Program Director & PBS Clinician BAMSI
Company: NAACP Providence Branch
Location: Brockton
Posted on: September 18, 2024
Job Description:
$7,500 SIGN ON BONUS for NEW HIRES*Restrictions Apply
General Statement of Duties: Coordinates services and supports of
the DDS/DMH Intensive Community Wrap-Around Supports program.
Supervises staff and provides Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)
training and supports.
Responsibilities:
- Program Management
Utilize recovery principles in partnership with Persons and members
of the team to improve Persons' health and wellness; achieve
symptom stabilization and self-management; develop and/or restore
skills impacted by their development/intellectual disability,
Autism, and/or mental illness; live a self-directed life; and
strive to reach their full potential.
- Ensure that a culture of quality is maintained by using
evidence-based and other best practices within the services being
provided.
- Increase the level of involvement and decision-making by
persons served in their treatment planning and in service delivery.
Oversee and supervise the daily management and operation of the
DDS/DMH Intensive Community Wrap-Around Supports program.
- Facilitate all referrals, enrollments and discharges per
regulations.
- Oversee development, implementation and coordination of
comprehensive assessments, treatment plans, and discharge
plans.
- Ensure the quality of Persons care throughout the program with
an emphasis on issues of health and safety. Collaborate on the
development and implementation of person served Risk and Safety
Plans as needed.
- Oversee the quality of clinical record systems related to
program licensing requirements.
- Work cooperatively with referral and collateral sources to
evaluate and coordinate the appropriate admission and treatment of
all Persons referred to the program.
- Oversee the Department of Public Health's (DPH) Medication
Administration Program (MAP) policies for assigned sites, which
include, but are not limited to training requirements, medication
administration, medication security, and corresponding
documentation.
- Collaborate and network with community and support teams to
enhance treatment plans.
- Recruit, interview and select program employees and complete
and process required personnel documentation in an accurate and
timely manner.
- Provide ongoing supervision, feedback and guidance to
employees, complete orientation, and annual reviews.
- Ensure ongoing program compliance with regulatory
standards.
- Oversee and coordinate all aspects of service delivery matters
at the program.
- Assume on-call responsibilities as assigned.
- Execute duties to reflect reasonable safety standards. Standard
precautions must be utilized, and training obtained in areas that
constitute risk.
- Follow funder and agency protocol for reporting significant
incidents and alleged abuse and/or neglect.
- Transport persons served as needed.
- Monitor program expenditures in accordance with contract
allocations.
Clinical Positive Behavior Supports
- Develop, train, implement, monitor, and update behavioral
support plans and guidelines according to BAMSI standards for
Positive Behavior Supports.
- Provide assessment of person served behavioral health needs
annually at the time of the ISP meeting and as needed.
- Anticipate issues of clinical risk and attend to crisis or
emergency situations with appropriate clinical treatment,
supervision, and in accordance with Positive Behavior Support
procedures. Provide clinical supervision and model intervention
techniques for staff during crisis situations.
- Develop, train, monitor, and evaluate Targeted and Intensive
support plans as needed.
- Coordinate psychiatric inpatient admissions as needed.
- Attend and participate in Universal Supports, Targeted
Supports, and Intensive Supports meetings as assigned.
- Attend and participate in Human Rights and Risk meetings as
assigned and needed.
- Participate in the vetting of referrals to BAMSI residential
homes and within BAMSI residential services.
- Ensure a Trauma-Informed Screening and a Behavioral Assessment
Screening is completed on intake and updated as needed using
assessment tools prescribed by CL&DS Clinical
Department.
- Participate in Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) initiatives;
ensure Functional Behavior Assessments are completed and documented
as required. Ensure Targeted and Intensive levels of PBS are
assessed through collection of observable and measurable data,
recorded systematically, graphed, and reviewed by appropriate,
designated PBS teams.
- Develop, train, monitor, evaluate, and revise Targeted and
Intensive Behavior Support Plans and PBS Profile Guidelines in
compliance with DDS Regulations and in collaboration with person
served, clinical team members, direct care staff, family members,
and other stakeholders using the designated forms provided by the
clinical department.
- Participate with team members to identify, and avoid where
possible, triggers to emotional and behavioral
dysregulation.
- Collaborate with team members to provide therapeutic supports
to an individual when in emotional or behavioral dysregulated
states as well as assistance to successfully resume baseline states
of functioning.
- Submit Behavior Support Plans to a DDS Peer Review Committee
and follow Committee recommendations according to established
timelines.
- Submit restrictive practices to the BAMSI and/or statewide DDS
Human Rights Committee for review as required by and specified in
DDS 115 CMR: Standards and Services 2020.
- Obtain written consent for procedures included in Targeted or
Intensive Behavior Support Plans as specified in DDS 115 CMR:
Standards and Services 2020 and BAMSI current PBS Action Plan using
the designated consent form of the clinical department.
Qualifications:
- A Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHC, LICSW, or above)
with at least 5 years of experience working with individuals with
Autism and/or severe mental illness, as well as a demonstrated
working knowledge and background in developmental disabilities.
Licensed in Massachusetts.
- Positive Behavior Supports qualified Clinician.
- Demonstrated ability to function independently at a high level
of competence.
- Must possess a valid driver's license in state of residence and
have own means of transportation.
- Ability to speak and write English clearly and accurately to
keep documentation up to date and understandable.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in
writing with persons served, families, service providers and
funding source personnel.
- Basic computer literacy, including the ability to record data,
use electronic medical records, use electronic time and attendance
software, and receive and send electronic mail, is
required.
- Effective listening and critical thinking skills.
- Preference given to candidates with lived experience and
fluency in languages prevalent in Southeastern MA.
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