Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Schedule :
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm with flexibility required to meet the job requirements
**Fluency in English and Spanish is required to effectively communicate with and meet the needs of the people we support.**
Pay Range Minimum:
$18.00
Education We're Looking for:
High School Diploma (Required)
Certifications We're Looking For:
Drivers License (Valid) - USA
Experience We're Looking For:
Direct experience providing care for and navigating the Medicaid delivery system on behalf of that individual (parent/guardian cannot serve as an extender for their family member). | 2 Years | Required
Lived experience with an I/DD or a TBI with demonstrated knowledge of and direct personal experience navigating the North Carolina Medicaid delivery system. | Required
Paid experience performing the types of functions listed in the job description, with at least one year of paid experience working directly with the Tailored Care Management eligible population | 2 Years | Required
Additional Details:
Must be 18 years of age or older
Must meet at least one of the following requirements:
1. Be a person with lived experience with an I/DD or a TBI with demonstrated knowledge of and direct personal experience navigating the North Carolina Medicaid delivery system.
2. A parent or guardian of an individual with an I/DD or a TBI condition and has at least two years of direct experience providing care for and navigating the Medicaid delivery system on behalf of that individual (parent/guardian cannot serve as an extender for their family member).
3. Has two years of paid experience performing the types of functions listed in the job description, with at least one year of paid experience working directly with the Tailored Care Management eligible population.
Job Description Summary:
Extenders will support care managers in delivering Tailored Care Management by performing activities that address physical health, intellectual/developmental disability (I/DD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), long-term services and supports (LTSS), and/or pharmacy needs, in addition to unmet health-related resource needs.
What You'll Do:
• Perform general outreach, engagement, and follow-up with people we support to assist individuals to make informed choices regarding their care and services and other life decisions.
• Provides a variety of services and supports to emphasize personal safety, self-worth, confidence, connection to the community, boundary setting, planning, self-advocacy, personal fulfillment, development of social supports and effective communication skills.
• In conjunction with the care management team, engage in various skill-building activities such as learning how to obtain and maintain stable housing, manage finances, increase employment readiness skills, interact with others in private and public settings, maintain healthy non-violent relationships, engage in safe, non-medical ways to control modifiable risk factors that impact the person’s health (e.g. smoking, drug and alcohol use, obesity, etc.) and learn skills to increase motivation and actively address health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, COPD, etc.
• Assist in the development of the goals in the Plan of Care/Individual Support Plan and comprehensive crisis plans to assist individuals to progress to goal completion.
• Coordinating services/appointments (e.g., appointment/wellness reminders, providing or arranging transportation).
• Provides services in various community settings to help the individual identify and address barriers that prevent him or her from receiving needed services from healthcare professionals, including primary healthcare, dental, oral and vision.
• Link individuals to appropriate community-based services to ensure that they are actively engaged in the service, including supports related to housing, and employment.
• Facilitate person-centered, effective, positive relationships with people receiving services using…