Consumers as Colleagues CASRA. Today’s staff In all positions, consumers of mental health services...

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Consumers as Colleague s CASRA

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Consumers as

Colleagues

CASRA

Today’s staff

• In all positions, consumers of mental health services are encouraged to apply.

– Administrative Assistant– Job Coach– Relief Counselor– Community support worker– Program Manager– Case Manager– Case Manager Assistant

Core Issues

– Preparing the workforce– Training– Supports on the job– Supervision– Administrative issues

Preparing the workforce

Staff Issues

Core valuesConfidentialityRole confusionInclusionSupervision

Consumer issues

AcceptanceBoundary issuesConfidenceFear of losing benefits

Training

• Peer Counseling, PSR certificate, or Human Services Certificate preferred

• Experience relevant to the job

• Teams are integrated – people with different backgrounds are in the same positions

Difficulties on the Job

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Knowing

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Assertive

Setting

Boundaries

Health

Problems

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Difficulties on the Job

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situations

Not feeling

accepted

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apprec iated

J ob stress

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Difficulties on the Job

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Understanding Managing Time Timely Feedback Support

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Supports on the Job

• Ongoing training opportunities

• Reasonable Accommodations

• Supervisory support

• Team support

Supports on the job

• Training opportunities

– New Staff orientation– Monthly in-service trainings– Ongoing training development to meet their

needs• Resilience Training

Reasonable Accommodations

Human Assistance

• Utilizing a job coach

• Providing additional individualized training.

• Designating a co-worker as peer support.

• Pairing workers with mentors.

• Peer support groups.

• Benefits counseling.

Flexible Scheduling

•Job sharing

•Allowing workers to shift hours for appointments

•Leave during a hospitalization

Reasonable Accommodations

Most Requested Supports on the Job

18%

12%

25%

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Flexible workschedule

Additionaltraining

Support fromcolleagues

J ob-sharing

Peer supportgroups

Supportivesupervisor

J ob coach

Supervision

• Assigning a worker to a supportive supervisor.

• Training supervisors to offer praise, positive reinforcement, clear direction and constructive feedback.

• Educate managers about the ADA and reasonable accommodations.

• Utilize written agreements between workers and supervisors for short term performance goals.

Supervision

Create a supervisor’s forum.

– Supervisors needed support to talk out the issues.

– Learning to navigate the balance between extra support up front and maintaining job expectations.

Administrative issues

• Job development

• Job descriptions

• Providing career ladder opportunities

• Providing opportunities to increase education and training – 20/20 programs

Administrative issues

• Flexibility in enforcing traditional policies.– Permitting phone calls to supports during

work hours.

• Providing a quiet work space like an enclosed office to entry-level employees who are vulnerable to distractions

Team Support

• Using a team approach allows everyone to benefit from the group wisdom and experience

• Trainings provide opportunity to connect and support