Overview:
The Brain Injury Specialist will provide direct support to individuals with brain injury in the community. This individual will provide support and skills training to the brain injury survivor in their home, work setting, and health & leisure domains. Through service coordination, resource identification, and independent living/life skills training the Brain Injury Specialist will enhance the overall community integration of the brain injury survivor.
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Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Responsible for the delivery of client services, to include intake, service planning, life skills training and coordination of other services to achieve client goals.
- Provide support and supervision to the brain injury survivor.
- Provide transportation and training around utilizing transportation to brain injury survivors, to meet the survivor’s service needs.
- Document monthly progress toward identified goals.
- Maintain ongoing communications with program/agency staff and service providers.
- Provide crisis intervention and access emergency services to clients as needed.
- Identify and address community integration issues for clients on caseload or as designated.
Skills/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in social services or other related field and 1 year related experience; or BA in related field and 3 years related experience.
- Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Must have sensitivity to the needs of the population.
- Strong computer knowledge.
- Strong analytical, numerical and reasoning abilities.
- Must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to read English and communicate effectively in the primary language of the program to which he/she is assigned.
- Must hold a valid drivers’ license. Must have access to an operational and insured vehicle and be willing to use it to transport clients.
- Strongly prefer a candidate that will have a demonstrated understanding of and competence in serving culturally diverse populations.
Advocates is an EOE/D/F/M/V.
How to Apply:
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Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 11 2017
Active Until:
Oct 11 2017
Hiring Organization:
Advocates
industry:
Nonprofit