Staffed Residence Provider

Cumberland River Behavioral Health Inc • Corbin, KY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing therapeutic training to promote independence according to Individual Plan of Care goals and objectives. The provider will assist and observe individuals with personal care needs, support all their needs, and educate them on safety awareness, household chores, and meal preparation. The position requires facilitating individual independence, providing opportunities for fun activities and leisure choices, and scheduling/transporting individuals to appointments and activities. The provider will also advocate for individual rights, recognize and document incidents, prevent and report abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and report legitimate complaints to supervisors. Key aspects include respecting individuals, initiating bonding, being honest, understanding individuals' needs, providing financial assistance and money skills training, assisting with shopping, and building relationships with family and friends. The role also involves providing behavioral support, monitoring health, promoting good health practices, using positive language, being patient and understanding, knowing the individual's whereabouts at all times, respecting their home and belongings, limiting personal visits, accurately administering medication with knowledge of side effects, reporting medication errors, and completing all paperwork accurately and timely. This includes writing staff notes, service registers, and factual notes. The provider must be able to compromise, demonstrate effective communication and initiative, ensure confidentiality, be dependable and punctual, maintain a positive appearance, communicate effectively with all involved staff, understand and carry out instructions, be a team player, use the phone professionally, respect co-workers and individuals, and monitor/report maintenance issues. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age with high school diploma or GED or 21 years old with good communication skills
• Submit to and pass a criminal record check and a drug screen test
• Possess a valid social security card or valid work permit for non US citizens
• Possess a valid driver’s license with no moving violations
• Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Knowledgeable of computers
• Ability to exercise good judgment, tact, diplomacy and compassion when problem solving, handling conflict or in a crisis situation.
• Ability to complete record keeping in a timely fashion
• Ability to get along with diverse personalities and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work well with people of all races, backgrounds and needs.
• Ability to work as part of a comprehensive community mental health team and to positively represent the agency in the community.
• Physically able to reach, push, pull, stoop, stand, walk and lift up to 20 pounds.
• Possess a valid Driver’s License, maintain a safe driving record, and maintain the required minimum vehicle insurance amount for the State of Kentucky, if required for job performance.
• TB skin test assessment within 7 days of hire.
• Read, adhere to, and promote the DID vision statement.
• Comply with agency policies and procedures.
• Complete training requirements within time frames per SCL waiver.
• All staff are required to participate in yearly trainings regarding infection control and safety in the environment including hazardous waste and blood borne pathogens.
• All new staff must attend training regarding handling physical, verbal threats, acts of violence or other escalating and potential dangerous situations including when police need to be summoned.
• All staff must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within one month of employment and maintain the certification.
• First Aid Training may be required.

Nice To Haves

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable the individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic training to promote independence according to Individual Plan of Care goals and objectives.
• Assist and observe the individual’s personal care needs.
• Support all the individual’s needs.
• Assist/educate regarding safety awareness of home and environment.
• Assist/educate regarding laundry, sanitation/household chores, meal preparation and planning.
• Interaction/involvement with the individuals/help them to assume routine household care and maintenance.
• Facilitate the individual to be as independent as possible.
• Provide opportunities for fun activities, leisure choices.
• Schedule/transport/arrange transportation (doctor’s appointments, leisure activities, family connections -to be coordinated with residential manager and/or case manager). This may require transportation of the individual in personal vehicle.
• Advocate for the individual’s rights and needed services.
• Recognize an incident and document correctly and properly.
• Prevent/report abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation. Staff have a legal responsibility to report any form of abuse (physical, emotional, sexual), neglect, and/or exploitation.
• Report legitimate complaints to supervisor(s).
• Respect the individuals and initiate the bonding process.
• Be honest with the individuals.
• Know the people you’re working with.
• Provide financial assistance/money skills training.
• Assist with shopping needs/wants.
• Connect the individual to family and friends-relationship building.
• Provide behavioral support and be familiar with the behavior intervention plan, record data.
• Monitor individual’s health and provide opportunity for exercise/good health practices.
• Use positive, non-stigmatizing language and be cautious about comments.
• Be patient and understanding.
• Know where the individual is at all times.
• Respect that it’s the individual’s home, phone, etc.
• Limit/discourage visitation of staff family/friends.
• Accurately administer medication and know the side effects.
• Provide medication information during administration (purpose, side effects).
• Proper reporting/documenting of medication errors.
• Complete all paperwork/documentation accurately and timely.
• Write a staff note for each date of the individual’s service and complete/submit service register or pink ticket for billing.
• Write relevant, factual notes using the appropriate format.
• Be able to compromise.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Demonstrate initiative for all tasks.
• Ensure CONFIDENTIALITY.
• Be dependable and punctual.
• Staff and individuals should have a positive appearance at all times.
• Practice good communication with all staff involved with the individual (Case Management Supervisor, Behavior Specialist, Therapist, etc.).
• Understand and carry out instructions.
• Be a team player/form a team with co-workers.
• Use phone in a professional manner.
• Respect all co-workers and individuals.
• Monitor and report maintenance issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED