02/29/2024
My Brothers House Inc.
Position: Para-Professional
Purpose of Position: To provide direct care for youth ages fourteen to eighteen. The Residential Counselor is responsible for the safety and security of all clients; therefore, the ability to set limits is a critical function. The counselor is expected to be professional and therapeutic in his/her practices and interactions with the clients and develop healthy, positive relationships with them.
Qualifications:
“Paraprofessional” individual who has a GED or high school diploma. A qualified professional or associate professional shall provide supervision with the population served. The supervisor and the employee shall develop an individualized supervision plan upon hiring. The parties shall review the plan annually.
Employment: The Paraprofessional shall work a 40-hour-per-week schedule consisting of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts.
Job Responsibilities: Maintain the safety and security of My Brothers House Inc. consumers in the home.
· Account for all clients at any given time (Direct Supervision at all times).
· Conduct daily inspections of the home and the consumer’s room for any safety hazards.
· Ensure all clients wear seat belts when transported in MBH Inc vehicles.
· Log any observation of aggressive or harmful behaviors to self or others.
· Ensure that all staff is present and with consumers at all times.
· Conduct and document monthly fire drills.
Job Description Details:
· Monitor the daily performances of all consumers per the unit program.
· Utilize the unit program whenever discipline or teaching measures are needed.
· Ensure that the unit program functions effectively.
· Seek out or create opportunities for the consumer’s development in the community.
· Report any injuries or illness to the Home Manager, BMT Supervisor, or BMT, and/or ensure that a physician sees the consumer(s).
· Seek out or create opportunities to interact with all consumers in a caring and nurturing manner.
· Be aware of each consumer’s emotional state and intervene using the “life-space” counseling technique when necessary.
· Organize, direct, and supervise the recreational and leisure time activities of MBH Inc.
· Maintain effective communication with other staff and referring agencies. Demonstrating acceptable leadership responsibility through effective and responsible decision-making.
· Provide consumers with interpersonal and life skills training through teaching, modeling, and problem-solving skills.
· Understand the individual History/IHP and Treatment Goal plans for each consumer to provide effective and accurate treatment.
· Complete all documents, which include service notes, incident reports, administrator and document medication as prescribed by a physician, and communication logbooks.
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