Intensive In Home Qualified Professional (QP)

TITLE: Qualified Professional (QP)-Intensive In-Home Services

Reports To: Team Leader-Licensed Professional

Purpose: Provision of intensive time-limited family preservation interventions intended to stabilize the living arrangement, promote reunification or prevent the utilization of out-of-home therapeutic resources for the identified youth through the age of 20. Services are primarily delivered in the family’s home within a team approach.

Education/Experience/Qualifications:

• Holds a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human profession, except a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SAS with the population served; or
• Graduate of college or university with an advance degree in a related human service field and having 1 year of full-time, post graduate accumulated MH/DD/SAS experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, post graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; or
• Graduate of a college or university with a Baccalaureate degree in a related human service field and have 2 years full-time post bachelor’s degree MH/DD/SAS experience with the population served, or a substance abuse Professional who has two years experience of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree Supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; or
• Graduate of a college or university with a Baccalaureate degree in a non-related field and having 4 years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree MH/DD/SAS experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• Applicant is at least 18 years of age.
• Able to read, write and understand and follow directions.
• Minimum level of education, competency, work experience, skills and other qualifications for the position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct and indirect periodic services and interventions of arranging, coordinating, and monitoring services on behalf of the consumer.
• Services are primarily provided in a range of community settings such as recipient’s home, school, homeless shelters, libraries, etc.
• Defuse the current family crisis, evaluate the nature, and intervene to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence.
• Ensure linkage to needed community services and resources.
• Provide self help and living skills training for the youth.
• Provide parenting skills training to help the family build skills for coping with the youth’s disorder.
• Monitor and manage the presenting psychiatric and/or additions symptoms
• Work with caregivers in the implementation of home-based behavioral supports.
• Assume the role of advocate, broker, coordinator, and monitor of service delivery system on behalf of consumer.
• Coordinate movement across levels of care.
• Case Management functions/activities to arrange, link, monitor, and/or integrate multiple services and referrals as consumers’ need warrants.
• Coordination and oversight of initial and ongoing assessment activities.
• Ensure consumer linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services.
• Participate in Treatment Team Meetings at regularly scheduled timeframes.
• Supportive counseling to address the diagnostic and clinical needs of the recipient.
• Participate in agency staffing clinical meetings.
• Assure compliance to all applicable rules, regulations, and policies and procedures of the agency and governing bodies.
• Maintain ongoing communication with agency stakeholders such as DSS, DJJ and LME, etc.
• Directs and participates in policy and program implementation. Assure all deadlines are met.
• Audits Consumer charts to ensure completeness, accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Provide On-call First responder duties on a rotating basis.
• Review and maintain accurate and complete clinical charts on each consumer and assure regulatory compliance.
• Review progress notes for completeness. Ensure all paperwork is submitted in a timely manner.
• Implements, monitors and participates in quality assurance and improvement program activities.
• Participate in staff interview and selection process.
• Participate in staff development activities.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $26.00 - $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program

Work Location: Multiple locations

Salary : $26 - $45