Direct Support Professional-Children's Services
Direct Support Professional-Children's Services
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Direct Support Professional - Childrens Services
Residential Instructor
The Residential Instructor (RI) in our Children & Adolescence program participates in the direct care and plan implementation for clients as prescribed by physician and treatment teams. The RI provides supervision safety and crisis management for the client population; completes documentation of client behavior and participation in programming; adheres to the scheduled activities; serves as role model for positive and mature behavior; utilizes proactive behavioral strategies to minimize client crisis and maximize success.
Essential Job Functions:
- Ensures the health safety and wellness of Clients
- Supports client health and hygiene and utilizes infection control procedures.
- Reports serious incidents participates in reviews and implements follow-up measures as applicable.
- Follows and administers the individual plan for clients to include understanding of SNAP (strengths needs abilities and preferences) goals/objectives/outcomes and treatment strategies from the current Plans (Treatment Plan IEP ISP) of assigned clients.
- Collaborates with the Treatment Team to provide continuity of support and care by communicating and contributing to team discussions and decisions
- Promotes clients achievement of behavioral goals by implementing the behavior strategies and teaching alternative behaviors as indicated in the Treatment Plan/IEP/ISP.
- Actively instructs assigned clients so they can achieve education/residential goals and objectives or ID Waiver outcomes.
- Collects and documents behavioral and instructional data accurately and reliably. Documents services delivered accurately and in a timely manner.
- Maintains a high level of engagement with and monitoring of clients. Implements planned activities throughout the work day.
- Provides a supportive and solutionFocused Environment through building trust respect and good relationships with clients.
- Manages behavioral crisis safely.
- Oversees site management to include housekeeping nutrition and transportations.
- Assists with purchases and is accountable for program and client money as applicable
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be 19 years of age
- Education Requirements:
- High School Diploma and six months of direct care experience with children and/or adolescents or
- Associates degree and three monthsof direct care experience with children and/or adolescents or
- Bachelors degree in Human Service field
- Valid drivers license with an acceptable driving record.
- Demonstrates moderate computer skills - how to log-in how to navigate the web for information how to start and save document in Microsoft and has basic keyboarding skills.
COMPENSATION
- $18.15-$22.00 based on experience
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
- Medical dental and vision
- Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
- 401(k) including an employer match
- Generous Paid Time Off plan
- Education Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- As Grafton is a 501(c)(3) non-profit you may be eligible for federal student loan forgiveness
Grafton is an equal employment opportunity employer and tobacco-free workplace.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
