Course Description

MANDT training for full certification has been designed to be taught over a two (2) day period for a time period of fourteen-sixteen (14-16) hours.

MANDT re-certification training, is required annually over a one (1), eight (8) hour day.

Certification

Students are certified after successfully completing proper skills demonstration and completing all five (5) required tests with 100% proficiency.

Tuition Fee

The tuition cost for the two (2) day MANDT course is $125.00. The MANDT re-certification course is $85.00. The tuition for either training must be paid prior to the start of the training program for all outside students.

Prerequisite

• Applicants must be in good standing with the CNA Registry.
• The State-of-Maine requires healthcare providers to perform criminal background checks on all new employees to protect clients and their families. Although you may obtain certification, anyone with a criminal conviction of client abuse, neglect, exploitation, violence, and/or sexual abuse against any victim or a criminal conviction classified as A, B, C, D, or E within the past ten (10) years may not be considered for employment (State law). If these charges are over ten (10) years, agencies may, at their discretion, hire. If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact us. Please bring a photo ID to the skills lab.

Course Description

The PSS program teaches basic fundamental skills as required by the prescribed DHHS/BEAS approved curriculum approved. The program consists of the fifteen (15) modules listed below:

1. Entering the health care and human service fields
2. Basic work skills and job maintenance
3. Legal and ethical aspects of care
4. Communication
5. Observation, reporting, and documentation
6. Health, safety, and fire prevention
7. Introduction to job skills
8. Understanding the consumer as an individual
9. Concepts of aging and illness
10. Safety
11. Instrumental activities of daily living
12. Transfers and activities of daily living
13. Consumer emergencies
14. Approaches to teaching procedures
15. Skills lab preparation

Module fifteen (15) will consist of state paperwork completion, final exam, and clinical demonstration. This will be given at 11 East Street, Benton, ME 04901. Assistance Plus is not able to accommodate requests for alternate skills training sites.

Tuition Fee

• The tuition for our on-line course is $200.00 and must be paid prior to the start of the training program. If a background check is required there will be an addition charge of $21.00. We accept cash, checks, credit cards, and/or money orders. Checks must be made payable to Assistance Plus attention finance department.
• Once payment is complete, the student may begin the on-line personal support specialist training course. Assistance Plus will send instructions to the student in a welcome letter regarding access to the on-line training program.
• The tuition covers all the on-line materials. The course manual may be downloaded and printed by the student. Any student may purchase a printed manual for $30.00. Certificates are not given to students who have not paid for the course in full.
• Assistance Plus reserves the right to suspend a student’s access to the website at anytime for not complying with any part of the student agreement. Access to our educational website is granted for only nine months after which students are removed from the course without a refund.
• The skills lab/final exam must be completed within three (3) months of the on-line course completion.
• If you are an Assistance Plus employee, see the PSS training agreement for non- skilled PSS employees only.

Provisional

• If a staff member has a MHRT-1, but any of the following components have expired (CPR/First Aid, MANDT, or CRMA) and they were working outside of the field and are coming back into the behavioral health field, a Provisional MHRT-1 needs to be completed along with a letter which shows the dates the employee will be attending trainings to complete the requirements they are missing along with copies of current certifications required for full MHRT-1 and the approval of the Muskie Center.
• The Provisional can be issued for no longer than twelve months, unless special permission is granted by the Muskie Center for Learning.
• If an employee already has a MHRT-1 Provisional issued by another agency, s/he must contact that agency to see when the Provisional was issued and when they left the former place of employment. They can only be issued a Provisional for the remainder of the twelve months This information must be submitted in writing.

We caution anyone applying for MHRT-1 position who has a criminal conviction of client abuse, neglect, exploitation, violence, and/or sexual abuse against any victim or criminal conviction classified A, B, C, D, or E within ten years.

The State-of-Maine requires healthcare providers to perform criminal background checks on all new employees to protect clients and their families. If these charges are over ten years, agencies may use their discretion depending on their hiring policies. If you have any questions regarding these statements, please contact us at your earliest convenience.

Course Description

Five (5) classroom sessions and a final exam to test a student’s competencies for assisting individuals living with mental illness to assure the highest level of independence possible. Students will learn to support individuals in learning to develop and maintain skills of daily living and to progress toward mental health recovery. Students will learn to support individuals in their own homes, in supported living environments, and in the individual’s community of choice.

Required course modules include:

• The role of the mental health support specialist (MHSS)
• Understanding behavioral health and illness
• Trauma
• Health and recovery
• Communication
• Confidentiality
• Documentation
• Sexuality
• Health and safety
• Diversity and cultural competence
• Main’s mental health system and related resources
• Being part of the community

MHRT-1 Certification

To receive full MHRT-1 certification which is a requirement for a position in the Daily Living Support Services division, all of the following must be received.

No part of the MHRT-1 requirements can be waived.

1. A letter of interest with the applicant’s current return address and a phone number in order to be reached during normal business hours.
2. Legible photocopies of current certificates of completion of:

• Residential Care Specialist (RCS) certificate
• Mental Health Support Specialist (MHSS) certificate
• Mental Health Rehabilitation Certified (MHRT-C)
• Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician 2 or 3 (MHRT II/III) certification
• A current Certified Residential Medication Aide certification (CRMA)
• A current intermediate level MANDT, NAPPI, CPI, or other DLRS certification
• A First Aid (CPR/FA)card must be current at the time of application

Tuition Fee

The tuition cost for the full MHRT-1 requirement is $500.00. Assistance Plus will provide students with a calendar of scheduled training dates for this course.

Prerequisites

Applicants must be in good standing with the CNA Registry. The State of Maine requires healthcare providers to perform criminal background checks on all new employees to protect clients and their families. Although you may obtain certification, anyone with a criminal conviction of client abuse, neglect, exploitation, violence, and/or sexual abuse against any victim or a criminal conviction classified as A, B, C, D, or E within the past ten (10) years may not be considered for employment (State law). If these charges are over ten(10) years, agencies may use their discretion. If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact us. Students must have a CNA certificate and a photo ID to attend the PSS test out.

Course Description

The personal support specialist program teaches basic fundamental skills as required by the prescribed curriculum approved by DHHS/BEAS. The program consists of the fifteen modules listed below:

• Entering the health care and human service fields
• Basic work skills and job maintenance
• Legal and ethical aspects of care
• Communication
• Observation, reporting, and documentation
• Health, safety, and fire prevention
• Introduction to job skills
• Understanding the consumer as an individual
• Concepts of aging and illness
• Safety
• Instrumental activities of daily living
• Transfers and activities of daily living
• Consumer emergencies
• Approaches to teaching procedures
• Skills lab preparation

The final exam and clinical demonstration is given on site at 11 East Street, Benton, ME 04901. Assistance Plus is not able to accommodate requests for alternate skills training sites.

Tuition Fee

The tuition for our PSS test out is $75.00 and must be paid prior to the skills lab test out. For all outside students. A $25.00 fee is charged to any student not providing the required 48-hours of cancellation notice.