• Teach specific skills such as money management, community accessibility,       laundry, meal planning,  employment related skills, maintaining personal hygiene, and cleaning
• Organize and monitor day-to-day schedule when necessary
• Provide direction for organizing and scheduling household duties and routines
• Provide resources to consumers and their families for obtaining necessary household equipment
• Assist consumers and their families in providing medication reminders to take medication as prescribed
• Provide transportation to consumers for attendance of medical appointments, appointments related to their service plan, or for activities designated on the consumer’s service plan.
• Regular contact with contracted caregiving service to provide updates on consumers and assure smooth transition to evening, weekend, holiday coverage for consumers and their families.
• Weekly to daily contact with client’s assigned CCS service facilitator to obtain clinical updates regarding clientele.
• Attend weekly staffing for clinical consultation with CSP/CCS/Mobile Crisis/Medical Director

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Post High School classes or degree in Human Services field preferred.
• Experience or training with the serious and persistent mentally ill population required.
• Experience or training with in-home caregiving preferred.

Portage County offers a ROBUST BENEFIT PACKAGE for this position. Benefits include;

• State of Wisconsin Retirement Plan

• Health insurance- your choice of two health plans- (Health Savings Account associated with the High Deductible Health Plan with a County contribution and a Traditional PPO plan)

• Vacation

• Paid holidays

• Sick leave

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance- premium paid by the County

• Long term disability insurance- premium paid by the County

• Dental insurance

• 457B Deferred Compensation Plan

Portage County is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer