YPEAII

State of North Carolina

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence. The YPEA II hired for this position will be responsible for supervising staff assigned to both the BART Female Unit and the BART Next Step Unit. This position serves as the supervisor, assigns staff to scheduled activities, and ensures that each employee under his/her supervision carries out assigned duties and responsibilities in the prescribed manner and within the framework of established policies. This position also provides specialized direct services to individuals with extreme behavioral challenges. These services are in the form of behavioral programming, habilitative training/activities, and in assisting with health care needs to whatever degree is necessary. Training covers a broad area and includes complex behavioral programming, role modeling, on-the-spot counseling and decision-making, transportation, crisis intervention, maintaining home-like setting, and such entities as self-help, communication, activities of daily living, generalization of skills learned in more formal settings, etc. Health care ranges from minimal levels of assistance with relatively independent individuals to extensive supervision to protect individuals from injuring themselves or others. ALL employees of Murdoch Center are designated as ESSENTIAL for adverse weather and emergency events.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in human services or related degree from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of directly related work experience or High school or General Educational Development diploma and four years of directly related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• As required by facility, CPR certification and listing as a Nurse Aide I or Nurse Aide II by the NC Division of Health Service Regulation required prior to providing direct patient care.
• Applicants will be required to successfully complete the Murdoch Developmental Center “Basic Training Series”; which includes, but is not limited to program library training, First Aid, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Techniques (NVCI), CPR, Body Mechanics and lifting.
• Applicants must have the ability to pass a physical requirements test.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with individuals with intellectual/mental disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Supervising staff assigned to both the BART Female Unit and the BART Next Step Unit.
• Assigning staff to scheduled activities.
• Ensuring that each employee under his/her supervision carries out assigned duties and responsibilities in the prescribed manner and within the framework of established policies.
• Providing specialized direct services to individuals with extreme behavioral challenges in the form of behavioral programming, habilitative training/activities, and in assisting with health care needs to whatever degree is necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees