Residential Equine Specialist

Description

JOB TITLE: Residential Equine Specialist for Lakeview Heights

FLSA: Temporary (3 months, potential for additional 3 months) - Non Exempt, .25FTE (10 hours per week) Schedule to be determined

LOCATION: Lakeview Heights SRTF

SUPEVISOR: Facility Administrator

PAY GRADE: B5 ($18.65 - $25.77 hourly, depending on experience)

Do you have a heart for helping others and experience caring for Equine? We encourage you to apply and have a hand in helping provide our residents with Equine Therapy that has been proven to be a major tool in improving Mental Health. Our Lakeview Heights residential facility is located in Heppner, OR overlooking the beautiful, serene Willow Creek Dam.

Apply Directly at https://ccswebsite.org/employment/

DESCRIPTION

Equine Specialist

The Equine Specialist position is responsible for providing therapeutic horsemanship, care and oversight to the horses on-site at LVH as well as working closely with our QMHA's and Residential Associates. Equine-assisted therapy is provided 1-2 times/week for the residents of LVH. The equine specialist must have a minimum of 6,000 hours (3 years) of hands-on experience with horses. No background in mental health is required.

Residential Associate

Provides services and supports for clients that help the residents develop appropriate skills to increase or maintain their level of functioning. These services may include the mental health services, rehabilitation services, social services, personal services, educational services, vocational services, recreational and leisure activities, and other services required to meet a resident’s needs as defined in the guidelines of their personal care plan. This person works directly with residents to promote recovery.

SUPERVISION

Supervision Received

The Administrator is the immediate supervision and provides supervision of the Equine Specialist. However, given the nature of the business, the Facility Assistant Administrator will often provide supervision, primarily in the absence of the Facility Administrator.

Supervision Exercised

Position does not supervise or assign work

RESPONSIBILITIES

This position will or may:

Reads log and other client support documents as needed upon reporting to work and to make all

appropriate entries during and before the conclusion of the shift.

Stays awake and alert throughout the shift.

Assists residents in activities including, socialization,

recreation, skill acquisition, and self-expression.

Orients, trains, and works with the residents to perform in an appropriate, safe, and independent,

recovery oriented manner within the guidelines of the residents personal care plan (PCP) or

individual support plan (ISP).

Receives SRTF trainings prior to giving care; passes and maintains certification in CPR.

Maintains clean, sanitary and safe conditions at the barn, for example, sweeping, mopping, etc., both routinely, and as needed. Reports all safety

hazards.

Provides timely and accurate documentation as required per OAR’s and Community Counseling Solutions

policies and procedures.

Reports any suspected violations or clients rights or abuse of a client by another client or a

staff member according to policies and OAR’s regarding mandatory reporting. Such reporting is

required for, but is not limited to, suspected incidents of physical assault, neglect of care,

sexual exploitation of financial exploitation, which may also include borrowing or removing

property from the home.

Attends staff meetings and training sessions as scheduled.

Follows the policies and procedures of Community Counseling Solutions.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALFICATIONS

The ability to interact and relate to residents, staff, managers and others with respect and

dignity. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; comprehend laws,

administrative rules and regulations and agency policies, and develop and maintain effective

working relationships with peers, supervisors and other professionals. Ability to deal with

clients experiencing crisis situations.

Education and Experience

This position must have a high school diploma or equivalent, be able to pass a criminal history

background check, and have a current drivers license.

The ideal candidate will have three years combination of training or experience in psychology,

counseling, or a related field. This could be college coursework in psychology, social work or

related social sciences, experience in a social service setting; or any satisfactory equivalent

combination of experience (professional and/or personal) and training which demonstrates the

ability to perform the above-described duties.

Other Skills and Abilities

The position requires the handling of highly confidential information. Must adhere to rules and

laws pertaining to client confidentiality.

Must posses, or have the ability to possess functional knowledge of business English and medical

terminology.

Must have good spelling and basic mathematical skills.

Must have the ability to learn assigned tasks readily and to adhere to general office procedures.

Good organizational and time management skills are essential. Must have in depth knowledge of

standard office equipment.

Must possess the ability to represent the interest of the customer and the agency in a favorable

light in the community.

Must have the ability to work well with teams and other groups of individuals.

Must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats. Must have the ability to

present and exchange information internally across teams and co-workers, and externally with

customers and the public.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 

Must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536-181.537 and in accordance with OAR 410-007-0200 through 410-007-0380. 

Must pass a monthly check against the OIG and GSA exclusion lists, as well as other federal and state agency lists. If employee, volunteer or contractor is excluded or sanctioned it is grounds for immediate termination of employment, volunteering, or contract. 

PERSONAL AUTO INSURANCE 

Must hold a valid driver’s license as well as personal auto insurance for privately owned vehicles utilized for CCS business such as client service purposes, travel between business offices and the community, to attend required meetings and trainings.  

Must show proof of $300,000 or more liability coverage for bodily injury and $100,000 or more in property damage, and maintain said level of coverage for the duration of employment at CCS.    

The employee’s insurance is primary with CCS insurance being secondary. CCS reserves the right to deny any employee the use of a vehicle owned by CCS.  

PHYISCAL DEMANDS

This position requires an individual to be regularly available for work as scheduled. Position

requires professional and personal skills to cope with stress associated with work involving a high

degree of mental, emotional and physical demands. This position also requires the ability to bend,

stoop, push and pull on an ongoing basis. This position may require an individual to lift and

transfer clients using a two-person lifting technique. This position may involve working overtime,

weekends, evening or overnight awake shifts.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential

functions of this position. Must be willing to work a flexible work schedule; depending on

community and resident needs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in the barn, in an office/home environment as well as in the community. The noise level in

the office environment is usually moderate, but occasionally one may be exposed to loud noises.

The noise in the community, including the homes of customers, is often difficult to predict.

Occasional out of area travel and overnight stays will be required for attendance at meetings

and/trainings.

However, the employee also will be required to work in the community. Handicap access may not be

available at all places where this position must go. There are some situations where this position

may be required to respond to environments where a client is in crisis. The environments in these

situations are difficult to predict and may be in uneven terrain.

This position exposes the employee to the everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety

precautions typical of such places as an office or home environment.

This position holds the expectation of providing basic horse skills groups to clients. For example, anatomy of a horse etc. This position will not work on the floor in the facility.

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