PT Intensive-In Home Team Lead

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The IIH Team Lead works in conjunction with management to ensure organizational effectiveness through the
management teams, the implementation of procedures, organization strategies and policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing individual and family therapy for each youth served by the team
• Designating the appropriate team staff such that specialized clinical expertise is applied as
• Providing and coordinating the assessment and reassessment of the recipient’s clinical needs
• Providing clinical expertise and guidance to the IIH team members in the team’s interventions
• Providing the clinical supervision of all members of the team for the provision of this service.
• Convening the Child and Family Team for person-centered planning
• Completing the initial development and ongoing revision of the Person-Centered Plan and clinically indicated for each child with the recipient
• Obtaining input from the supported individuals, providers and significant others about the service delivery process and seeking information in an effort to obtain needed services and supports on behalf of the individual.
• Provide administrative supervision for members of the Intensive-In-Home Teams.  This includes managing paid time off requests, overseeing disciplinary action procedures, etc.
• Responsible for maintenance and implementation of a schedule of contacts by staff for each individual being served.  The schedule shall be updated weekly or sooner, if indicated.
• Responsible for oversight of services received and making certain that the appropriate amount of service is being provided in accordance with the service definition.
• Assist with arranging for person-centered planning teams.
• Works with others involved with the supported individual to help assure proper care and treatment, prevent duplication of services, and coordinate the MH/SA services.
• Monitoring the individual’s situation to assure quality administrative management as well as the continued appropriateness of services.
• Responsible for provision on a rotating basis of 24/7/365 First Responder Services for supported individuals and families assigned to the agency as required.
• Other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor (i.e. serving on agency committees, participating in team building activities, community projects/development, trainings, etc.).
• Coordinates and oversees the initial and ongoing assessment activities ensuring its implementation
• Consulting with identified medical (for example, primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical (for example, DSS, school, DJJDP) providers, engaging community and natural supports, and including their input in the person-centered planning process.
• Ensuring linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations.
• Providing and coordinating behavioral health services and other interventions for the youth or other family members with other licensed professionals and Child and Family Team members.
• Monitoring and documenting the status of the recipient’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions outlined in the Person-Centered Plan

The person in this position will complete a minimum of training specific to the required components of the Intensive-In-Home Service Definition including the definition, crisis response and person-centered thinking within the first 30 days of employment and other required trainings as indicated in the service definition.  This individual will also be required to maintain up-to-date CPR/First Aid and NCI trainings as well as annual tuberculin screening.

This individual will have no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on the NC Health Care Personnel Registry and must obtain a criminal record check.

Transporting supported individuals and their families within the scope of the services provided in this position is required, and therefore the person in this position is required to maintain a valid NC driver’s license, obtain an annual driver’s record check, and has continuous vehicle liability insurance on a well-maintained safe vehicle. 

Qualifications

An individual who holds a license, provisional license, issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession who has the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population

and age to be served. LPC, LMHC, LCSW and/or LMFT, LCAS

A provisionally licensed professional actively seeking licensure may serve as the team leader conditional upon being fully licensed within 30 months from the effective date of the policy regulating this service or provisionally licensed team leaders hired after the effective date of this policy; the 30-month timeline begins at date of hire.

The person in this position must be at least 18 years of age and evidence prior to employment or demonstrate evidence of the following within the employment probationary period:

• Strong understanding and insight into the rights of all individuals
• The ability and willingness to provide positive behavioral supports, promotion of legal rights, advocacy and the use of alternative technology to facilitate communication and mobility
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to assess, identify, coordinate and monitor needed services for supported individuals and their families
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to supervise and monitor staff
• Knowledge of local and community human service agencies and functions
• Ability to work with diverse populations  
• Ability to effectively and appropriately work with the assigned population to be served and their families while maintaining strong professional boundaries

The person in this position will complete a minimum of training specific to the required components of the Intensive-In-Home Service Definition including the definition, crisis response and person-centered thinking within the first 30 days of employment and other required trainings as indicated in the service definition.  This individual will also be required to maintain up-to-date CPR/First Aid and NCI trainings as well as annual tuberculin screening.

This individual will have no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on the NC Health Care Personnel Registry and must obtain a criminal record check.

Transporting supported individuals and their families within the scope of the services provided in this position is required, and therefore the person in this position is required to maintain a valid NC driver’s license, obtain an annual driver’s record check, and has continuous vehicle liability insurance on a well-maintained safe vehicle.