Service Coordinator At Certified Apartment Program

Service Coordinator At Certified Apartment Program

Responsibilities of the Apartment Counselor are to provide services to adults who have a diagnosis of mental illness and living in individual apartments throughout the Schenectady community. The goal is to work with the client in stabilizing at in his/her apartment while also providing rehabilitative services so he/she can transition to the next level of independence. Specific duties included:

• Providing supportive counseling to assist in stabilizing.
• Everything we do with our clients is verbal including verbal intervention skills. There is no personal care and no physical restraints.
• Crisis prevention skills and coping skills.
• Verbal crisis intervention.
• Medication supervision by bringing the medication to the clients' apartment for refills based on the step system and number of days the clients is eligible to have the medication. Although we don't watch clients ingest the medications, we do a count at the visit to make sure the correct amount of medication is in the medication organizer. In addition, we have a conversation with the clients about taking the medications and teach clients about the medication, side effects, etc.
• Teaching of daily living skills.
• Maintaining a healthy and clean environment for our clients to become independent which includes some cleaning.
• Socialization skills and recreational activities.
• Promote a culture of inclusion and belonging.
• Provide transportation to clients using the agency's vehicles.
• We DO NOT do personal care personal care AND we DO NOT do physical restraints. Everything we do with our clients is verbal engagement and interactions including supportive counseling and teaching.