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Job Description
Overview
Practices and promotes the agencys mission statement and promotes the agencys guiding principles in every interaction. Provide ongoing support to people in becoming active participants in every aspect of their lives (i.e. selfcare routines health safety household chores socialization and overall well being) and to ensure that a high quality of life is maintained.
Responsibilities
Primary duties and responsbiilities include but not limited to:
- Provide ongoing support to people in becoming active participants in every aspect of their lives (i.e. selfcare routines health safety household chores socialization and overall well being) and to ensure that a high quality of life is maintained.
- Ensures a safe and clean home by providing support to people to assist them with the completion of household chores and by participating in said household chores as needed.
- Follows all treatment plans and utilizes all corresponding adaptive and safety equipment needed for each person to promote independence and ensure their health safety and wellbeing.
- Supports individuals in preparing meals by teaching concepts such as diet adherence portion control and cooking skills.
- Assists individuals with medication administration according to the AMAP policy and procedures.
- Implements and documents all treatment plans and other agency related materials (i.e. residential habilitation goals medical case notes communication logs etc. to assist individuals in achieving independence in their selected valued outcomes and to ensure their health safety and wellbeing.
- Adheres to overtime policy and procedures to ensure that quality support is provided to people each day.
- Serves as member of the interdisciplinary team by attending and participating in all meetings to discuss each persons progress and goal achievements and to offer and gather information and ideas.
- Provides transportation to people supported for medical appointments shopping recreational outings and any other transportation needs.
- Mentors new Direct Support Staff by demonstrating supportive routines and by reviewing training manuals to ensure new employees are sufficiently groomed to complete responsibilities.
- Performs all other jobrelated duties as requested by supervisor.
This position requires regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with people receiving services and therefore is subject to successful completion of fingerprint/criminal background check
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Qualified NYS drivers license.
- Ability to communicate and understand written and oral directives/information.
- AMAP/First Aid/CPR/SCIPR Training preferred.
- Minimum one 1 year experience supporting people with intellectual and other development disabilities preferred.
Employment Type
Part-Time
