Shared Living Provider Northeastern Nebraska

NorthStar Services; United States; Remote; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthStar Services is seeking compassionate individuals to become Shared Living Providers in Northeast Nebraska. You will share your home with a Participant and provide habilitation, medical care coordination, and support for daily activities, meals, transportation, finances, and interpersonal relationships.

NorthStar supports you with training, background checks, HCBS reviews, and ongoing nurse oversight to ensure safe, healthy living.

Job description

Shared Living Provider (Private Contractor)

NorthStar Services provides services topeople with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout NortheastNebraska. NorthStar office locations areBloomfield, Columbus, Fremont, Norfolk, O’Neill, Valentine, Wayne, and WestPoint. NorthStar provides services tothese areas and surrounding areas.

A Shared Living Provider shares their home with a Participant and is responsible for the following services to the participant:

1. Providing and documenting habilitation, medication administration, medical care and appointments
2. Support and assistance with community involvement, healthy and/or therapeutic meals, personal care, transportation, finances, phone/communication, leisure and free-time activities, interpersonal relationships and family roles, reciprocity activities, and establishing or maintaining a daily routine
3. Support and assistance with a supportive, safe, and healthy living environment

NorthStar takes pride in matching qualityShared Living Providers with Participants to create a supportive environmentfor everyone involved.

NorthStar provides the following servicesto the Shared Living Provider and the Participant:

1. AnnualBackground check and associated costs, including One Source, APS/CPS registrychecks and Medicaid Exclusion
2. Providingrequired training
3. CompletingHCBS reviews
4. Assistingin acquiring an NPI# and troubleshooting in Maximus
5. Verifyingprovision sheets and entering online for payment
6. ProvidingQuality Assurance activities and oversight
7. EmergencyAssistance
8. Accessto NorthStar Nurse and Nurse oversight
9. Writingprograms/Healthcare Staff Objectives/Mental Health Staff Objectives, conductingmonthly reviews on all documentation and handling any necessary revisions
10. Monthlymonitoring of the Shared Living setting
11. Providingback up staff (staff to fill in for the provider as needed) including all back-groundand training needed
12. Providingsupport staff (provides services alongside the provider at the same time)

If you are interested in sharing yourhome and being paid to provide services to a person with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities and you meet the requirements to become a SharedLiving Provider, consider applying to contract with NorthStar Services.