Bridge to Brighter Futures Family Support Specialist

Bridge to Brighter Futures Family Support Specialist - Sign On Bonus $2,000

Concord, MA

Description

Inclusive. Innovative. Open-Hearted.

We are Care Champions. A team of adaptable, collaborative, diverse, mission-driven individuals with a passion for purposeful innovation and service excellence. Our community commits itself to being inclusive and welcoming as we put the whole person at the center of everything we do.

Hourly Rate of pay range - $23.00-24.00 per hour

Full Time - 40 hours a week

Our benefits:

$2,000 hiring bonus

10 days paid vacation every year to start

13 days paid holidays each year

6 days paid sick time each year

3 days paid personal time each year

Health insurance with fully paid health care deductible up to $3,000

Free prescription drugs -- no copays

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Free life insurance in the amount of your annual salary

Free short-term and long-term disability insurance

Free training and certification in your field

Tuition reimbursement

Summary

The program navigator works primarily in the Bridge to Brighter Futures Program. The navigator maintains a caseload in their designated region of individuals and their families who are living at home and do not currently receive day services. Navigation will be provided to these families utilizing the charting the life course tools to identify natural supports and low-cost options to meet the current needs of the individual and their family. 

Essential Job Functions 

· Knowledgeable about the Bridge to Brighter Futures Program and the allocated funding

· Utilize the charting the life course tools to develop a vision for a good life and design a plan that identifies how to find and develop the supports that will be needed 

· Provide intensive navigation and planning to identify, provide, help arrange or facilitate integrated supports for families as identified by their vision and plan 

· Participate in the IEP/ISP process with families as needed

· Collect and review information regarding an individual’s social behavior, diagnosis, cognitive ability, goals and other community involvement to identify support and resources beneficial to the individual served and his/her family

· Develop a professional relationship with all professionals who support the family within the community and collaborate as needed to assist families in being successful with reaching their vision for a good life

· Develop and coordinate networking and educational events that will enable families to learn together and keep families connected through a parent-to-parent support model 

· Develop, organize, and lead regular social recreational events for individuals accessing this program 

· Act as an adult companion, respite provider, or skills trainer if the need is identified

· Maintain consistent and regular communication with program participants 

· Complete all required data collection and documentation including but not limited to case notes, maintaining updated client records, and attendance in a timely and organized manner

  General Requirements

• Serve as an active, contributing, problem solving member of the Arc team.
• Act in a manner consistent with organizational values, mission and goals. 
• Become familiar with and abide by personnel policies.
• Position requires some on-call, evening or weekend work and some local travel.
• Monitor the safety and well-being of the individual served and his/her family. Report any issues to supervisor. Serves as Mandated Reporter as required by the Disabled Persons Protection Commission.  

Supervisory Responsibilities None

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully the incumbent must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.