PCA Skills Trainer

Northeast Independent Living Program Inc•Lawrence, MA

5d•$20 - $25•Hybrid

About The Position

NILP is a rapidly growing, human service agency who assists persons with all types of disabilities who wish to live independently in their community throughout Northeast Massachusetts. NILP provides five core services of Advocacy, Peer Counseling, Information and Referral, Independent Living Skills Training, and Transition. NILP believes in consumer control and self direction and provides these services with the knowledge that persons with disabilities are the best determinants of their needs and goals. The PCA Skills Specialist will meet with agency consumers involved in the agency’s Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program. We are seeking applicants with experience in service coordination type work with persons with all types of disabilities and elders in the human service field, as well as those passionate about helping others and willingness to show a commitment to Independent Living philosophy. Applicants must strong ability to organize their time between home visits and required paperwork/documentation.

Requirements

An individual with an Associate’s Degree in a human service or relevant concentration, can be substituted with personal experience with a disability or equivalent human service experience.
At least one year of experience in providing services to people with disabilities.
Proficient in Excel, Microsoft Office, database management.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred.
Preference given to qualified candidates who self-identify as an individual with a disability, in accordance with our mission and federal CIL requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide information, orientation and determine basic eligibility to people with disabilities seeking Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Services through the Medicaid Personal Care Attendant Program.
Complete an initial assessment with consumer in their residential setting to determine their capacity to manage their program.
Respond in a timely manner telephonically or in person to consumer inquiries and questions.
Documenting consumer visits and contact notes in the program’s database system.
Assisting consumers in completing paperwork necessary to manage and hire their personal care attendants, as well as advising consumers how to handle various types of employer/employee dynamics and situations.
Maintaining consumer case files and monitoring a consumer’s ongoing ability to manage their personal care program.
Troubleshoot for and with the consumer regarding issues with their individual program which could include one or more of the four core services; peer support, skills training, advocacy and information and referral.
Maintain working relationship between PCA Program and Fiscal Intermediary (FI) including, but not limited to; resolving member complaints and sharing information with FI as needed.