A. Position Location/Pertinent Information:
Location: Human Services, Inc. (Specific location address to be added once property is located and procured within Chester County.
Department: Residential Services
Employment/FLSA Status: Permanent, Exempt
Employees are required to pass FBI/Criminal/Child/Driver license background checks. Employee must maintain a valid drivers’ license and current automobile insurance. Employee
cannot be on the Federal ineligibility list.
B. Duties/Responsibilities:
- Clinical Duties
- Lead engagement with resident prior to discharge including but not limited to initial meetings, program visits, clinical documentation review and completion of intake documentation.
- Complete psychosocial assessment and service plan for each new resident upon admission and annually thereafter when applicable.
- Provide ADL and IDL coaching for Community Living Coaching staff to assist them in developing their own strategies when engaging with residents in these areas.
- Serve as the point person for collateral contacts and service planning inquiries.
- Liaison between the resident and their treatment team and natural supports as well as any medical and/or psychiatric providers.
- Develop individualized discharge plans that includes a sustainable housing action plan with ancillary supports for each resident.
- Collaborate with the Residential Supervisor and Community Living Coaching staff to develop an individualized community integration plan for each resident.
- Training
- Provide initial and on-going training to new and experienced residential staff in all aspects of the treatment goals and objectives, organizational functionality, and other staff job responsibilities. Mandatory trainings include: HIPAA, Fraud/Abuse, Complaint Management, Incident Management, Recovery/Resiliency, Cultural Intelligence and Inclusion, Sexual Harassment Awareness and Infection Control.
Recovery Principles
Human Services, Inc supports the vision of recovery for all those who experience mental illness. All staff of Human Services will utilize the Recovery principles to guide their interactions with clients and their families in the provision of services. In partnering with clients, all staff will support and facilitate the use of Recovery tools that have proven effective in achieving the goal of recovery.
HOPE: a focus on wellness, health and hope.
CHOICE: recognition of the client’s choice in all aspects of service delivery.
INDIVIDUALITY: being responsive to the particular individual’s needs and wishes.
PEER SUPPORT: the inclusion of peers and community supports in the planning of services.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: recognition of the inter-dependence between clients, providers and community supports as experts in their respective arenas.
COMMUNITY FOCUS and INTEGRATION: recognition and integration of an individual’s need for housing, employment, education and leisure activities from the outset of treatment planning.
RECOVERY PROCESS: service planning that reflects the view that recovery is individualistic and differently paced for different people.
