Respite Provider

Who We Are

Pawnee Mental Health is a non-profit Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) helping underserved populations in 10 counties here in North-Central Kansas.

We are a vibrant community of passionate people looking for our next teammate – you!

What We Offer

At Pawnee Mental Health, we believe in supporting our employees’ well-being with a comprehensive benefits package. This includes top tier benefits like:

• Medical & Vision Insurance: Accessible plans to support your health needs offered through BCBS or Aetna – prices for single coverage between $50-100/month.
• Dental Insurance: 100% FREE for employees.
• Kansas Public Employee Retirement System (KPERS): Secure your future with KPERS retirement benefits - a lifetime pension program.
• Other insurances: Life insurance coverage up to 150% of your annual income and long-term disability insurance at NO COST.
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy 8 paid holidays throughout the year.
• Generous PTO: Start earning 8 hours of PTO per month (12 days/year), jumping to 18 days/year on your first anniversary.
• Paid Medical Leave: Receive a 40-hour bank of paid medical leave IMMEDIATELY upon hire.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access support resources for your personal and professional life.
• Supplemental benefits: Additional life insurance coverage, ambulance transportation, short term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and more!

The Role You’ll Play - Respite Provider

As a Respite Provider, you’ll offer compassionate support to youth experiencing mental health challenges, providing short-term, structured care in home, school, and community settings. Your role is crucial in helping clients stabilize and avoid hospitalization by delivering one-on-one support and collaborating closely with families and treatment teams. Whether you're offering direct care, leading activities, or keeping detailed documentation, your presence provides safety, consistency, and encouragement as youth work toward their treatment goals.

The Day-to-Day

• Provide one-on-one support and direct services to youth in crisis or needing supervision in homes, schools, the respite house, or community settings, including assisting with daily activities, symptom management, and community outings.
• Collaborate with families and treatment teams to share client progress, participate in clinical supervision, and ensure services align with treatment plans and budget approvals.
• Transport clients and travel to service locations using personal or company vehicles as needed.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation in the electronic health record system and follow agency procedures for client incidents, medication compliance, and crisis de-escalation, including physical interventions when necessary.
• Ensure a safe, stable, and welcoming environment by maintaining cleanliness and order in the respite house during shifts.

Why Work With Us?

At Pawnee Mental Health, we take a great deal of pride in the services we offer, and the progress made by those we serve. All employees, regardless of their role, are an important part of our success! To help us achieve our mission, we’re looking for bright and talented people with great ideas. We believe individuals and families with mental health and/or substance use challenges should have the opportunity to lead normal, productive lives at home and in their communities. If you feel the same, we invite you to explore the opportunity below to see how you can make a difference!

We look forward to reviewing your application!

Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent.  
• 21 years-of-age or older
• Strong oral and written communication skills using the English language.
• Basic personal computer skills which enable the entry, retrieval and use of electronic data.
• A valid driver’s license and automobile liability insurance is maintained in accordance with Pawnee policy and procedure.  
• Respite Providers in some regions will be required to provide crisis services and therefore will be required to work rotating shifts. There is the possibility of on call work as needed.

Preferred:

• Post-secondary education in a human services field and/or related work experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office software.

All employees will be required to submit to and pass a background check and drug screening in accordance with Pawnee policy.