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Medical Respite Counselor (Healthcare)
The Medical Respite Counselor reports to ___________________ and is responsible for providing all necessary support activities to the Medical Respite program in accordance with the policies and procedures outlined in the Medical Respite program manual. In this role, the Medical Respite Specialist has three primary roles. Spend the full duration of the eight hour shift either in the house working with residents, completing paperwork in the residence office or transporting or in other ways providing instrumental support/assistance to HHAH residents in accordance with one of the three primary roles described above. Medical Respite Counselors will cover 40 hours (5 8-hour shifts) per week at either the Phase I Edson Place NE house, the Phase II First Street NW house or will operate in a Float capacity in which the counselor, under guidance from the collaborative partner Pathways -Assistant Residence Director, will move between houses and assist residents in tasks assigned including counseling support, case management and transportation.
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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical requirements described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.