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YAI is a network of agencies offering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a comprehensive range of services across all ages. YAI empowers people with disabilities to reach their goals every day. Our enthusiastic staff of 4,000 professionals believes that everyone has a fundamental right to live, love, work, and learn .

The START (Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Resources, and Treatment) 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.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Participate in didactic training and required trainings

• Provide systemic consultation

• Participate in National Center for START Services trainings and events

• Prepare agendas and document outcomes for individual mentoring sessions held with the Center for START Services

• Maintain linkages and relationships with community partners

• Assist with referrals for consultation and treatment as needed

• Ensure the coordination of support meetings and crisis plan development for individuals served through START

• Participate in recurring meetings with START leadership, clinical team, and In Home Therapeutic Coaching program

• Provide home visits and visits to day and vocational settings as needed

• Develop Comprehensive Service Evaluations, Cross-Systems Crisis Prevention and Intervention Plans, intake/assessments, intervention and outcome plans for In Home Therapeutic Coaching Program, inpatient hospital admissions and any other applicable documentation of services provided

• Maintain an active caseload of individuals referred for START Services

• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis

• Participate in the START Network, which brings together projects from across North America through an online resource center, conference calls, select study groups and a meeting at an annual conference as recommended

  Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities ( e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.) Minimum requirements of specific positions may vary by assigned function and/or contract. Please refer to applicable regulations/contracts for all position requirements .

  All job title must meet the following minimum requirements:

• MA in Mental Health, Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or other Human Service field

• At least 2 years of experience working with the I/DD population

• Experience working with individuals with I/DD and mental health and/or challenging behavior needs preferred

• One year supervisory experience is preferred

• Ability to become certified as a START Coordinator within 12 months

• Driver’s License Required

  Preferred Qualification Requirements ( desired requirements beyond MQRs above)

• Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving, communication and creativity skills

• Willing to take initiative

• Highly flexible personality type

Compensation:

• $60,000.00

  If you share our vision and want to help support people to live the fullest lives possible, YAI will be the right place for you .

  For more information about the YAI Network, please visit our website at www.yai.org . Equal Opportunity Employer .

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our Roots:

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today:

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together:

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.

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