Job Overview
REACH is a crisis prevention, intervention and stabilization system to support individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, as well as a mental health condition or challenging behavior that is negatively affecting their quality of life. REACH provides consultation, prevention, development of crisis education & prevention plans, community based mobile support and crisis therapeutic home services.
Essential Job Functions:
- Assists individuals with daily activities, personal care, behavioral health needs, and health, wellness and leisure activities in the home and community, and provides support at the REACH Crisis Therapeutic Home (CTH) when there are no individuals requiring assistance in the community.
- Establishes rapport with guest/individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors, while maintaining respect for each guest/individual’s dignity, individuality and right to confidentiality.
- Maintains professional boundaries with clients and follows ethical and licensing guidelines.
- Monitors individuals for any mental health or behavioral symptoms and provides crisis prevention, intervention and de-escalation supports in accordance with crisis guidelines and person’s plan.
- Participates in development and implementation of persons? Crisis Education and Prevention Plan.
- Plans, structures and prompts social and leisure time activities, including activities that build skills for behavior management, stress management, communication, adaptive living and daily living.
- Maintains timely documentation, progress notes, and other data, including incident and accident reports.
- Assists with discharge planning.
