Residential Support Staff - Adult Group Homes -Mon-Fri 4p-12a

Southeastern Integrated Care LLC•Southern Pines, NC

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About The Position

The Residential Support Specialist – Adult Group Homes is a Paraprofessional responsible for providing Psycho-Educational and supportive therapeutic interventions that are intended to meet the mental health, developmental disability, and/or substance abuse needs of clients with significant functional deficits or who because of negative environmental, medical or biological factors, are at risk of developing or increasing the magnitude of such functional deficits. You will be responsible for providing essential expertise and consultation to the entire interdisciplinary healthcare team to promote a culture in which each individual’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities while serving as an advocate for clients. Services are structured and scheduled activities for adults aged 18 and older with MH/SA disability. You will provide services that are individualized, recovery focused approach that promotes the development of wellness self-management, personal recovery, natural supports, coping skills, and self-advocacy skills and development of independent living skills for housing, employment, and full community inclusion. Support staff are responsible for tasks that ensure a beneficiary has 24 hour a day, seven (7) day a week access to supports to meet their behavioral health and physical needs. They work closely with clinical staff to support and monitor the acquisition of new skills, ensure basic daily needs and activities of daily living are completed and recorded, and support in the recovery-oriented interventions. The support staff work closely with medical staff to ensure monitoring is completed and recorded. Support Staff may coordinate with beneficiary’s primary physician when needed. This position is to be supervised by a Qualified Professional or an Associate Professional within the identified disability area.

Requirements

Must possess at a minimum High School Diploma/GED
Must be a Para Professional, Associate Professional or Qualified Professional
Valid driver's license
At least twenty-one years old.
Clean driving record.
Able to read, write, understand, and follow directions.
Experience working in a Human Services field.
Clear Healthcare Registry report.
Be available to collaborate with enrolled members at least 5 days per week.
Document direct service delivery according to Medicaid and SEIC standards to include: purpose of contact, describes the provider’s interventions, the time spent performing the intervention, the effectiveness of the interventions, the signature (degree, credentials or position) of the person providing the service in a weekly service note.
Ability to read a medical record and find pertinent information quickly.
Ability to write complete service notes.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from consumers, and/or the public.
Strong Psycho-educational skills.
Strong daily and community integration skills.
Strong family/caregivers training and consultation skills.
Strong adaptive skill training in all functional domains including vocational, education, personal care, domestic, social, communication, leisure, problem-solving, etc.
Strong behavior and crisis intervention, monitoring, and anticipatory skills.
Strong relational supportive skills.
Mentoring skills.
Strong behavior and anger management techniques.
Strong symptom management skills.
Wellness evaluation skills.
Ability to implement person centered plan.
Ability to give input into the person-centered plan.
Ability to refer and link recipient to diverse resources (including natural supports, community supports and paid resources.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in human services-preferred

Responsibilities

Works directly with clients, (individually or groups) in a naturally occurring and residential facility on functional problems that occur in that setting. Focuses on assisting the client in preventing, overcoming, or managing functional deficits in school, home or in assisting the primary caregiver in acquiring the skills needed to assist the client in all functional domains: vocational, educational, personal care, domestic, psychosocial, communication, problem solving, adaptive, etc.
Provides preventive, developmental, and therapeutic interventions designed to direct client activities.
Comply with NCAC 27G.5600A requirements for care in a supervised living facility
Use psychoeducation strategies and recovery interventions to support the individual
Take, record, and report out vital signs as ordered by medical staff
Assist with ARC LOU requirements as requested by your supervisor
Assist with shopping and meal preparation as required
Assist with housekeeping and maintenance of the residence
Assist with intake/tenant leasing processes as requested by supervisor
Observe and document medications taken by residents
Coordinate with pharmacy as needed to assure MAR’s and prescriptions are delivered
Transport residents as necessary to appointments, outings, shopping, etc
Assist with any coordination of repairs and or emergency repairs as needed
Communicate observations and recommendations effectively in written and verbal form
Assist with crisis interventions
Work independently and as a member of the team
Communicate effectively with the individual, staff, and others
Learn and apply recovery-oriented practices and person- centered approaches when working with an individual
Use psychoeducation strategies and recovery interventions to support a beneficiary with SUD
Assist in skill building interventions
Follow the PCP/service plan and clinical orders
Participate in team meetings and provide input into the service planning process and or PCP
Maintain client confidentiality in adherence to HIPPA regulations.
Complete in a timely manner, accurate clinical documentation of all services, interventions, and client-related activities. Maintain this documentation in accordance with the standards of SEIC.
Other duties as assigned.
Ensure that the facility functions smoothly during assigned shift.
Inform consumers about benefits, community resources, and services.
Assist consumers with obtaining resources and services.
Consult with other treatment staff
Ensure that predetermined activities take place
Work a varied shift when necessary.
Maintain the confidentiality of SEIC and the patients/clients that the corporation serves.