Program Description:
Intensive In-Home is time limited family preservation intervention for consumers age 3-20 intended to diffuse the current crisis, evaluate its nature and intervene to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence. The ultimate goal is to stabilize the living arrangement, promote reunification or prevent the utilization of out-of-home therapeutic resources (i.e., psychiatric hospital, therapeutic foster care, and residential treatment facility).
Job Summary:
The Intensive In-Home OP will serve on a team of three (AP, QP and licensed clinician) led by a licensed or provisionally clinician. The team will work together to stabilize the assigned caseload of consumers and their family's living arrangements. The team shall serve caseload of 8 families. This position provides therapeutic interventions to support and guide consumers in all areas of functional domains. This position will report directly to the Intensive In-Home Team Lead. Team Lead will provide individualized clinical supervision according to 10A NCAC 27G .0104.
Essential Functions:
- Assist in the development of Person-Centered Plans
- Assist in implementing a home-based behavioral support plan with the youth and his/her caregivers as indicated in the PCP
- Work with caregivers in the implementation of home-based behavioral supports
- Work effectively with other service providers and/or internal program managers to coordinate services and treatment
- Provide 24 hour 7 days a week 365 days a year coverage to consumers in care
- Serve as a first responder to service participants in care
- Assist in crisis interventions
- Provide psychoeducation as indicated in the PCP
- One-on-one interventions with the consumer and family to diffuse current crisis, evaluate its nature and intervene to reduce the likelihood of a re-occurrence
- Provide self help and living skills training for youth
- Monitor and manage the presenting psychiatric and addition symptoms
- Case management activities to arrange, link or integrate multiple services as well assessing and reassessing for consumer's need for service
- Assist in informing the consumer about the benefits, community resources, and services; assist the recipient in assessing benefits and services; arrange for the consumer to receive benefits and services; and monitor the provision of service
- Assisting the team leader in consulting with identified providers, engaging community and natural supports, and including their input in the person-centered planning process
- Ensuring all documentation is kept current for all consumers in their care
- Assist the team leader in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, as evidenced by symptom reduction and progress toward goals identified in the PCP
Job Qualifications:
Candidates must have one year of documented experience with the population served (MH/DD/SA youth ages 3-20). This position requires a Masters degree in human services field and one year of full-time, post graduate accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served; OR graduation from a college or university with a baccalaureate degree in a related human services field and two years full-time baccalaureate accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served; OR graduation from a college or university with a baccalaureate degree in a field not related to human services and four years of full time, post baccalaureate accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served.
Candidate must have skill, knowledge and experience to provide various skill building activities; support on-going treatment and functional gains; one-on-one interventions with the consumer to develop interpersonal and community relational skills; therapeutic mentoring; symptom monitoring and self management of symptoms, etc. Candidate must have the ability to communicate well. Candidate must be able to meet competency on required training's.
The staff member is expected to demonstrate commitment, competence, people skills and adaptability. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level, or work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of all personnel so assigned. TRFF, Inc reserves the right to amend and/or make changes to this job description as needed.
This staff member must have no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry.
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others through compassionate care and professional support, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding opportunity as a Qualified Professional.
Job Type: Part-time
Work Location: In person