Life Sharing Specialist

 ProBerco is recruiting for Community Home Supervisors to join Our Team! ProBerco is excited to offer a $2,000.00 New Hire Sign-On Bonus. 

 Please be advised that pay is dependent upon qualifications and experience. Starting hourly rate is $19.00.

 Competitive Benefits 

• Paid holidays for full-time employees upon hire
• Health and Prescription benefits after 30 days
• Company paid Dental and Vision benefits after 30 days
• Company paid Life Insurance after 60 days
• 401k enrollment after 90 days 
• PTO and Sick time available after 90 days

About ProBerco

ProBerco's employees have been making a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities for 47 years. Our mission is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities and their families by providing innovative community participation, community living, and employment supports. Our corporate culture is based on the principles of accountability, communication, and trust. The values of compassion, dignity and respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and justice, innovation, inspiration, aspiration, and teamwork form the foundation for our code of conduct. Our program activities are carried out on-site at multiple locations throughout Berks County. 

Position Summary

This full-time, standard hours position of Specialist reports to the Director of Family Support Services. This position is responsible for all case management related to the individuals served by the LifeSharing through Family Living program and for ensuring that the families contracted to provide LifeSharing meet all standards as established by the Pennsylvania State Office of Developmental Programs and the contracting agency, as well as the policies and procedures of ProBerco. The Specialist serves as a best practice resource to the families providing LifeSharing and the individuals served by the program. The Specialist assesses and approves families to be LifeSharing providers and matches individuals with families. The Specialist assesses the placements on an ongoing formal and informal basis.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree in Special Education, Education, Psychology, or related field; or high school diploma and extensive experience working with persons with physical and intellectual disabilities.

2. Ability to interact with and relate to persons with physical and intellectual disabilities.

3. Demonstrated leadership abilities.

4. Experience with designing and implementing outcomes.

5. Experience with skill assessment instruments.

6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

7. Strong organizational ability and the ability to work independently.

8. Ability to represent ProBerco in a professional manner in all settings.

9. Possess a valid PA driver’s license.

Duties and Responsiblities

1. Screen and approve prospective providers.

2. Assist the Director in evaluating and approving prospective participants in the

LifeSharing through Family Living program.

3. Act as a liaison with LifeSharing providers and the contracting agency and

Prospectus Berco and other contracted service providers.

4. Assist with the development, implementation, and monitoring of programs

established for individuals in LifeSharing.

5. Ensure regulatory compliance.

6. Assist with medical appointments and transportation as required.

7. Develop and monitor Individualized Service Plans and outcomes.

8. Conduct monitoring visits to provider homes.

9. Arrange pre-placement visits and team meetings.

10. Provide training to provider families as required by regulation and Prospectus

Berco policy.

11. Coordinate respite care as requested by provider families.

12. Facilitate team meetings as required.

13. Attend meetings and trainings.

14. Advocate in accordance with the mission of ProBerco for individuals

receiving services.

15. Meet with individuals receiving services through LifeSharing to assess placement

success and needs.

16. Prepare required reports in requested format.

17. Regular attendance at work.

18. Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Maintain confidentiality.

• Speak clearly and persuasively in both positive and negative situations, listen and

get clarification when needed, and facilitate meetings.

• Write clearly and informatively and be able to read and interpret written information.

• Exhibit objectivity and openness to others’ views, provide feedback, contribute to

building a positive team spirit, put the goals and the anticipated success of the team

above own interests, and support everyone’s efforts.

• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness. Look for new ways to improve and

promote quality, and analyze and apply relevant feedback to improve program

quality.

• Establish safety and security procedures and correct any potentially unsafe

conditions.

• Adapt to changes in the work environment; manage competing demands; change

approach or method to best fit the situation; and deal with frequent change, delays,

or unexpected events.

• Consistently be at work on time, and arrive at meetings and appointments on time.

• Follow instructions, respond to management direction, take responsibility for own

actions, and complete tasks on time or notify appropriate person with an alternate

plan.

• Ask for and offer assistance when necessary.

Physical Requirements and Environment

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle,

or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; and talk and hear.

• The employee is frequently required to sit.

• The employee is regularly required to climb or balance and taste and smell.

• The employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 lbs.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision,

peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to wet

and/or humid conditions and other outside weather conditions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• The responsibilities of this position will be performed in a variety of settings and

under a variety of environmental conditions.

• Most work will be performed in an office of conference room setting. Some work will

be performed off-site in homes of providers, office buildings, or restaurants.

• A small amount of work may be conducted outside.

• Safety precautions are observed in order to reduce incidents of risk factors for

typical office environment which are adequately lighted, heated and ventilated.

Example: avoiding trips and falls, back care, and observing fire regulations.

• Ability to move in and around personal work space and to and from other areas of

the office or building to deliver/retrieve material, attend meetings, or other activities

outside of personal work space with reasonable accommodations if necessary to

perform essential job functions successfully.