Clubhouse Generalist - Social Practitioner

Job Description

Job Description

The Friendship Clubhouse provides non-clinical therapy - through- work program that focuses on helping adults with mental Illnesses. All staff share in assisting members to live vocationally productive and socially satisfying lives. The program participants are perceived as “members” rather than “clients” or “patients”, and they work to maintain an informal setting to reduce the psychological distance between staff and members. Staff encourages members to assume productive roles both within the psychosocial club facility, and in the broader community. Provides members support through working to maintain a flexible, varied program of vocational, educational, and recreational activities. Actively involved with the development of Transitional Employment and Supported Employment placements in the community and actively involved with their sustainability.

Why a Clubhouse Generalist at Hope…

Make a difference in people's lives, including your own.

Here are just some of the ways Hope Network invests in you for all that you do:

- Starting Pay: $15.00 - $18.00

- Career Pathing

- Paid Training

- Educational Reimbursement

- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

- Pet Insurance

- Retirement savings plan

- Employee Assistance Program

- Paid Holidays

- Generous paid time off

How you will change lives…

- Work in close collaboration with staff team and members, as well as, individually to meet goals, promote a positive work environment, and advance the quality of services provided to members of the Clubhouse.

- Actively engage members, work with, and alongside members in the work-ordered day, to identify needs in the unit and Clubhouse, to assist members in planning out a full day’s worth of work and ensure those needs are met, plan activities and perform tasks associated with true clubhouse units. These tasks include meal preparation, administrative planning, clerical responsibilities, store and/or snack operations, and building maintenance.

- Ensure unit work gets completed even if members are unwilling to assist.

- Ensure personnel identify and encourage the skills, talents, creative ideas, and efforts of each member each day.

- Participate in social/recreational activities on some weekends, evenings, and holidays.

- Serve as an advisor, advocate, and resource for a caseload of members. Support member’s goals to find meaningful work outside the Clubhouse through Supported, Transitional or Independent Employment.

- Assist with vocational skill building, completing applications, interviewing, job development, job coaching and follow along supports.

- Participate in outreach activities aimed at achieving a minimum of 40% of total membership attendance daily.

About you…

- You possess a strong desire to help others with empathy, patience, understanding, enthusiasm, and dedication

- You exhibit characteristics of trustworthiness, integrity, and honesty

- You respect diversity and inclusion

- You demonstrate professionalism in communication, pleasantness, attendance, attention to accuracy and follow through, reliability, teamwork, and punctuality

- You take part in continuous education, training, and personal development and growth

We are Hopeful you have…

- Associates Degree preferred.

- Valid State of Michigan driver’s license (Required)

- Ability to lift 50 lbs.

- Possess basic computer skills