Para Professional - Adult Group Home

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Full Time Troy, NC, US

The Paraprofessional is part of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) team which provides beneficiaries with support programs and care to enhance their quality of life. PSR is an intensive community-based rehabilitation team service that focuses on skill and resource development related to life in the community and to increasing the participant’s ability to live as independently as possible, to manage their illness and their lives with as little professional intervention as possible, and to participate in community opportunities related to functional, social, educational and vocational goals.

The paraprofessional will provide services in accordance with NCAC 27G.1200 and Clinical Coverage policy 8A. This position will support the vision, mission and purpose of SEIC

• Interacts effectively and respectfully with consumers in their home and community;
• Supports and promotes the relationships with family and friends while maintaining a family culture within the home and community; increases use of natural supports to facilitate stabilization in the community;
• Supports and promotes friendly and effective working relationships with community partners which may include but is not limited to Social Workers, Instructors/Coaches, Day Program Staff, Court Personnel etc.;
• Provides interventions that address the functional problems associated with complex or complicated conditions related to mental illness. These interventions are strength-based and focused on promoting recovery, symptom stability, increased coping skills and achievement of the highest level of functioning in the community. The focus of interventions is the individualized goals related to addressing the beneficiary’s daily living, fiscal management and personal development;
  
  developing strategies and supportive interventions that will maintain stability; assisting beneficiaries to increase social support skills that ameliorate life stresses resulting from the beneficiary’s mental illness.
• Supports and promotes community-based opportunities according to consumer preferences;
• Contributes in a positive manner at team meetings and special/social events;
• Avails self of additional relevant training according to personal interests and/or manager recommendations;
• Assists with the orientation and training of new staff to ensure competent, confident employees thus ensuring the health, safety and comfort for the individuals we support;
• Providing psychoeducation as indicated in the Person-Centered Plan;
• Assisting with crisis interventions (provide crisis interventions to deescalate the current crisis);
• Assisting consumers in attending professional appointments, life skills, independence, and rehabilitation as necessary according to the Person-Centered Plan;
• Ensuring linkage to community services and resources;
• Assisting the Team Leader/ Program Director with behavioral and substance abuse interventions;
• Assisting with the development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies;
• Participating in the initial development, implementation, and ongoing revision of the Person-Centered Plan;
• Communicating the recipient’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions to the Team Leader/Program Director as outlined in the Person-Centered Plan;
• Organizing and participating in recreational/social activities with beneficiaries based on their preferences;
• Maintaining records and charting service notes on each individual and reporting unusual and critical incidents in a professional, timely manner (within 24 hours) and in…