Professional Caregiver Direct Support Professional

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizonas top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services child welfare and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound positive differences in peoples lives every day

We offer our fulltime employees the following benefits:

• Medical Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Shortterm Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance longterm disability insurance and Employee Assistance Program

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Three 3 months of caregiving experience preferred.

Regulatory:

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current unrestricted drivers with no more than two 2 minor moving violations or one 1 accident within the past three 3 years). Three 3 years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (paid by organization).
• Ability to obtain and maintain CPR First Aid Article IX and Prevention & Supports certification (paid training).
• This position requires that employees remain awake during working hours.

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Able to establish and maintain team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for with team and members. Must be selfdirected and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Excellent customer service in stressful situations. Maintains a professional in appearance communications and actions. Must be able to direct and assist members for their safety. Basic knowledge of principles and practices of selfdetermination and individualized support. Able to work in a fastpaced environment with multiple interruptions. Able to remain calm in emergency situations.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation):

In home day program or group home environments. May required visiting different sites or homes for member care. Driving to member homes and other locations on a regular basis. Interacts with employees and members on a daily basis. Able to lift up to 50lbs to support member care. Visual acuity to assess the wellbeing of members and drive. Able to communicate verbally with members and emergency personnel as needed for daily operations. Hearing ability for communication in persona phone and/or other electronic methods. Manual dexterity to assist members with paperwork and daily functions. Able stoop squat reach pull push stretch ascend and descend stairs stand and sit for long periods of time. Able to use required personal protective equipment (PPE). Work outdoors and indoors as needed. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Additional Information: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties skills job knowledge responsibilities and/or qualifications. EBF reserves the right to revise the job description or to assign other duties to this position. This job description is not intended to create a contract or property right to continued employment between the employee and EBF.

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race color religion national origin sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) age disability veteran status genetic information mental or physical disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have any questions require assistance or reasonable accommodations while seeking employment please contact the Human Resource Department at or call.