START MH-IDD Technician

We are hiring for: START MH-IDD Technician Location: Statesville, NC Type: Regular If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services! Serves as the primary contact for direct services to provide community-based intervention and prevention services to individuals with intellectual disabilities and behavioral health care needs at the START Resource Center. Provide integrated care and treatment with collaboration among all team members. The service involves therapeutic respite, emergency and planned services. Position Requirements: High school diploma or GED and One year of experience, have direct support experience with individuals with mental health and intellectual disabilities who have serious behavioral challenges and experience with crisis management OR have a Bachelor’s degree in Human services field. If degree is not in Human services, must have experience with population. Valid driver’s license (this is a condition of employment) including personal vehicle insurance coverage for liability. Must maintain proficiency in company sponsored training and certifications specified and or required by future company regulations. Maintain CPR and First Aid certification. Successfully complete and maintain training courses as required or amended by company policy. Responsibilities: Provides direct support for individuals (no more than 4) with disabilities and challenging behavior in a community and/or residential setting. Assists the person(s) receiving services in identifying and communicating his or her requests and needs for services and supports. Implements services and supports to address the person’s goals and desired outcomes as identified through START Team. Seeks to understand the individuals in the context of their personal history, their social and family networks, and their hopes and dreams for the future. Provides a therapeutic environment for individuals at all times. Relies on direction and supervision to accomplish the job. Provide integrated care and treatment with collaboration among all team members. Ability to support someone with behavioral challenges and implement effective crisis management protocols. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the work conditions, knowledge, skill, and/or ability, and physical and sensory requirements needed to perform the essential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Requirements: Regularly required to lift 30 lbs. Must be able to lift a minimum of 70 lbs. Must be able to pull a minimum of 50lbs. Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop. Must be able to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. Required to regularly stand and walk. Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from the floor level requiring to work on hands, knees, bending, standing and lifting. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision. Pre-employment screening: Complete criminal background Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities) Drug testing Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements. Proof of employment history or references (if required) Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals. We offer the following benefits to employees: Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday! Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money! Paid Time Off (full-time employees only) Health/Insurance (full-time employees only) 401(k) retirement savings program Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees) Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities *contract/contingent workers and interns do not qualify for any of the above benefits EEO Statement RHA is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact our solutions center. About RHA: At RHA Health Services, we help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and/or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes. For over 30 years, the people we serve and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Growth Horizons and Salisbury Behavioral Health are now a part of RHA Health Services. If you are ready to make a difference in the lives of people we serve and support apply to join the team today. Candidate Account Help - Forget Login? Learn more about working at RHA Health Services RHA Health Services provides a broad range of person-centered, integrated, and high-quality supports and services. RHA focuses on children and adults living with mental health and substance abuse challenges, as well as those living with intellectual & developmental disabilities. The people we serve and support in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia are at the very center of everything we do. Founded in 1989, RHA began as a small collection of group homes in North Carolina developed to offer support to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Over the years, RHA Health Services has expanded to include supported living, vocational and day programs, periodic respite, personal care services, targeted case management, residential ICF/IDD for infants and children up to age 15 who have acute or chronic health problems requiring 24/7 therapeutic intervention and skilled nursing care, and much more. In 2006, RHA began offering behavioral health services and is now the leading provider of high-quality supports and services for people with all kinds of behavioral health needs, serving over 80,000 people annually. By meeting the behavioral health needs of our consumers, we can greatly reduce or eliminate the fragmentation of services that leaves some individuals without total, holistic, truly person-centered care. RHA is a growing company, with the goal of growing operations in our current communities, as well as the greater Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. RHA has an organizational commitment to the dignity, independence, and equitable treatment of people, as well as their full inclusion into the communities around them. We provide a holistic, person-centered approach to care guided by a system of values that puts the needs of the people we support at the center of every decision.