OCDD ACTIVE TREATMENT SPECIALIST 1-2-3B

State of Louisiana; Pineville (LA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave

Holidays and Leave

Job summary

Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is seeking an Active Treatment Specialist to support individuals with complex needs. You will help define resources, coordinate active treatment plans, and supervise direct care staff while ensuring compliance with program protocols.

The role involves developing strategy sheets for adaptive training, evaluating progress via resident records, and coordinating service delivery with the treatment team to meet goals and transition planning requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a social science or behavioral health field, or social work; OR
• Current Louisiana Registered Nurse license.

Responsibilities

• Define needed resources of staff, materials, and supplies for active treatment programs.
• Coordinate, develop, implement, and revise active treatment plans per goals and Title XIX.
• Formulate strategy sheets for general adaptive training and evaluate progress from records and IDT.
• Exercise functional supervision over direct care and all active treatment components of the ISP.
• Ensure compliance with treatment program protocols and support transition planning.
• Prepare and finalize the Profile of Supports and ISP, conduct on-site observations and trainings.

Skills

Accountability

Critical thinking

Data usage

Education

Bachelor's degree in social science/behavioral health or social work

Louisiana RN license

Job description

About This Job

The mission of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach treatment goals and to return to more integrated community living settings. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center specialises in the treatment of people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioural, and psychiatric support needs.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Thinking Critically: The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, will-supported conclusions.
• Using Data: The ability to collect, analyse, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.

Preferred Competencies

• Accepting Direction: The ability to open and be willing to follow guidance or instructions.
• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Driving Results: The ability to set and pursue goals, maintain focus amid competing demands, and deliver results.
• Solving Problems: The ability to identify root causes, analyze relevant data, and apply practical or innovative solutions to challenge.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in a social science or behavioral health field, or social work; OR

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

• Define needed resources of terms of staff, materials, and supplies for implementation of active treatment programs including general adaptive training objectives.
• Facilitate coordination, development, finalization and implementation of active treatment program in accordance with treatment goals and Title XIX regulations.
• Formulate strategy sheets for general adaptive training, evaluate progress of skill acquisition by reviewing data and documentation in resident records and presentation of progress of IDT, initiate and incorporate revisions and recommendations into active treatment plan, coordinate service delivery with other departments (point person for IDT).
• Exercise functional supervision over direct care, clerical staff and all active treatment components of the ISP, including all professional staff comprising the support team.
• Ensure compliance with relevant treatment program protocols, utilization and support of treatment goals in plan development, support and monitor community involvement, attainment of treatment goals, naturalistic learning opportunities, individual rights, continual support of education, exposure, and skill acquisition in relation to transition planning.
• Prepare and finalize the Profile of Supports, facilitation of IDT meetings including Profile of Supports and ISP, conduct on-site observations of treatment plan via reliability checks, implement plans, training/in-servicing of staff and individuals, and provide materials for implementation of programs including documentation sheets, probe sheets, strategy sheets, etc.

Position-Specific Details

Location: Pinecrest Supports and Services Center - Active Treatment

Appointment Type: This position may be filled by Probation, Promotion, Demotion, Lateral Transfer, Detail to Special Duty or Job Appointment

Shift: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Pass Days: Saturday and Sunday

Compensation

• OCDD Active Treatment Specialist 1 - $16.37 - $29.50
• OCDD Active Treatment Specialist 2: $17.52 - $31.57
• OCDD Active Treatment Specialist 3B: $20.06 - $36.14
• Premium Pay for this position: $3.00/Hour

Contact Information

Contact: Jimmie Bernard

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center

P.O. Box 5191 Pineville, LA 71360

Email: [e-mail]

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Insurance Coverage

More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave

– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

Holidays and Leave

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Mardi Gras
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veteran's Day
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

Retirement

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