setting where staff and residents work side-by-side with daily skills teaching and opportunities for growth for the residents. This home offers a step-down in level of care from our 24/7 homes to a more independent level for the resident.

It includes working closely with case managers, peer specialists, family members, and other community resources to provide coaching and skills teaching to help Residents towards independent living in their own home or apartment! We believe this is the missing piece that will allow growth and movement to more independent living for all Residents across all our homes. The Supported Living Worker is someone who is goal driven, energetic, creative and compassionate. The Supported Living Worker either has or will gain an understanding of the following tools that guide the daily processes at the home:

1. Stages of Change Model
2. Motivation
3. Goal Setting
4. PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Adjust)
5. Motivational Interviewing
6. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Principles and Tools
7. Recovery Model for People with Mental Health Conditions.

From the day the individual enters into the program until the day they move into their own home or apartment, The Mental Health Supported Living Worker has 6 months to help the person gain the skills needed, overcome barriers, and build the needed support in order to Find, Get, and Keep a home or apartment of their own or to be able to move to the Transitional Living Home (next step down). The Supported Living Worker must also be a great cheerleader who is able to celebrate small successes in the right direction, and help Residents see their own growth and improvement.

The Supported Living Worker provides Direct Care with adults who have mental health conditions, who are either coming in from community setting or stepping down from a higher level of care. This Mental Health Supported Living Home is on a continuum of care designed to help people move from 24/7 care to more independent settings and then on to independent living with supports. The Residents in the home have a goal of greater levels of independence and will be moving on in 6 months.
The work includes Modeling, Doing with, Observing, and Assisting the Resident in learning skills and doing various daily living tasks.

· Administering Medications and helping the Resident learn the 5 R’s in order to become self-medicating.
· Helping the Resident schedule and get to appointments in ways that allow the resident the greatest amount of independence.
· Helping the Resident learn skills to get from place to place, first with the agency vehicle, and then using resources in the community, such as walking, using the bus or Medical Assistance Transportation.
· Helping the Resident learn to plan, prepare, shop for, make meals and clean up afterwards.
· Helping the resident find interests in strengths for leisure and recreation.
· Helping the resident make and keep relationships.
· Learning to be a good neighbor.
· Budgeting and Finances

Qualifications: High School Diploma or Equivalent AND 2 years paid or volunteer work in a Human Service setting with one of those years being in the mental health field.

Required: Valid PA Driver’s License because staff drive the agency vehicle located at the home.
· Cleaning, Sanitation, Organization, and Housekeeping
· Employment or Volunteer Work

Call the office 814-432-4280 or send resume to mainoffice@handinhandllc.com