Human Services Provider Prog Coord I-Mountain View CI 65025476

State of North Carolina•Avery County, NC

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina at Mountain View Correctional Institution in Avery County. Mountain View is a medium custody male facility that houses approximately 908 offenders. We offer a variety of educational classes and programs to promote offender rehabilitation. This is professional work in providing, coordinating and being accountable for the inter-disciplinary person-centered services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, complex neurologic disorders, dementia and/or co-occurring disorders. Employees are located in a specialized facility that provides services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, complex neurologic disorders, dementia, sensory deficits, behavior, motor movement disorders, seizures, and/or autism spectrum disorders. Employees create, modify, and implement individualized cognitive, vocational, and/or social developmental care plans. Employees ensure compliance with residential-based health, safety, and habilitative services as required by State/federal laws, and facility policies and procedures. Establishes, implements, and monitors program goals, quality controls, and policies/procedures for defined residential units or homes. Employees negotiate the service delivery of professional disciplines such as nursing, psychology, social work, therapeutic recreation, PT, and OT in the implementation of person-centered plans. Employees are assigned responsibility for one or two shifts on one unit and may serve as lead developmental services coordinator for direct care staff. Employees evaluate, modify, and implement individualized cognitive, vocational, and/or social developmental care plans. Employees identify and document opportunities and obstacles for an individual to assist with the enhancement of improving an individual’s self-determination, participation in their community, and to recognize interests. Employees may provide in-service training to direct-care staff that includes documentation and forms-completion procedures. The Coordinator I is differentiated from the Human Services Provider Program Coordinator II by limited overall decision-making, as well as scope of administrative responsibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a human services or related field from an appropriately accredited institution, and one year of experience providing and/or developing person-centered care plans for individuals with intellectual disabilities/co-occurring disorders; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Documented knowledge of treatment programs and their implementation procedures.
Documented knowledge of the basics physiological, nutritional, sensory-motor, affective, cognitive, social, communication and adaptive development.
Documented experience in the development, observation and modification to person centered plans.
Must pass a background check to be eligible for this job.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degrees in human services may be substituted to meet educational requirements if an applicant does not possess a Bachelor’s degree in human services or related field.

Responsibilities

Providing, coordinating and being accountable for the inter-disciplinary person-centered services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, complex neurologic disorders, dementia and/or co-occurring disorders.
Create, modify, and implement individualized cognitive, vocational, and/or social developmental care plans.
Ensure compliance with residential-based health, safety, and habilitative services as required by State/federal laws, and facility policies and procedures.
Establish, implement, and monitor program goals, quality controls, and policies/procedures for defined residential units or homes.
Negotiate the service delivery of professional disciplines such as nursing, psychology, social work, therapeutic recreation, PT, and OT in the implementation of person-centered plans.
Evaluate, modify, and implement individualized cognitive, vocational, and/or social developmental care plans.
Identify and document opportunities and obstacles for an individual to assist with the enhancement of improving an individual’s self-determination, participation in their community, and to recognize interests.
Provide in-service training to direct-care staff that includes documentation and forms-completion procedures.