Easterseals PORT Health·Asheville, North Carolina
The provider opens their home to offer a stable and caring environment for an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities, providing 24-hour supports and habilitation services. This involves helping the supported individual live, grow, and integrate into the community while working towards goals related to daily living skills and independence.
Open your home to provide an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities a unique opportunity to live with a family unit. AFL living enables a person to live in a private home with a family and receive 24-hour supports and habilitation.
Easterseals PORT Health is seeking a person interested in becoming an Alternative Family Living (AFL) Provider in North Carolina.
As an AFL provider, you will have an individual come to live with you who possesses intellectual developmental disabilities and/or possibly mental health challenges. Our supported individuals each have their own identities with varying levels of needs and we pride ourselves on connecting people with the “right fit”. As an AFL provider, you will offer a stable and caring home where they can live, grow and integrate into the community working toward goals of daily living skills/independence. Depending on the supported individual, he/she may attend a day program or receive other services in addition to what the AFL will be providing with residential services.
CNA or DSP Experience is preferred!
This is an opportunity for an independent contractor and is not an employment position.
If you would like additional information on how to become an AFL Provider in the North Carolina please contact us at recruiter@eastersealsport.com [recruiter@eastersealsport.com]
Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.
Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.
We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive Culture, Different Voices, Embracing Potential, Authentic Self & Learning & Growing (IDEAL) organization.
Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!
Interested parties must be willing to host an individual with intellectual developmental disabilities and/or mental health challenges in their private home as an independent contractor, not an employee. Experience as a CNA or DSP is preferred for this role.
Market context
Behavioral health employers in North Carolina often look for licensed or credentialed clinicians, and this role requires registration with the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Certification board. These positions can be competitive because employers may prefer a bachelor’s degree and want candidates who can work within treatment, documentation, and care coordination expectations. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, and confirm your credential status before applying.