Support specialist Jobs in Topeka, KS

Job Description

Job Description

Department : Community Based Services (CBS) Job Status : Full-Time

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt Reports to : CBS and SED Waiver Manager

Positions Supervised : None Amount of Travel Required : 70%; Shawnee County

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday

Varied hours between 7 am to 7 : 30 pm : Must be able and willing to adjust work schedules based on their clinical caseload and the needs of individual clients.

Position Summary

Parent Peer Support are defined client centered services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural resources and the enhancement of community living skills for the parent / legal guardian raising an individual with behavioral health needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Identifies supports needed for members, family / persons / guardians need to manage member’s conditions and assisting them to access these supports.
• Assesses strengths and needs of members, family / persons / guardians, identifying barriers to member’s highest level of health and success, locating resources to eliminate these barriers, and advocating on behalf of members, family / persons / guardians, to ensure that they have supports necessary for improved health.
• Provides assistance to complete paperwork, provision of information and assistance to access self-help and peer support services, and consideration of the family / persons / guardians need for services such as respite care.
• Promotes inclusion, consideration is given to accommodating work schedules of families, providing flexibility in terms of hours of service, and teleconferencing.
• Increase member’s, family / support persons and guardians understanding of effect(s) of the condition on the member’s life, and improve adherence to an agreed upon treatment plan, with the goal of improved overall health and quality of life.
• Referrals to community supports and services includes determining the services needed for the member to achieve the most successful outcome(s), identifying available resources in the community, assisting the member in advocating for access to care, assisting in the completion of paper work, identifying natural supports if services providers are unavailable in the member’s community, following through until the member has access to needed services, and considering the family / persons / guardian preferences when possible.

Community supports and services include long-term care, mental health and substance use services, housing, transportation, and other community and social services needed by the

member.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education / Licensure :

The Parent Peer Support must meet the defined Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Behavioral Health requirements :

Kansas Parent Peer Support provider in Training (level one) or

Experience :

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

PHYSCIAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 – 2.5+ hrs / day)

F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 – 5.5+ hrs / day)

C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs / day)

Physical Demands Lift / Carry

Stand (F) 10 lbs. or less (F)

Walk (F) 11 – 20 lbs. (O)

Sit (F) 21 – 50 lbs. (O)

Manually Manipulate (O) 51 – 100 lbs. (O)

Reach Outward (O) Over 100 lbs. (N)

Reach Above Shoulder (O)

Climb (N) Push / Pull

Crawl (N) 12 lbs. or less (F)

Squat or Kneel (O) 26- 40 lbs. (O)

Bend (O) 41 – 100 lbs. (O)

Other Physical Requirements :

Parent Peer Support Specialist must have sufficient ambulatory capabilities to work with children and adolescents in the office setting. Position may require the ability to use physical holding (MAB) with children and adolescents exhibiting out of control behaviors.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office and Community-Based working environment; requires flexible schedule; frequent interruptions occur; expected to deal with individuals in crisis; risk of exposure to aggressive and / or acting out (verbal and physical) children, youth and adults, and exposure to low socioeconomic homes and neighborhoods.