Direct Support Specialist to Temporary Registered Alcohol & Drug Peer Support Specialist

Seven Counties Services•Louisville, KY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

While working toward obtaining education credentials required to become a Temporary Registered Alcohol & Drug Peer Support Specialist (TRAD PSS) as defined by the state regulations and the Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors, acts exclusively in the capacity of a Direct Support Specialist. This role involves teaching, modeling, and coaching activities of daily living (ADL), planning and facilitating community-based activities, contributing to a safe and therapeutic environment, serving as an ambassador for the organization and its clients, collaborating with community systems, providing transportation, offering personal care as needed, administering First Aid and CPR, supervising self-administered medication, identifying food and/or medication allergies, communicating relevant information to staff and providers, documenting services provided, and maintaining confidentiality of protected health information. The position requires attendance and participation in all required staff and service planning meetings and trainings. The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
Maintains required education and required training documentation in record management systems to apply as Temporary RAD PSS within one month of hire.
Attest to one year recovery as defined by AODE regulations.
Zero to one year full-time experience working with individuals who receive services for treatment of a mental health, substance abuse, intellectual disability, or physical health condition.
Ability to provide nurturing attention and care to individuals with disabilities.
Ability to communicate with verbal and nonverbal individuals.
Good interpersonal skills.
Teaching skills.
Patience and empathy.
Maturity and judgment.
Understanding of normal growth and development, culture/ethnicity considerations, and mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and/or substance use disorder diagnoses relevant to age groups/populations served.
Understands role of OTRs to appropriately represent client need for CSA services required for authorization.
18 years of age or older.
Valid driver’s license.
Proof of automobile liability insurance.
Positive driving record.
Within the bounds of their respective job descriptions, all staff are expected to exercise principle-centered leadership, focused on customer service responsiveness, with a continuous quality improvement orientation.
Additionally, all staff are expected to develop a working knowledge of and follow all policies and procedures related to safety management and other Joint Commission standards.

Nice To Haves

Preferred two (2) years in recovery.

Responsibilities

Teaches, models, and coaches’ activities of daily living (ADL) (e. g., personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal preparation, money management, educational and vocational goal setting, nutrition needs); monitors performance of ADL skills and provides therapeutic feedback.
Plans and facilitates community-based activities (e. g., medical appointments, grocery shopping, leisure/recreation/socialization); facilitates access to community resources (e. g., AA/NA meetings, school, job placement).
Contributes to safe and therapeutic environment by practicing verbal de-escalation and, as authorized, other behavior management techniques.
Serves as “ambassador” of SCS and its clients by integrating clients into the community and educating community members about people with disabilities and about SCS’s services and programming.
Collaborates with community systems on behalf of individuals served (e. g., school, landlord, family, transportation provider, employer).
Provides transportation (e. g., driving SCS van or personal vehicle), ensuring adherence to standard safety practices (e. g., driver certification, seat belts, child safety seats); teaches and facilitates use of public transportation systems.
Provides personal care, as needed (e. g., personal hygiene, toileting, laundry, meal preparation, safe eating techniques).
Administers First Aid and CPR, as needed.
Supervises self-administered medication, depending on the specific clinical program’s protocols.
Identifies assigned clients’ food and/or medication allergies and exercises reasonable care to avoid exposure to allergens.
Communicates information relevant to care, treatment, and services, with other SCS staff members and, as authorized, with non-SCS providers, to ensure appropriate level and quality of care.
Documents services and care provided by timely completing various forms (e. g., attendance records, daily logs, shift/progress notes, incident reports, time reports in accordance with SCS and regulatory standards.
Maintains confidentiality of protected health information, consistent with SCS procedures and state and federal law.
Attends and participates in all required staff and service planning meetings and trainings.
Provides activities intended to assure successful community living through utilization of skills training.
Uses a variety of psychiatric rehabilitation techniques to teach and to assist clients with improving daily living skills, self-monitoring symptoms and side effects, emotional regulations skills, crisis coping and interpersonal skills.
Documents service to align with clients’ individualized, comprehensive Treatment Plan with intervention specifically addressing client’s progress towards a chosen and relevant Treatment Plan objective.
Manages client caseload, client services, and activities to maximize direct care client time and reach expected productivity targets.
Provides formal training to Community Support Providers and Community Support Specialists and/or serves as mentor or shift leader.