Independent Living Advocate Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury

Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury Advocate

Access Alaska, Inc.

We strongly encourage people who experience a disability to apply!

To assist people experiencing a traumatic or acquired brain injury (TABI) to live independently within the community of their choice.  To assist people in obtaining and understanding Access Alaska’s core services, information & referral, peer support, independent living skills training, individual and systems advocacy, and transition.  To walk side by side providing resource navigation as well as assisting people to achieve physical, emotional, and economic independence.

Essential Functions

• Goal Development
• Skill Training
• Service Coordination
• Advocacy

Position Requirements 

Education:

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in one of the following, Human Services - Social Work-Psychology - Rehabilitation Counseling - Special Education – Nursing - Occupational Therapy or related fields. 

5 years’ Equivalent experience may be substituted education:

Essential Knowledge: Strong advocacy and self-advocacy coaching. Ability to work with challenging behaviors. Excellent documentation and case management skills, Effects of brain Injury on: Memory – Executive functioning – Judgment – Emotional regulation – communication – Person centered planning – Independent living philosophy – Disability rights and advocacy – Community resource coordination – De-escalation

Willingness: to obtain a Brain Injury Certification within the first six months of employment.

Preferred:

Lived experience with a brain injury or a family member of an individual with a brain injury.

Essential Soft Skills (Character traits & Interpersonal Skills):

Good communication, Emotional Intelligence, Teamwork, Self-Development, Professionalism, problem solving, Adaptability, Critical thinking, Time management, Interpersonal, Empathy, Stress Management, Positive Attitude, Flexibility

Essential Hard Skills (Technical skills and expertise):

Computers, databases, analytical, marketing, presentations, project management, communication written and verbal, Microsoft office Suite, CIL Suite database, Knowledge of Community, State, and Federal services, programs, & processes.

Core Expectations:

Maintain Confidentiality Integrity, Professionalism, Work Ethics, Support of Access Alaska Inc. Mission – Vision – Values, Customer Directed Service Delivery.

Hourly Rate: $23.75-$25.75

Full Time Non-Exempt

Benefits: Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays, 3 days paid Bereavement, Vision, Dental, Supplemental insurances available with Colonial.

To Apply: www.accessalaska.org Employment, scroll down to Current Job Opportunities, select IL TABI Advocate, see full job posting, apply for this job upper right corner.

Required to Apply Resume and Cover Letter.

Position is open until Filled.

Access Alaska Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Access Alaska, Inc. makes every effort to ensure that in every phase of its recruitment and selection processes equal employment opportunity is provided to all individuals regardless of race, color, genetics, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, marital status, change in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability, national origin or citizenship, or veteran's status. Access Alaska, Inc. is an at-will employer.