Qualified Professional/Intensive In Home

Easterseals PORT Health • Statesville, NC

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

Intensive In-Home (IIH) Qualified Professional Do you have a passion for working with children and families in crisis? Are you driven to be a change agent for those families? Are you considered that “go-to” person who can link people to much-needed community resources? Not only do you enjoy the freedom of creating your work schedule, but you also embrace it? If you believe in leveraging strengths and passions to support stability and wellbeing, we have a career for you! Easterseals Port Health (ESPH) has an immediate need for a full-time Intensive In-Home Qualified Professional. Join this team of smart, talented professionals working every day to improve the lives of people and families. You will flourish in this role if you’re self-motivated, require minimum supervision, and is a go-getter! About Easterseals Port Health: We strive to attract and engage team members with diverse lived experiences. We intentionally seek out and value uniqueness across race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, personality, disability, and age. Easterseals Port Health is a leading provider of disability related-services in the communities in which we serve. Our purpose is to provide meaningful and exceptional services so that children and adults living with disabilities and mental health challenges can live, learn, work and play in their communities. Easterseals Port Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all staff.

Requirements

• Must have either your: Bachelors degree in the Human Service field with two years post-degree experience with the at-risk youth population, or; Masters degree in the Human Service field with one-year post-degree experience with the at-risk youth population.
• Must have a valid, unrestricted, state appropriate driver’s license.
• Must possess the visual acuity to develop written correspondence and determine accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of talking, hearing, sitting for long periods, and performing repetitive motions, such as using a computer.
• Must be able to speak audibly, write legibly and perform repetitive motions such as typing.

Responsibilities

• Provides crisis, case management, and individual/family therapy to prevent the need for out of home placement for children diagnosed with a mental health disorder.
• Ability to deliver essential services in various environments such as: Schools. Homes. Detention Centers and Jails (State funding only). Homeless Shelters. Street Locations.
• Responsible for coordinating initial assessment and the development of the youth’s Person-Centered Plan (PCP).
• Ability to evaluate the nature of the crises, intervene and diffuse the crises likelihood of a recurrence.
• Ability to link needed community services and resources to clients.
• Provide parenting skills training to aid the family build fundamental skills needed for coping with the youth’s disorder.
• Work with caregivers in the implementation of home-based behavioral supports.
• When assigned, provide “First Responder” crisis response on a 24-7, 365 basis to recipients.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term & short-term disability insurance.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan.
• Clear career growth plans to help you achieve your professional goals.
• Work-life balance.
• Accrued Paid Time Off + 11 paid holidays.
• Company provided tools with IT Technical Support.
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness qualifier.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level