Fall River Deaconess Home is seeking a Bi-lingual Support & Stabilization Specialist. The Support Specialist is responsible for providing direct services to youth and their families. The Specialists support community based service recipients as they participate in a wide variety of activities designed to prepare them for success in a stable living environment, including practicing pragmatic daily living routines, identifying and engaging in safe recreational activities, maintaining personal boundaries, and learning how to express themselves in a socially appropriate manner. Timely and accurate documentation of these activities is an important aspect of this individual’s role.

Responsibilities:

- Assesses service recipients’ emotional and physical well-being, needs and strengths, and develops Treatment Plan goals and objectives, so as to build upon youth and identified family strengths and to meet their goals

- Actively listens to service recipients and regarding their treatment needs

- Honors and integrates family preferences in program services; acknowledges their individuality, diversity, and cultural and linguistic traditions

- Works collaboratively with service recipients, identified family, and community providers

- Provide interventions that are designed to be trauma-informed, and encourage pro-social behavior and promote healthy development

-Encourages, promotes, and motivates service recipients’ full, meaningful, and timely participation with program activities and community supports

- Works to strengthen skills related to daily living, including

- Consistent communication, maintenance of a healthy living environment, regular school attendance, case management ongoing engagement with community service providers

- Recreational interests, and the ability to participate in group and educational activities

- Additional skills related to these areas

- Completes Service Notes consistently, concisely, and accurately

- Routinely evaluates service recipients’ progress; makes adjustments to treatment intervention

- Provides psychoeducation regarding.

- Maintaining healthy personal care, clear and respectful communication, boundaries, interpersonal and group relationships

- Implements activities that support treatment plan goals and objectives, reflect the service recipient’s level of service

- Attends weekly and required agency meetings and in-service trainings and reports timely information and concerns to the Program Director

Performance Expectations:

- Works in a reliable, courteous, and dependable manner

- Respects agency standards and structure, yet is adaptable and open to new ideas

- Responds to changing conditions with insight and flexibility

- Fosters and maintains collaborative relationships; problem solves as part of a team

- Adept at listening; works to genuinely understand what is being communicated

- Offers and accepts feedback; demonstrates a commitment to learning and improvement

- Communicates thoughtfully, accurately, clearly, and concisely

- Respects and protects confidentiality of information

- Acknowledges and respects individuality, sexual orientation, and cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender diversity

- Performs additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

- Bi-lingual

- Experience in an organization which provides services to families, adults and youth

- Valid driver’s license

- Proven oral and written communication skills

- Candidate must be mature, assertive, organized, and able to multi-task and prioritize

- Ability to understand, support, communicate with, and work with service recipients and their identified families.

- Ability to work collegially with a variety of individuals inside and outside the organization

Benefits:

· Fully Paid Dental Insurance – including family plan

· Generous contribution to Medical coverage – including paying deductibles

· 2 Weeks Paid Vacation

· Paid Sick Time

· Time and a half paid for worked Holidays.

· Tuition Assistance after 1 year of Employment

· Annual Health Insurance gym membership/weight loss reimbursement

· Discounted Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness Center membership

· 403b Employer Match

· Monthly Staff Appreciation Recognition

This is an ideal position for individuals looking for a starting career in human services and an opportunity for growth.

You can visit us at www.deaconesshome.org

Fall River Deaconess Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: One location

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