Direct Service Professional (Developmental Disabilities)

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health; Bremen (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Benefits (dental, vision, etc

Retirement Plan with employer matching

4 weeks Paid Time Off

10 paid holidays

1 personal day

Job summary

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health in Georgia is seeking a Community Access Group staff member to support participants in non-facility, community-based settings and help develop social and adaptive skills for independent community participation.

The role involves teaching life skills such as money management and transportation, documenting progress in the electronic health record, collaborating with the treatment team, and ensuring confidentiality and compliance with training requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide services in non-facility, community-based settings outside the Participants' own or family home or any other residential setting.
• Assist with acquiring, retaining, or improving socialization and adaptive skills for active community participation and independent functioning.
• Support with money management, shopping skills, use of public transportation, and nutrition and diet information.
• Assist with meals and toileting needs; provide personal care items as needed.
• Document activities addressing goals and progress in the electronic health record within required timeframes.
• Collaborate with the Program Coordinator and Treatment Team members to ensure health, safety and welfare of the individual supported.
• Report changes or concerns to the Program Coordinator within one hour of observation.
• Maintain confidentiality and client rights in line with guidelines; complete training requirements.
• Assist with development of individual support plans; use age-appropriate interaction to promote dignity and independence.
• Participate in meal and leisure activities; provide functional training in self-help, language development, perceptual motor skills, and simple academic/work tasks.
• Perform general cleaning tasks; daily documentation in Carelogic and other ISP tracking systems.
• Adhere to Behavioral Support plan and tracking; perform other assigned duties.

Job description

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.

Are you ready to make a Difference?

JOB SUMMARY

Community Access Group (CAG) services are provided to an individual participant, with a one-to-one staff to participant ratio which are directly linked to goals and expectations of improvement in skills. The intended outcome of CAG services is to improve the participant's access to the community through increased skills, increased natural supports, and/or less paid supports. The position provides teaching and coaching to assist the participant in developing social skills, networking abilities, and adaptive skills to allow the individual independence with community participation outside of their residence. The position may also support an individual to reduce maladaptive or inappropriate behaviors.

Duties and Responsibilities include

• Provide services in non-facility, community-based settings outside the Participants' own or family home or any other residential setting. Assistance Acquiring, retaining, or improving socialization, and adaptive skills for active community participation and independent functioning such as assisting the participant with money management, teaching appropriate shopping skills, using public transportation, and teaching nutrition and diet information.
• Other related participant-specific assistance, such as assistance with personal care items like meals and toileting needs.
• Transportation to and from activities and settings primarily utilized by the Participant.
• Documentation of the individual activities addressing goals and progress in the electronic behavioral health record within the required timeframe.
• Collaboration with the Program Coordinator and Treatment Team members for any significant changes or updates to ensure health, safety and welfare of the individual supported.
• Reporting all changes or concerns to the Program Coordinator within one hour of observation.
• Assure the confidentiality and client rights requirements are maintained and in alignment with the federal, state and agency guidelines.
• Assure successful completion of all initial and annual training requirements.
• Assist with the development of individual support plan for each assigned individual.
• Use age-appropriate interaction and materials to promote individual dignity and independence.
• Participate and assists with meal and leisure time activities for individuals.
• Provide individual and/or small group age-appropriate functional training activities such as: self-help, language development, perceptual motor development, simple academic and vocational work activities.
• Assure the confidentiality and client rights requirements are maintained and in alignment with the federal, state and agency guidelines.
• Perform general cleaning activities.
• Daily documentation in Carelogic and other tracking required by ISP or medical needs.
• Adherence and implementation of Behavioral Support plan and tracking.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
• Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
• 10 paid holidays
• 1 personal day