Community Habilitation Specialist

YAI - Seeing beyond disability; Brentwood (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition reimbursement

Medical and dental insurance

Paid vacation

Retirement Plan

Life insurance

Discounts

Job summary

YAI - Seeing beyond disability seeks a compassionate Community Habilitation staff member to provide one-on-one supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities on Long Island. The role focuses on teaching life skills and promoting community integration through engaging activities.

Responsibilities include adherence to policies, mandatory trainings, and ensuring safety while supporting daily living activities.

Qualifications

• Interpersonal and problem-solving abilities for supporting people with I/DD.
• Basic written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to take initiative and engage with participants.

Responsibilities

• Adhering to policies, procedures and regulations.
• Using effective communication skills & time management; regular one-to-one supports in community and in-home settings.
• Completing mandatory trainings (AMAP, CPR/First Aid, SCIP-R, Defensive Driving, etc.).
• Meeting and demonstrating OPWDD Core Competencies.
• Ensuring health, wellness and safety by managing crisis situations and providing supervision.
• Assisting people with ADLs as needed.
• Transporting and escorting participants for activities and appointments.
• Building positive relationships with participants and colleagues.
• Maintaining a therapeutic environment using person-centered approaches.
• Ensuring person-centered plans are implemented.
• Completing documentation to ensure compliance and billing.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Initiative

Basic communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

YAI is seeking a creative, passionate, and highly motivated professional for our Community Habilitation services in Long Island. As a Community Habilitation staff member, you will be providing one-on-one supports to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD). You will play an integral role in teaching various life skills while providing recreational opportunities to promote community integration. The goal of this program is to empower the people we support to maximize independence and live fulfilling lives.

YAI's Mission: Ready to join our 4,000+ employees in a career at YAI? Working at YAI means effecting real change in people's lives. It means going home at the end of the day knowing you have helped someone accomplish a goal. If you want a careersupporting others,creatively finding solutions to life's challenges,and building a more inclusive community,YAI is the place for you! Join us in our mission to create opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, love, work, and learn in their communities. Learn more at yai.org/careers.

Key Responsibilities

• Adhering to policies, procedures and regulations.
• Using effective communication skills & time management skills Regularly providing one-to-one supports in community and in-home settings.
• Completing mandatory trainings based on the program and position (AMAP, CPR/First Aid, SCIP-R, Defensive Driving, etc.), as well as applying skills.
• Meeting and demonstrating OPWDD Core Competencies.
• Ensuring health, wellness and safety by managing crisis situations and providing appropriate supervision of the people we support.
• Demonstrating a willingness to assist people with ADLs.
• Transporting and escorting people we support on recreational activities, medical appointment, home visits, etc.
• Building Positive relationships.
• Maintaining a therapeutic environment through a variety of methods: Personal Outcome Measures, Person Centered Thinking, Informed Decision Making.
• Ensuring person centered plans are implemented.
• Completing documentation to ensure compliance and billing.
• Using foundational Teaching skills (EMOE, Task analysis, essential skills, supports and modifications, etc).

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Work or life experience within the intellectual/developmental disabilities field is a plus.
• Ability to support people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
• Basic written and verbal communication.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Valid Driver's License may be required depending upon the position.
• Tuberculosis test mandatory for most positions.

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to take initiative.

Schedule

Flexible; 16-20 hours/week for Part time positions 40 hours/week for Full time positions.

Benefits

• DailyPay available - Work today, get paid today!
• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical and dental insurance - with options for family and more extensive medical plans, as well as vision (for Full time positions)
• Paid vacation, holiday, and sick time (depending on time type)
• Retirement Plan with employer matching contributions
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Discounts on travel, entertainment, wireless services, shopping, and more.

Check out our benefits page to learn more!

Compensation

$19.05/hour

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.

YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.”

YAI Today

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.

YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

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