Caregiver / Direct Support Professional / Blue Wing

00 RHA Health Services, LLC; Mint Hill (NC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payactiv

Flexible shifts

Job summary

RHA Health Services is hiring Direct Support Professionals to support individuals with intellectual, developmental disabilities and mental health or substance use challenges in community settings. You will help clients communicate needs and implement person-centered plans to achieve goals under supervision.

Starting pay rate is $16.50/hour with facility-determined base pay. Shifts vary by location, covering all days of the week; Payactiv is available for early pay options.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years old.
• Valid driver's license.
• High School Diploma or GED (Not required for TN openings).
• Physical requirements include lifting 30 lbs., minimum 70 lbs., pulling 50 lbs., squatting/kneeling/crawling/climbing/standing, and CPR proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Assist with Health and Safety Procedures.
• Assist with People Supported Development.
• Assist with Person Supported Community Life.
• Provide support to team members and supervisors.
• Assist with person-centered plan and outcomes.
• Assist with medical requests.
• Data collection and reporting.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

We are hiring for:

• Caregiver / Direct Support Professional / Blue Wing Type:
• Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

Provides support for individuals and/or groups of persons with disabilities in the community. Assists the person(s) receiving services in identifying and communicating his or her requests and needs for services and supports. Implements services and supports to address the person's goals and desired outcomes as identified through each person's Centered Plan. Seek to understand the individuals in the context of their personal history, their social and family networks, and their hopes and dreams for the future. Relies on direction and supervision to accomplish the job.

We are hiring Direct Support Professionals!!!!

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, join our team at RHA Health Services!

Responsibilities:

• Assist with Health and Safety Procedures-
• Assist with People Supported Development
• Assists with Person Supported Community Life
• Provides support to team members and supervisors
• Assists with person-centered plan and outcomes
• Assists with medical requests
• Assist with data collection and reporting

Position Requirements:

• At least 18 years of age
• Valid drivers' license
• High School Diploma or GED (Not required for TN openings)
• Physical requirements to perform essential functions of the job included:
  • Regularly required to lift 30 lbs.
  • Must be able to lift a minimum of 70 lbs.
  • Must be able to pull a minimum of 50lbs.
  • Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stop.
  • Must be able to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • Required to regularly stand and walk.
  • Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from the floor level requiring to work on hands, knees, bending, standing and lifting.
  • Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.

Starting Pay Rate: $16.50/hourly

Base pay set by the facility.

Schedule: *Shifts and schedules may vary by location and typically a variety of shifts are available. Shifts cover all days of the week, Monday through Sunday.

Why Should You Apply?

• Ability to help others and make a difference
• Ability to join a team of dedicated caregivers, where you will be a valued member of a care team, enabling people RHA supports to identify and achieve personal goals, experience, meaningful days, participated in the community, and live more independently.
• Multiple schedules, offer flexibility
• Opportunities for training and advancement
• Work today and get paid tomorrow using Payactiv!

#INDNC

RHA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, prohibits discrimination based on the following protected categories: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex/gender, marital status, civil status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability.

Pre-employment screening:

• Complete criminal background
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for in