Community Support Professional - Shepherdsville

Essential Job Functions

• Teaches, models, and coaches activities of daily living (ADL) (e. g., personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal preparation, money management, educational and vocational goal-setting, nutrition needs); monitors performance of ADL skills and provides therapeutic feedback.
• Completes clinical assessment, as needed, and develops/implements individualized treatment/service objectives.
• Teaches psychoeducation classes on recovery (e. g., medication side effects, ADL, communication skills, stress management strategies).
• Plans and facilitates community-based activities (e. g., medical appointments, grocery shopping, leisure/recreation/socialization); facilitates access to community resources (e. g., AA/NA meetings, school, job placement).
• Contributes to safe and therapeutic environment by practicing verbal de-escalation and, as authorized, other behavior management techniques.
• Serves as "ambassador" of SCS and its clients by integrating clients into the community and educating community members about people with disabilities and about SCS's services and programming.
• Collaborates with community systems on behalf of individuals served (e. g., school, landlord, family, transportation provider, employer).
• Provides transportation (e. g., driving SCS van or personal vehicle), ensuring adherence to standard safety practices (e. g., driver certification, seat belts, child safety seats); teaches and facilitates use of public transportation systems.
• Provides personal care, as needed (e. g., personal hygiene, toileting, laundry, meal preparation, safe eating techniques).
• Provides individualized crisis assistance, consistent with individual's treatment/service plan (i. e, initiating Mental Inquest Warrant, facilitating care from another provider, completing suicide risk assessment).
• Administers First Aid and CPR, as needed.
• Supervises self-administered medication, serving as the program's "point person" for supervised self-administered medication (SSAM), or administers medication, depending on the specific clinical program's protocols.
• Identifies assigned clients' food and/or medication allergies and exercises reasonable care to avoid exposure to allergens.
• Communicates information relevant to care, treatment, and services, with other SCS staff members and, as authorized, with non-SCS providers, to ensure appropriate level and quality of care.
• May take responsibility for specific assignments within the program (e. g., Clubhouse food program, admissions at Crisis Stabilization Unit).
• Provides formal training to Community Support Providers and Community Support Specialists and/or serves as mentor or shift leader.
• Documents services and care provided by timely completing various forms in accordance with SCS and regulatory standards.
• Maintains confidentiality of protected health information, consistent with SCS procedures and state and federal law.
• Attends and participates in all required staff and service planning meetings and trainings.
• Maintains and enhances skills for working with clients.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in sociology, psychology, social work*, or human services, or any other field relevant to care or services to individuals with disabilities.
• Successfully complete, within six months of hire, the department led or approved training program per Medicaid regulations.
• Completion of all required trainings within 6 months of hire date.

Experience

• One year full time experience working with individuals who receive services for treatment of mental health or co-occuring disorder.
• Ability to handle assignments according to instructions, procedures, previous training, or accepted SCS practices, with limited discretion to revise existing methods or protocols or develop new ones.
• Ability to provide caring, nurturing attention and care to individuals with disabilities, including those who are medically fragile and/or have intense behavioral needs and/or otherwise pose a high level of risk, because of complexity of treatment/service needs and/or a complex diagnostic profile.
• Formal documentation by supervisor of ability to function independently as direct support professional and of proficiency in providing direct support services.
• Ability to communicate with verbal and nonverbal individuals.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Teaching skills.
• Maturity and judgment.

Physical Demands/requirements

• Position involves considerable physical exertion, lifting a maximum of 100 pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• May include frequent lifting of patients.
• 18 years of age or older.
• Valid driver's license.
• Proof of automobile liability insurance.
• Positive driving record.

Time Type: Full time