Katie Miller Residential Specialist

Helen Ross McNabb Center • Lonsdale, TN • 19h ago

Katie Miller Residential Specialist Help Others, Make a Difference, Save a Life. Or help people navigate the tough spots in their life? Join the McNabb Center Team as the Katie Miller Residential Specialist today! The Katie Miller Residential Specialist Job Summary The Residential Specialist is responsible for partnering with foster parents and other community resources to benefit child's care, health, and safety, providing on-going assistance to parents on behavioral intervention. Assists them in developing plans to address target behaviors. Ensuring ongoing therapy visits with child's biological parents and siblings. Liaising with court staff to provide written documentation of therapeutic goal progress, providing information for the monthly summaries of child's progress within the placement to team leader. Scheduling all recommended mental health interventions for child and family. Coordination between community agencies, on-call rotation, providing transportation to clients as needed, assisting in re-matching children to a new foster parent, corresponding with DCS, attending all CFTMS and court, documentation in TFACTS, and completing monthly summaries. Due to the diversity of job responsibilities, this position requires flexibility in scheduling. and employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. Moreover, management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. Productivity Maintains a Level 3 Caseload and provides Residential Services for Level 3 clients. Conducts visits according to Provider and Policy Manual. Assist nurse in setting up appointments for basic health needs for each client (eye, dental, EPSDT). Sees clients weekly for check-ins and document in TFACTS. Assist with treatment planning. Quality Care Participates in weekend on-call rotation. Participates in the On call Rotation- on a weekly basis as scheduled by the Program Coordinator (and includes all holiday scheduling). Returns emergency calls within 15 minutes of receiving call. Complete the Casey Life Skills assessment for any new admission For runaways or hospitalization, contacts DCS and Central Office immediately via provided on-call numbers and voice mail regardless of time of day. Be responsible for covering shifts when staff call out ( If you are unable to reach PRN staff, you are responsible for covering) Effectively works toward permanency for each client. Partners with Child and Family team to meet performance based contracting goals. Links child to community resources (i.e., Mediates supervised visits between child and biological parent(s)/guardian when applicable. an adult is present with client during any appointment and/or meeting. Child is never unaccompanied. Administrative Completes all required clinical documentation in accordance with Center Policy and Procedure and funding source guidelines. Returns required documentation to appropriate administrative personnel as required by TFACTS (includes Foster Home Checklists, Contracts, admit/discharge confirmations, census reports, job requests). Completes 15 hours of training each year. Participates in supervision with immediate supervisor. Covers floor to ensure staff to child ratios as needed for coverage. QUALIFICATIONS - Katie Miller Residential Specialist Experience: Experience in developing treatment plans, implementation of treatment plans for children and/or families. Serving as liaison between agency and community partners such as schools, courts, DCS, etc. Therapy and therapeutic support to children regarding educational goals, anger control, grief issues, separation issues, and other personal/family issues. A bachelor's degree and one (1) year of pertinent experience in the human services field with children or in a residential treatment setting. Volunteer experience and practicum and intern experiences in programs/facilities that work with children and families may be counted as pertinent work experience. Must be computer literate and have the ability to communicate effectively (both oral and written communication.) The Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Additionally, certain programs are subject to TB Screening and/or testing. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

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