Lead Residential Counselor (Brain Injury)

About the role

Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization providing community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. The Lead Residential Counselor BID supports management in his/her administrative role to ensure a high quality service environment.

Responsibilities

• Assists individuals in the home in becoming fully integrated into their communities, and developing and maintaining friendships.
• Affords individuals in accessing community-based support and resources.
• Plans recreational and social activities that promote social inclusion and the emotional well-being of individuals in support of living a good life.
• Empowers and supports individuals in the home to make choices, be a self-advocate, and be fully involved in making decisions in determining the directions of their supports and lives.
• Supports individuals in the home with access to assistive technology and adaptive equipment as a means to augment communication, access their communities, and generally live more independently.
• Supports individuals in securing, maintaining and growing in work, volunteer, and other community engagement opportunities.
• Supports individuals in the home in becoming more independent, self-advocates, and make choices that define the direction and their vision for living a good life.
• Encourages and supports individuals and their involved families in maintaining strong partnership with staff and other interested parties.
• Provides administrative support to the Program Director, which may include scheduling staff assignments for shift activities, training new staff, and assist overseeing clinical paperwork.
• Functions as designated lead staff for all aspects of shift management and clinical programming.
• Assists in developing, implementing, and documenting treatment, including ISP/PSTPs and clinical programs.
• Provides training and support to individuals in the home. This includes rehabilitative interventions, behavioral interventions and monitoring, fire & safety regulations, appointment scheduling, money management, ADLs, grocery shopping, meal planning and cooking, household chores, use of generic resources and other related areas.
• Performs hands-on tasks in the program as required in order to facilitate implementation of support plans.
• Provides transportation, as necessary.
• Assesses the physical and emotional status of individuals in the home and reports changes to supervisor.
• Maintains records for individuals in the home.
• Collaborates with the Program Director in securing shift coverage, when necessary.
• Ensures compliance with all internal and external regulatory policies, procedures, and standards.
• Ensures home safety and maintenance, as necessary at all times.
• This includes general housekeeping, snow shoveling, and trash removal.
• Complies with all corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including safe work practices, workers’ compensation, universal precautions, and exposure control.
• Completes various paperwork and logs, including communication logs, community membership logs, and activity schedules.
• Provides shift coverage, as necessary in other homes/programs, as assigned by supervisor.
• Ensures required shift staff to individual ratio is maintained at all times.
• Functions as human rights advocate.
• Provides physical intervention and/or First Aid in the event of behavior or medical emergency.
• Serves as a reporter to the Disabled Persons Protections Commission.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• CPR required within two weeks of hire.
• First Aid required within two weeks of hire.
• MAP required within 150 days of hire.
• Safety Care required within 90 days of hire.
• Positive Behavioral Supports Tier II required prior to hire.
• NET required.
• May be asked to obtain CBIS (Certified Brain Injury Specialist).