Intensive In home - QP

Qualified Professional has responsibility for the following:

• Convening the   person-centered planning.
• Completing the initial development and ongoing revision of the PCP.
• Consulting with identified medical (for example, primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical (for example, DSS, school, DJJDP) providers, engaging community and natural supports, and including their input in the person-centered planning process.
• Ensuring linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations.
• Providing and coordinating behavioral health services and other interventions for the beneficiary or other family members with other licensed professionals and Child and Family Team members.
• Monitoring and documenting the status of the beneficiary’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions outlined in the PCP . All IIH staff have responsibility for the following under the direction of the team leader:
• Participating in the person-centered planning process.
• Assisting with implementing a home-based behavioral support plan with the beneficiary and the beneficiary’s caregivers as indicated in the PCP.
• Providing psychoeducation as indicated in the PCP.
• Assisting the team leader in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, as evidenced by symptom reduction and progress toward goals identified in the PCP.
• Assisting with crisis interventions.
• Assisting the team leader in consulting with identified providers, engaging community and natural supports, and including their input in the person-centered planning process. Requirements/Must Haves:
• Must have one-year documented experience working with children, adolescents, and families.
• An individual who holds a license, provisional license, or certificate issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession, including a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SA with children, adolescents, and their families.
• Graduate of a college or university with a Masters degree in a Human Service field and has one year of full-time, pre- or post-graduate degree accumulated supervised MH/DD/SA experience  with children, adolescents, and their families, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, pre- or post-graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field and has two years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised MH/DD/SA experience with  children, adolescents, and their families., or a substance abuse professional who has two years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than Human Services and has four years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised MH/DD/SA experience with  children, adolescents, and their families., or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.