Behavior Specialist Respite Provider: Child ACTT - Children's Hope Alliance

      Location:    Statesville, NC                               Salary         $40,000  

The Child Focused Assertive Community Treatment Team, a unique science and technology based, family focused, complete multidisciplinary service, with the mission of healing hurting children and their families in their own homes and communities is currently hiring a Behavior Specialist Respite Provider (BSRP).

HYBRID ROLE - Work flexibly within home, office, and community-based settings as needed.

The BSRP will provide one-on-one guidance, parenting training & coaching, behavior support, and crisis interventions to clients and families on the Child Focused ACTT Team caseload. This role will also provide flexible day and evening respite services for the children and families on the Child Focused ACTT Team. Respite duties may include (but are not limited to) taking children on educational, social, or recreational outings; providing care for client in or out of the home environment to give primary caregivers periodic support and relief; and providing in-home and/or community in-vivo support and coaching for blocks of time deemed needed for children and families to learn new skills.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

· Proactively work with ACTT Team members to develop and maintain a strengths-based family & community approach.

· Provide direct behavioral and skills coaching support to clients and families.

· Ensure that effective intervention and problem-solving techniques are utilized in all treatment settings, using the least restrictive interventions.

· Provide planned day or evening respite care to children and families on the Child Focused ACTT Team + supervise educational, social and recreational activities for children.

· Transport clients or family members as needed for respite activities.

· Provide medication administration for children during respite activities when needed.

· Participate in 24/7 on call rotation.

Clinical Team/Training/Documentation

· Participate as a member of the clinical team in a client-focused manner through daily client staffing meetings, team meetings, clinical meetings, and participation in training events.

· Lead monthly Team meetings; complete all required paperwork and facilitate set up and collaboration in meetings.

· Complete all required service documentation, screening tools, and forms per agency and Medicaid standards.

· Ensure that incident reports are completed per agency, state and Medicaid standards, utilizing Electronic Health Record while on shift.

· Comply with all policies, practices, and procedures. Report all out-of-compliance or unsafe activities to supervisor.

REQUIREMENTS & EDUCATION

· Must qualify as an AP or a QP (QP is preferred for this role)

o AP qualifications: MA in Human Services and less than 1 year experience -OR- BA in Human Services and less than 2 years of experience -OR- BA in Unrelated and less than 4 years of experience.

o QP qualifications: MA in Human Services and has 1 year experience with population - OR - BA in Human Services and has 2 years of experience with population - OR - Licensed or Provisionally Licensed Professional Provider in the field of population served.

· Requires 1 year experience working with children with serious emotional disturbance.

· Should have effective communication, decision making, analytical, interpersonal, leadership and professionalism skills and abilities + be able to pass pre-employment drug screening, criminal, HCPR and driving checks

Children's Hope Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 Interested applicants contact Tash Hill:  Email:   tvhill@childrenshopealliance.org