Qualified Professional / Intensive In Home

About the role

Easterseals Port Health (ESPH) has an immediate need for a full-time Intensive In-Home Qualified Professional. This role involves working with children and families in crisis, leveraging strengths and passions to support stability and wellbeing. The position offers the freedom of creating your work schedule and requires a self-motivated individual who requires minimum supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provides crisis, case management, and individual/family therapy to prevent the need for out of home placement for children diagnosed with a mental health disorder
• Ability to deliver essential services in various environments such as: schools, homes, detention centers and jails (State funding only), homeless shelters, and street locations
• Responsible for coordinating initial assessment and the development of the youth's Person-Centered Plan (PCP)
• Ability to evaluate the nature of the crises, intervene and diffuse the crises likelihood of a recurrence
• Ability to link needed community services and resources to clients
• Provide parenting skills training to aid the family build fundamental skills needed for coping with the youth's disorder
• Work with caregivers in the implementation of home-based behavioral supports
• When assigned, provide "First Responder" crisis response on a 24-7, 365 basis to recipients

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in the Human Service field with two years post-degree experience with the at-risk youth population, OR Master's degree in the Human Service field with one-year post-degree experience with the at-risk youth population
• Must have a valid, unrestricted, state appropriate driver's license
• Must possess the visual acuity to develop written correspondence and determine accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned
• Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of talking, hearing, sitting for long periods, and performing repetitive motions, such as using a computer
• Must be able to speak audibly, write legibly and perform repetitive motions such as typing

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term & short-term disability insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Clear career growth plans to help you achieve your professional goals
• Work-life balance
• Accrued Paid Time Off + 11 paid holidays
• Company provided tools with IT Technical Support
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness qualifier