Overview
Lead Intensive Supports Associate Jobs in Anchorage, AK at Hope Community Resources, Inc.
Are you passionate about making your community a better place? Are you patient and skilled at fostering healthy relationships? If you want to find purpose through service to others, you’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for a Behavioral Support Professional (also known as an Lead Intensive Support Associate) to join our team in Anchorage, Alaska.
Who We Are
Hope Community Resources, Inc. is a non-profit disabilities service provider based in Anchorage, Alaska. Founded in 1968, our company provides services and supports to people of all ages and abilities who experience an intellectual, developmental, or other disability, traumatic brain injury, or mental health challenge.
The Lead Intensive Supports Associate (LISA) provides services to Hope support recipients through their leadership of an Assisted Living Home whose support recipients have challenging behaviors and intensive support needs. To thrive in this role, the right candidate understands the serious nature of a person’s history while supporting them to live a meaningful life of dignity.
Responsibilities include:
- Scheduling shifts in the home providing overall management of the assigned home.
- Ensuring the health and safety of the support recipients and takes appropriate steps, utilizing agency or treatment directed supports and trainings to deescalate individuals who may become physically or verbally aggressive.
- Providing continual heightened vigilance in supervision and monitoring required for the safety of the support recipient and/or others while teaching activities of daily living, as well as social and communication skills to foster independence.
- Facilitating communication amongst all members of the support recipient’s team.
- Lead and supervise a team of direct support employees who work in the home, ensuring the implementation of the Plan of Care and/or support plan, Behavior Support Plans, Individualized Interaction Guidelines, Emergency Response Plans, and prescribed mental health coping strategies or treatment interventions, as applicable.
Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED required
Two years of directly related experience supporting individuals who demonstrate challenging and/or aggressive behaviors requiring intensive supports
Bachelor’s degree preferred in Human Services, Health or Social Science, Special Education, or a related field, with an emphasis on developmental disabilities.- An equivalent combination of related education and work experience may be accepted on a one-to-one basis, as determined by the organization.
Benefits Overview
- Excellent Corporate Culture
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Part-time and Full-time Available
- Employee Assistance & Life Assistance Programs
- 403(b) with Company Match
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- Paid Leave
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
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Title: Lead Intensive Supports Associate
Company: Hope Community Resources, Inc.
Location: Anchorage, AK
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