Direct Support Staff-New Program Opening!

Position Overview

The Life Skills instructor coaches, supports, and develops residents’ life skills in the home and community environments.

Full Time:

• Tues-Sat 2:00pm-10:00pm (40hrs wk)

Part Time:

• Sat and Sun 10:00am-6:00pm (16hrs wk)

• Sun 8:00am-4:00pm ( 8hrs wk)

• Sun/Mon 2:00pm-10:00pm Thurs 4:00pm-8:00pm and Fri 4:00pm-9:00pm (25hrs wk)

• Mon/Tues/Wed 4:00pm-8:00pm Sat 12:00p-8:00pm (20hrs wk)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Creates and engages residents in a learning environment
• Develops, implements and reinforces household routines
• Instructs, supervises, and supports residence in home and community activities
• Provides and maintains a safe and healthy environment
• Assists with and monitors activities of daily living
• Develops residents interpersonal relationship skills
• Assists residents in implementing action plans
• Prepares documentation
• Ensures appropriate medical treatment for medical incidents, injuries, illness, or behavioral/psychiatric episodes
• Prepares or assists residents in meal planning, shopping and cooking
• Assists with residents financial transactions
• Provides residents with instruction in the use of community based services
• Assists residents in leisure activities in accordance with policies
• Maintains cleanliness of home and vehicle
• Obtain and/or maintain DDS Medication Administration Certification
• Schedules and attends residents medical appointments
• Monitors and reports changes in residents health
• Ensures residents health and safety
• Oversees, prepares and administers medications
• Provides safe transportation in JCL vehicles
• Participates in the interdisciplinary team process
• Attends staff meetings
• Perform any other department or agency-related duties or special projects as directed by supervisor

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Valid driver’s license and ability to maintain a liability free driving record
• Ability and willingness to achieve, attend, and maintain all DDS and JCL certifications and trainings including DDS Medication Administration Certification
• Experience working with people with developmental disabilities is preferred
• Good observation skills
• Demonstrates organizational skills
• Clear writing skills with good grammar
• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with a wide variety of residents’, their family members, staff, and community members
• Ability and willingness to assist residents in all areas of personal hygiene in a dignified manner Ability and willingness to be friendly, respectful, patient, encouraging, optimistic, energetic and nurturing.

Physical Demands

• Ability to lift 35 pounds
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, walk, climb, stoop, push, pull, carry, reach, twist
• Ability to apply Psychological/physical Management Techniques (PMT)