Outreach Worker (Brain Injury Services)

Overview

As an Outreach Worker, you will provide high quality, direct case management services to the individuals with Brain Injury or behavioral conditions. Your support and instruction will help in developing and enhancing activities of daily living, achieve goals, overcome barriers, and become more independent. In your role you will work together with the people we serve, their families, friends, employers, and other support staff to transform their lives.

On a typical day, you may implement Individual Service Plans (ISP), provide transportation, and perform general housekeeping.

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Responsibilities

Summary:

Contributes to high quality case management services for persons served providing direct casemanagement services.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listedbelow:

• Implements service plan interventions with persons served.• Provides direct training and support (instruction, assistance, modeling and reinforcement) forpersons served in developing and enhancing their daily living skills, i.e. symptom, medicationand money management, cooking, cleaning, recreational activities, personal hygiene, socialand interpersonal skills, etc.• Maintains and updates documentation in individual and program records.• Acts as an advocate for persons served.• Communicates verbally and in writing with co-workers, supervisors, and other serviceproviders, including funding agency personnel.• Escorts persons served into the community using public transportation, company or personalvehicle, as necessary.• Monitors status of persons served, provides crisis intervention and counseling, as needed.• Reports incidents to on-call manager or supervisor, as required.• Performs housecleaning tasks, as assigned.• Attends in-service trainings and staff meetings, as assigned.• Provides coverage for the program as required, including overnights, days, evenings, weekends,and holidays.• Adheres to established policies and procedures of the program and company as well as internaland external standards and regulations.• Stores, administers, documents, and disposes of medication for persons served consistent withMAP requirements, funding source regulations, and Company policy (PR).• May assume on-call duties in some programs.• May provide outreach to persons served living in their own homes.• Performs other duties, as assigned.

About Vinfen

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

About Us:

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen''s 3,500 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in over 550 sites throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. For more information about Vinfen, please visit www.vinfen.org/careers.

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required. A bachelor''s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field preferred, but experience may substitute for education.
• 1 year of related experience.
• Strong time management, organizational and writing skills.
• All applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have a current, valid, US drivers'' license for at least 6 months.
• Must become CPR, First Aid certified within 2 weeks of employment and MAP certified within 150 days of employment.
• Must be able to successfully pass a CORI, reference, national fingerprinting and driving record check

Knowledge and Skills:

• Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues• Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques• Knowledge and use of different communication styles• Participatory skills, collaborative skills, teaching skills• Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources• Knowledge of available equipment, therapies, and service providers• Knowledge of empowerment and self advocacy techniques• Knowledge of formal and informal assessment practices• Knowledge of participatory planning techniques• Knowledge of required physical personal management skills• Knowledge of required household management skills• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques• Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team

Typical Requirements:

At least one year work experience in human services with adults with brain injury, psychiatric illness, and/ordevelopment disabilities is required.

Preferred /Required Education:

A high school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree in counseling psychology, humanservices, or related. In some cases, experience may be substituted for academic training.

Driving Requirements:

Driving is a requirement for this position using either a Vinfen van or personal vehicle. If using a personalvehicle, you must possess and maintain adequate insurance as well as maintain a safe driving recordwhich is subject to annual checks. A valid driver''s license must be presented at the time of employment.Incumbents must be at least 21 years of age, have maintained a valid US driver''s license for at least oneyear, and must be able to pass a driver''s screening background check.

Physical Effort:

Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb as this is a very physically active position.Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds using proper lifting techniques or the use of a two-person lift.Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment such as a calculator, copier, and printer. Abilityto sit, reach, climb stairs, and maneuver through narrow spaces or hallways. Ability to assist clients withtasks of daily living. Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time as needed. Ability to bend,reach, file, sit, stand, and move around the facility. Ability to speak, hear, and communicate with clients, staff, and external representatives. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. For positions in day programs or group residences, the ability to assist in routine living activities including cleaning, meal preparation, vacuuming, shoveling, and grocery shopping.

Required Certifications:

CPR is required within two weeks of hireFirst Aid is required within two weeks of hireSafety Care is required within 90 days of hireNETMay be required to obtain CBIS certification (Certified Brain Injury Specialist).Other training, as assigned

Pay Range

USD $22.25 - USD $22.25 /Hr.