Community Living Specialist

The Community Living Specialist is responsible for supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This position works with assigned staff to support people's outcomes. Together with each person, their family, and other team members, assist in charting a course that supports each person in realizing their life of personal significance. . The specialist is responsible to ensure compliance with the regulatory, internal, and external policies and mandates as assigned.

1. Coordinates and contributes to the development of plans that are mandated by regulations. Ensures implementation and adheres to each person's person-centered plan and current ISP. Responsible for the revision of the ISP that reflects the goals and outcomes chosen by the person. Ensures the accuracy of ISP contents.

2. Coordinates the completion of assessments as requested by external partners with the Community Living Supervisor. Presents assessment results.

3. Respects each person's right to make choices and exercise self-determination, resulting in life experiences and personal growth, supporting their health and safety, and their right to risk.

4. Ensures that opportunities are provided for each person to explore their interests in their community and form relationships.

5. Ensures ongoing communication between the Supervisor and families to appropriately support each person.

6. Ensures ongoing communication with the Supervisor so that each person's daily routine appropriately supports that person; including personal care, appointments, leisure activities, and transportation.

7. Completes required documentation.

8. Completes the Medication Administration training and acts as a Medication Trainer, as assigned.

9. Participates in training and meetings as required. Maintains awareness of new developments, current trends, bulletins, and memos as they become available.

10. Adheres to all policies, procedures, and regulations.

11. Ensures appropriate and accurate expenditures and reconciliation of monies disbursed from the Achieva Support Rep Payee and Achieva Support Custodial Account for assigned Persons.

12. Serves as Point Person, Incident Manager (IM), and Certified Investigator (CI) in the reporting of incidents through EIM. Serves as Mandated Reporter as required.

13. Performs other related duties as assigned. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee in this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

From a managerial perspective, Community Living Specialists develop positive working relationships with team members, supervise and evaluate staff as assigned, and communicate with assigned staff, on a regular basis, to clarify job responsibilities, expectations, philosophy, and goals, while providing ongoing training, development, and constructive feedback, as well as implementing corrective action with prior approval. This role also communicates and informs the supervisor, or other staff as needed, of operation concerns, including fiscal and personnel-related issues. In addition, this role finalizes approval of schedules and makes adjustments due to vacation, absenteeism, or illness, and can request provisional employees and overtime with prior approval.

This position remains available to assist either by phone or on-site in emergencies, at the discretion of the Vice President, Associate Director, or Assistant Director, of Community Supported Living. Ensures that staff adheres to the crisis procedures. Provides support to staff and people to continue ongoing responsibilities and activities.

Achieva offers a number of benefits, such as Medical, Dental, and Vision with Low employee Monthly contributions,403(b) Plan (All Employees) with employer contribution, Achieva paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, and Whole Life and Group Term Life Insurance, generous PTO plans including vacation, sick, and personal, 8 Paid holidays, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

We also offer an Employee sign-on bonus of up to $3000, paid mileage for traveling between client sites and offices with a personal vehicle, and eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness!

Benefits: Bonuses & Opportunities

• Sign-on Bonus
• 403(b) Plan (All Employees) with employer contribution
• Eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
• Up to a $500 bonus through Employee Referral Program
• Four free counseling sessions for you when life happens thru the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid training

Who Is Achieva?

We are the only agency in southwest Pennsylvania that provides lifelong support, from early intervention therapy to older adult protective services. Build a career in a rapidly growing company where our #1 priority is to make a difference in the lives of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

The following combination of experience and education is required:

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university and 1 year of work experience working directly with individuals with an intellectual disability.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and 2 years of work experience working directly with individuals with an intellectual disability.

Effective communication, organizational, interpersonal, and planning skills are essential for success in this role. Satisfactory Act 33 and 34 clearances and FBI as required. A valid license to drive in Pennsylvania and reliable transportation is needed.

At Achieva, we take pride in our missing of helping people with disabilities lead lives of personal significance!

Come and spend time with us to try to find the position that works for you!

Schedule a virtual Open Interview here - https://calendly.com/smcmarlin

Call our Recruitment Hotline for more information at 412-995-5000 Ext. JOB

ACHIEVA is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. ACHIEVA is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact our Human Resources Department at 412-995-5000.