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.