Therapeutic Coach
YAICity of Kingston, New York, United States
Posted December 4, 2024
Full Time
About the Company
Founded in 1957 as the Young Adult Institute, YAI remains at the forefront of an extraordinary movement aimed at empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. YAI’s 4,000 employees provide supportive housing, education, medical, dental, and mental health care, job training, community integration, and social enrichment for more than 20,000 people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and all other intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout New York, northern New Jersey, and California. At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization. Members of the YAI Network include: - YAI - Premier HealthCare - Manhattan Star Academy - National Institute for People with Disabilities of New Jersey (NIPD/NJ) - International Academy of Hope (iHOPE)
Job Description
YAI has an opening for a START Therapeutic Coach. The START model serves people diagnosed with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health conditions. This comprehensive model of service supports and optimizes independence, treatment, and community living for individuals with I/DD and behavioral health needs.
Requirements
- Implement person-centered therapeutic interventions within an individual’s home and support primary caregivers with also implementing these interventions
- Conduct observational assessments and provide feedback to START team about biopsychosocial factors influencing current functioning, effects of interventions, and coaching outcomes
- Offer consultation and hands-on education with entire family/support system to create a safe, nurturing, and meaningful home environment
- Maintain professional boundaries with individuals and families receiving services and follow ethical and licensing guidelines
- Participates in development and implementation of persons’ cross system crisis prevention and intervention plan
- Plans, structures, and prompts social and leisure time activities, including activities that build skills for positive supports, stress reduction, health and wellness, communication, adaptive living and daily living
- Serves as a positive representative for the START Program with other professionals, families, and the community
- Maintains timely documentation, progress notes, and other data, including incident and accident reports
- Responds to individual safety needs, including reporting significant changes in behavior and health
Benefits
- $16.90 per hour