Community Specialist

monarch; Troy (NC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plans

Professional development

Job summary

Monarch Healthcare in North Carolina is seeking a Community Specialist to build positive relationships with individuals receiving services and their families across work, home, school, and community settings.

You will support personal goals, provide respite, and document progress while coordinating with caregivers and staff to ensure the person-centered plan is followed and outcomes are achieved.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma (Required).
• Driver's license (Valid) - USA.
• Experience working with adults with a mental health diagnosis and/or developmental disabilities is not required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support individuals to identify hopes, dreams and goals.
• Protect rights and promote advocacy, including providing relief to caregivers.
• Serve as a resource on community services and supports for identified needs.
• Supervise and educate individuals in work, home, school, or community settings.
• Provide one-on-one support for emotional, physical, and medical needs.
• Maintain a safe environment by following safety procedures.
• Document progress, goals, outcomes, and incident reports accurately.
• Attend meetings and trainings; maintain required certifications.
• Travel may be required; substitute in-house or in the community as needed.

Education

High School Diploma

Driver's License (Valid) - USA

Job description

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 18

Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 8am-5pm

Pay Range Minimum: $15.00

Education Requirements

We're Looking for: High School Diploma (Required)

Certifications

We're Looking For: Driver's License (Valid) - USA

Experience

We're Looking For: Experience working with adults with a mental health diagnosis and/or developmental disabilities | Not Required

Job Description Summary

The Community Specialist is primarily responsible for developing a positive relationship with the individual receiving services and their family in a work, home, school, or community setting while assisting them in achieving their personal dreams and goals as designated in the individual goal plans, as well as providing periodic relief to the caregiver.

Responsibilities

• Assess each person receiving services for their hopes, dreams, and desires and provide supports that facilitate achievement.
• Ensure that the rights of each person receiving services are protected and promoted at all times. Assist people in developing advocacy skills, participating in advocacy efforts, and utilizing personal advocates, as well as, provide periodic relief to the caregiver.
• Serve as a resource for individual receiving services on community agencies, services, and supports that can meet identified needs/goals.
• Supervise, educate, and monitor (as needed) individual receiving services in work, home, school, or community type settings.
• Provide one-on-one support as needed to meet the emotional, physical, and medical needs of each person supported.
• Maintain a safe environment for community, employees, and individual receiving services by practicing safety procedures.
• Facilitate person-centered, effective, positive relationships with individual receiving services using positive approaches that promote self-determination in all areas of life.
• Provide input and recommendations into assessment and planning processes, and development of the individual's plan.
• Implement person's plan fully including but not limited to respite plan, within the requirements of the service definition, and document as required by the service definition and agency policy. Accurately complete all required documentation, including but not limited to, goal completion, actions toward outcomes, incident reports, timesheets, etc.
• Complete daily progress notes and communication log to assure appointments, goals, and interests are met and/or daily documentation.
• Assist in maintaining all necessary records, daily attendance, check sheets, production sheets, etc.
• Substitute in-house or in the community as demands occur.
• Assist new staff and/or current staff with orientation, mentoring, and training.
• Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.
• Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Driving and travel may be required.

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Benefits

We offer a competitive and flexible total rewards package designed to support the diverse needs of our team members. In addition to base compensation, eligible employees have access to a range of customizable benefits and perks, which may include comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, professional development support, and more. Specific offerings are tailored to the role, employment type, and location. We look forward to discussing the details of your personalized compensation and benefits package-and what matters most to you-during the interview process.

Company Culture

Make a Difference in Someone's Life!

At Monarch Healthcare, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.

You Belong at Monarch Healthcare

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you'll find at Monarch Healthcare. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opp