Make a Difference in Someone’s Life! At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury. You Belong at Monarch You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find at Monarch. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders. Job Highlights: SIGN ON BONUS: $1,000 ($500 at 30 days; $500 at 6 months) This Opportunity: The Community Specialist is primarily responsible for developing a positive relationship with the individual receiving services and their family in a work, home, school, or community setting while assisting them in achieving their personal dreams and goals as designated in the individual goal plans, as well as providing periodic relief to the caregiver. What You'll Do: • Assess each person receiving services for their hopes, dreams, and desires and provide supports that facilitate achievement. • Ensure that the rights of each person receiving services are protected and promoted at all times. Assist people in developing advocacy skills, participating in advocacy efforts, and utilizing personal advocates, as well as, provide periodic relief to the caregiver. • Serve as a resource for individual receiving services on community agencies, services, and supports that can meet identified needs/goals. • Supervise, educate, and monitor (as needed) individual receiving services in work, home, school, or community type settings. • Provide one-on-one support as needed to meet the emotional, physical, and medical needs of each person supported. • Maintain a safe environment for community, employees, and individual receiving services by practicing safety procedures. • Facilitate person-centered, effective, positive relationships with individual receiving services using positive approaches that promote self-determination in all areas of life. • Provide input and recommendations into assessment and planning processes, and development of the individual’s plan. • Implement person’s plan fully including but not limited to respite plan, within the requirements of the service definition, and document as required by the service definition and agency policy. Accurately complete all required documentation, including but not limited to, goal completion, actions toward outcomes, incident reports, timesheets, etc. • Complete daily progress notes and communication log to assure appointments, goals, and interests are met and/or daily documentation. • Assist in maintaining all necessary records, daily attendance, check sheets, production sheets, etc. • Substitute in-house or in the community as demands occur. • Assist new staff and/or current staff with orientation, mentoring, and training. • Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements. • Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas. • Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided. • Perform all other duties as assigned by the supervisor • Driving and travel may be required *The definition of an Innovations direct care worker includes all workers required for compliance with, or delivery of, the relevant Innovations waiver service definitions and the delivery of a unit of Innovations services to individuals in the definition of direct care worker to be applied and shall include only caregivers who are contracted for the Page 230 Session Law 2023-134 House Bill 259 provision of services in a legally appropriate manner. Education We're Looking For: High School Diploma (Required) Certifications We're Looking For: North Carolina Driver License (Valid) - NC Division of Motor Vehicles Experience We're Looking For: Developmental and Intellectual Disability Experience, Mental Health Experience Schedule: Flexible schedule to meet the needs of the people we support; (35 hours/week; 7 days/week) Target Weekly Hours: 35 Monarch is an Equal Opportunity Employer Monarch offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity. Monarch does not accept paper applications. Any person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch job search or selection process, should contact HR@MonarchNC.org or call (704) 986-1550. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed. You will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a supervisor. This job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch. Since 1958, Monarch has been about helping others and improving lives. Our caring, supportive team of professionals provides services that help people thrive. If you’re looking for a career with purpose, we have a place for you at Monarch. We see the possibilities that exist for people living with mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injuries and we help others see them as well. At Monarch, you’ll see the impact of your work every day when a man with a disability achieves his dream of finding a job, when a woman struggling with addiction walks into treatment for the first time or when a child facing a mental health crisis finds comfort and support. You can make a difference. Join us today! Monarch is nationally accredited by The Joint Commission and committed to providing the highest quality health care for the people we support. To learn more about our services and the many ways we provide support, please call (866) 272-7826 or visit www.MonarchNC.org.