Assess clients’ independent living skills and mental status; identify needed skill-sets; assist in learning new skill-sets; provide opportunities to practice new skills; assess their stability; approve their weekday and weekend passes; and help clients with learning problem-solving, independent living, socialization, and coping skills; Assist in budgeting and financial planning; address health and safety issues, how to respond to common emergencies, and medication education; Encourage clients’ resourcefulness, self-empowerment, and understanding their diagnosis and/or illness; Alert other professional staff of adverse reactions to medication or medication avoidance; When assessed as highly unstable, such as being a danger to self or others, write up 5150 holds (involuntary detentions) to determine the extent of the threat; de-escalate that threat; Provide appropriate consultation/back-up to support other staff in responding to client crisis. Plan and organize activity programs, utilizing activities as an evaluation tool and as a therapeutic process; Facilitate individuals and groups through rehabilitation counseling processes that help develop and strengthen life, coping, and independent living skills; develop curriculums; Facilitate one-on-one and groups through rehabilitation counseling processes; take notes; schedule clients for psychiatric consultations.