Shared Living Provider

PLEASE NOTE: If you do not complete the questions fully, your application will be automatically rejected. We receive a high volume of applications for this position, and we need the questions to be complete and accurate to best streamline the application process. Thank you!

Compassionate Services and Consulting (CSC) is a social services agency based out of Omaha, providing residential and day program services to participants in Nebraska with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Compassionate Services and Consulting strives for the highest degree of ethical person-centered practices in order to best serve one of our community’s most vulnerable population!

CSC is searching for energetic, persistent, skilled, and patient Shared Living Providers to support adults/children who need placement in a residential setting. Whether you have been an SLP before, you have a client in your home and are looking for another agency to support you, or you are interested in managing a client in your home for the 1st time, CSC is the place for you! With this contracted job, you have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives by providing much needed companionship, supports, and family setting by welcoming an individual into your home setting and making them part of your family!

At CSC, management has 10 years history of supporting SLPs and have tested and proven ability in providing exemplary support. We focus on a few characteristics that make us stand out from everyone else:

• We are SLPs ourselves - we understand exactly what your job entails. This is about you - supporting an individual in your home with your family. Days can be hard and stressful, days can be long and tiring, days can be fun and exciting. Support will be there for you when the days are good but also when they are not so good. Today there may not be time to document because of a tough behavior. You may need a break and need us to help you find that break. We understand this and want to be compassionate to your work and respectful of your home setting.
• We understand you may not communicate the way we do - and will support you in the way that is best. This may mean you want to call us to bounce ideas off us during a crisis, maybe you want to communicate via text, or scheduling monthly meeting with our clinical team in addition to our monthly home visit is really helpful for you to best serve your client! We strive to build that trusting relationship with you and to support you the way you need.
• We are experienced with ICAPs and Exception funding. When it comes time to get the correct funding for an individual during the hard times, we are already anticipating these needs through programming we have in place. Our clinical team are experts in funding requests and preparing SLPs for ICAPs.
• We hired you to do a job, to care for our individuals and we trust that you will do so. We will talk with you respectfully and empathize with your needs. We are confident you know and understand your individual best and we are here to support their placement in your home. We want what is best for both of you!

Expectations of a SLP:CSC's Shared Living homes provide a family like support environment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Staff with CSC will work to match individuals seeking a new home environment with an individual, couple or family in the community who wish to share their life experience with a person with a disability.

• Collaborate with the individuals team to establish goals and programs to meet the unique needs of an individual, respecting their personality, capabilities and hopes for the future.
• An extensive matching process facilitates finding a home and family that is a "just right" fit for each other. We pride ourselves in long lasting, stable placements for individuals.
• Provide a safe and stable home environment, following restrictions in safety plan established by the team.
• Complete and stay compliant with required training and on-going trainings as required by CSC and DHHS.
• Excellent communication and written/computer skills. Daily documentation in Therap is required.
• Valid Drivers License
• Motor Vehicle/Home Insurance
• Completed screening and background check procedures.

Compensation:

• Shared Living Providers are independent contractors who receive a daily tax-exempt stipend, plus room and board.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $3,000.00 - $12,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Do you have homeowners or renter’s insurance?
• Do you have a computer and a way to access the internet?
• Would you authorize Compassionate Services and Consulting to complete a background screening on you and any child over 13 in your home?
• Please indicate which training, certifications, or skills you have.
• Explain your history in working with individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health concerns, children and families or in a caregiving capacity.
• Describe your home setting. Housing type and layout, # of open rooms, location of open bedrooms, amenities of the home, etc.
• List all persons that reside in your home and their ages (e.g. significant other 25, son 2, roommate 50, father-in-law 59).
• While thinking about an individual you would be open to welcoming into your home, please indicate your preferences (gender, age, behaviors you are open to working with, etc).
• Describe any characteristics you are not willing to work with in your home.

Experience:

• Caregiving: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: Remote