Transitional Living Specialist

Company Overview

Minds Matter, LLC is an organization dedicated to helping individuals who have experienced a brain injury live independently at home. Our innovative experts provide services and resources that empower consumers to relearn, reinvent and reconnect in their communities. We believe in a holistic, person-directed approach to care. Your goals are our goals. Our consumers work with physical, occupational, cognitive, behavioral, and speech therapists as well as Transitional Living Services staff who help consumers learn independent living skills so they can live, work and play in the community.

Job Summary

The primary purpose of a Transitional Living Specialist (TLS) is to provide opportunities for individuals that have experienced a traumatic brain injury to develop and/or relearn skills necessary to optimize independence and enhance the individual’s quality of life.

Responsibilities and Duties

Responsible for learning and implementing all aspects of Minds Matter, LLC philosophical principles in all aspects of service delivery.

Implements consumer independent living goals including but not limited to: personal hygiene, management of medication and medical needs, housekeeping, laundry, nutrition/ meal preparation, shopping, safety procedures, mobility/ transportation, cognitive/ intellectual needs, and personal/ social behavior skills.

Implement strategies that encompass whatever it takes for a person to live outside of an institution.

Responsible for the ongoing instruction of independent living, skills that assist in goal attainment with consumers practicing necessary behaviors in real life situations.

Initiate and implement services to meet the goals of consumers in the area of effective use of community living skills training, personal social adjustment, and resource acquisition and recreation/socialization skills.

Provide services only as designated on each individual consumer’s authorized plan of care.

Identify resources that are responsive to an individual consumer’s needs.

Document sessions with the consumer the day of the service that is goal driven, concise, factual, and clear.

Attend team meetings and assist consumer in goal setting.

Communicate all known needs and service desires of consumers to the consumer and Regional Rehabilitation Director in a timely manner.

Establish and maintain a professional rapport with all consumers, co-workers, referral agents and representatives of other community agencies and services.

Promote public relations throughout the agency and community for the program.

Demonstrate a willingness to serve on agency and interagency task groups as requested.

Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor or President.

Maintain confidentiality of protected health information in accordance with HIPAA regulations.

Possibly serve as a consumer’s team lead, which entails being accountable for updating goal plans and team meeting history forms during the team meetings with progress, effectiveness of strategies, concerns, task assignments to team members, or changes to goals.

Qualifications and Skills

Ability to teach skills to individuals with disabilities.

High degree of sensitivity towards all people.

Ability to deal professionally with persons on a one to one basis.

Ability to effectively plan, coordinate and assist with all aspects of a consumer’s life.

Excellent time management skills, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.

Creativity

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to meet deadlines.

Basic to moderate technology skills, as our electronic medical record system is run on an iPad.

Education and Experience

Prefer 1-3 years experience working with people with disabilities

Requirements

Some lifting required for consumers with physical needs.

Requires good verbal skills and listening ability.

Must be able to read and write

Basic iPad proficiency

Have reliable transportation

Check voicemail and email daily

Measurement of Success

Feedback by constituents including consumers, families and other agencies.

Ability to relate to and work with all consumers effectively.

Degree of confidence displayed in the execution of responsibilities.

Positive and professional relationships with all internal and external contacts.

Total Compensation Package

In addition to competitive pay, we offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), free CEUs, health insurance, dental insurance, and vision coverage to qualified employees, and generous accrual of paid time off.

What Minds Matter Therapist Appreciate: the ability to set their own hours and schedule, a work-life balance where they aren't hounded about productivity, the ability to find creative solutions to life's challenges, and a supportive work environment.

Do meaningful work. With Minds Matter, your work makes an impact on a consumer's life from your very first session. Our therapy is applied in an individual's home and/or community - the most natural setting possible. As a result of this, our outcomes are 4-5x greater than that of other brain injury rehabilitation programs.

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