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KenCrest – A Premier Employer

Do you have a special skill and passion for supporting people?
Do you believe that we are better together by including everyone?

Join the KenCrest team to fulfill your "WHY" and enjoy a generous benefits package! We offer eligible employees:

• Medical/Dental
• Life/AD&D
• Disability
• 403b Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off

Please see the KenCrest website for additional details.

KenCrest Services
Job Description

Title of Position: Personal Outcomes Champion
Date Prepared: September 2019
Reports to: Personal Outcomes Supervisor
Department: Personal Outcomes Department

FLSA Status:
Summary:
Individuals have the right to be respected, to have a voice and to participate in a meaningful community-enriched life. At times, some assistance may be needed to support those same individuals to achieve the values found in Everyday Lives. As a Personal Outcomes Champion, you are entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring that each individual you support is afforded the same rights and respected in the same manner as yourself. It is the expectation that this position will represent, advocate and pursue the dreams of the individual, making their voice the loudest heard.

Key Relationships:

• The Individual
• Individuals Interdisciplinary Team Members
• Natural Family/Significant Others
• Provider Family
• Supports Coordinator
• Regulatory Personnel
• Various KenCrest Support Staff/Management
• Community Members at Large

Supervisory Responsibility:
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? NO
If yes, then list the subordinate positions and/or describe the scope of supervisory responsibility.

Essential Functions:
Meaningful Life:

• Learn and practice the Principles of Everyday Lives when offering support to our individuals.
• Embrace the Charting the Life Course assessment and create a life-map to help steer decision making and set individual goals.
• Ensure that the individual is always considered in decision making and that choice is expected, not optional.
• Explain each individuals’ Rights and the responsibility and risk those Rights carry until comprehension is achieved.
• Create a relationship/connection with the individual so that you can comfortably discuss each person as an individual, not a case.
• Determine who the significant stakeholders are in the individuals life and establish a healthy rapport with them.

Program Knowledge, Skills and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the coordination of services for the individual and promote continuity and consistency in their service delivery
• Comply with State mandated regulatory Program Specialist (known as Personal Outcomes Champions at KenCrest) requirements for all programs that touch the lives of the individuals that are presented on your caseload.
• Practice and encourage professional and healthy communication with all persons who have an influence on the individuals on your caseload.
• Ensure that the individual’s medical, dental, social, financial, behavioral, spiritual and personal needs, wants and desires are being accounted for and addressed.
• Emergent situations, upon discovery or notification, will be prioritized. Necessary and appropriate actions should also be considered a priority and communicated as such.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• Actively implement the Standards of Practices established for the department
• Participate in both required and optional professional trainings
• HIPAA compliance will be maintained at all times, including at the mobile and touchdown workspaces
• Maintain familiar and working knowledge of both regulatory and KenCrest expectations
• Seek direction and/or support from colleagues or Supervisors as necessary
• Attend department meetings as scheduled (in person or remotely)

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field from an accredited college or university and 2 years work experience working directly with individuals with intellectual disabilities preferred.
• Clear Criminal History and child abuse check in accordance with State regulatory requirements
• Valid Driver’s license
• Reliable Transportation – this position requires that you drive yourself from location to location daily.
• Technological aptitude will be required, including the use of a laptop with programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Evolv) and a cell phone

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Regularly required to sit, stand and walk for periods of time, occasionally climb and descend steps, and frequently talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle office materials and or equipment. The employee is frequently required to drive from location to location for periods of up to 1 hour, occasionally required to drive for periods of up to 3 hours or more.
• Be capable of visual and auditory scanning of the work environment so as to monitor the facility to ensure safe and effective office operations.
• “Medium” physical work refers to the ability to exert or lift up to 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to maneuver objects.

Working Conditions:
This position required the use of your personal vehicle to transport you from location to location. It is the expectation that you work remotely, using designated hoteling areas at KenCrest facility-based programs/offices/homes.

We are requiring all new team members to be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine*, except where a reasonable medical or religious accommodation can be granted. Should you be offered and accept a position with KenCrest, you will be required to provide your proof of vaccination in the form of your CDC vaccination card as part of the pre-employment onboarding process.

KenCrest is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin.

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