Alternate Family Living - Contractor

Easterseals PORT Health, a non-profit service provider in North Carolina & Virginia, seeks compassionate, caring, and dedicated individuals to be an AFL Contractor to guide and manage DSPs and appropriate support services for clients with developmental disabilities or mental health challenges living in their individual homes, support programs, or residential settings in Winston-Salem, NC and surrounding areas.

About the role

This position is responsible for the supervision and monitoring of Alternative Family Living contractors as well as supervision of developmental disabilities and mental health supports for individuals receiving services within an assigned program. You will ensure best practices, supports based on the personal outcomes of the individual and/or family, and compliance with all state, federal, and agency standards as required for assigned services. This role includes direct supervision of AFL contractors and Direct Service Providers.

Responsibilities

• Guide your Program Supervisor to provide case management to clients and their families in collaboration with the MCOs to set personal plans enabling daily living and social needs based on individual/family desires.
• Work with families to coordinate required services and support.
• Promote personal and program development, personnel management, and overall operational administration, including coordination of ongoing activities to meet established goals and objectives.
• Develop annual budgets for each assigned cost center and provide effective monitoring and financial management of the program.

Requirements

• Willingness to provide care in various client settings and submit to a background check.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a human services field.
• QP qualified with 2 years of full-time work experience with IDD individuals.
• Minimum of three years of program and supervisory experience, including experience in residential services.
• Valid driver’s license, good driving record, and current auto insurance.
• Reliable transportation to allow movement throughout the program delivery area.

Benefits

• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits plus an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA).
• Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and more.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, when needed.
• Merchant discounts to improve purchasing power.

Pay

Competitive base salary based on experience plus paid training.

About Easterseals PORT Health

Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health, and addiction treatment services to help neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team supports 40,200 kids, adults, and families in 11,000 home, facility, and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia. The working environment supports employee and client health with a tobacco-free and smoke-free policy in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.

We believe in leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce to advance our just cause while building a healthy, sustainable organization. We listen, seek to understand, and act to make ESPH an Inclusive Culture, Different Voices, Embracing Potential, Authentic Self & Learning & Growing (IDEAL) organization. Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply.