Responsibilities:

• Coordinate personal care schedule for program staff to meet all the needs of the program.
• Utilize training in personal care needs to engage individuals.
• Perform personal care functions for individuals with disabilities, including changing, toileting, feeding, and laundry.
• Train individuals to increase independent functioning in self-care and activities of daily living related to personal care, including personal hygiene, grooming, and eating.
• Report medical and health concerns to LPN, RNs and Program Directors and provide emergency interventions.
• Participate in the development and implementation Individual Service Plans as a member of the Residential Services team.
• Ensure that the program participants’ needs are met and communicated with program staff and treatment team according to regulations and prescribed need.

Qualifications:

• Certification as Nurse’s Aide.
• High School Diploma.
• Two years of job experience in a training program working with this population and/or Associate Degree in human services related field preferred.
• Ability to operate accessible vans equipped with lifts.
• Maintain required training certifications.
• Ability to assist adult men and women of various ages with physical,intellectual, psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities.
• Ability to assist people with mobility impairments as needed.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Driving License Required? Yes

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