Community Habilitation Worker; Orange, Ulster, & Sullivan County

Access: Supports for Living; New York (NY); On-site; USD 20,798 - 29,621; Part time

Job summary

Access: Supports for Living is seeking Community Habilitation Workers (CHW) for varied locations in the Hudson Valley area. The CHW will provide skill-building training and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities in the community or home settings, depending on needs.

Responsibilities include mentoring, teaching daily living skills, and documenting progress. The role requires travel to locations, adherence to privacy and rights protections, and participation in trainings.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and engagement skills.
• Ability to document services and report progress.
• Valid, Unrestricted Driver's License.
• Bilingual English and Spanish speaking a plus.
• Must meet electronic (computer) and real-time reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide mentoring/teaching services to individuals with developmental disabilities to help them achieve personal outcomes and growth.
• Teach daily living skills such as money handling, socialization, cooking, job search, etc.
• Assist with lifting or hygiene functions for selected individuals as needed.
• Work on the person’s valued outcomes with steps to achieve them based on supports and needs.
• Meet with the assigned individual several times per week depending on hours.
• Travel to assigned locations as required and attend trainings.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Documentation

Driver's license

Bilingual English/Spanish

Electronic reporting

Job description

Our dedicated front line staff are out in the field making it happen on a daily basis. Our administration staff play a key role in supporting our frontline staff by giving them the resources and tools they need to be successful. Whether Finance, HR, IT, or Quality Assurance is your game, you’ll be supporting our agency to be able to provide the best programs and services possible. You’ll get to work in a supportive, creative culture with many benefits.

Location: Middletown, NY

New Higher Rate of pay: 18.30 per hour

Hours: Part Time- Vary (consumer friendly)

Available Locations: Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Greene County.

Job Description

We are currently seeking Community Habilitation Workers (CHW) for varied locations in the Hudson Valley area. The CHW will provide skill building training and supports to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Supports take place in the community and or in the home depending on the need of the Individual.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• The Community Habilitation Worker will provide mentoring / teaching services to individuals with developmental disabilities to help them achieve personal outcomes and growth.
• The Community Habilitation worker will teach daily living skills such as (money handling, socialization, cooking, job search, etc.). As well as any other skills as identified in the person’s individual plan.
• The Community Habilitation Worker will possibly have to perform lifting or assisting with hygiene functions for selected individuals.
• Work on the persons valued outcomes with the steps on how to achieve it based on caregivers / community supports and behaviors observed along with the individual’s strengths and needs.
• Meet with the assigned individual several times per week depending on coordinated hours.
• Community Habilitation Worker will travel to the location assigned.
• Attend trainings as required.
• It is essential that Community Habilitation Worker know and protect individual’s rights.
• Document each training session in the appropriate databases and report the progress and barriers with each client.
• The Community Habilitation Worker will receive supervision from the Community Habilitation Supervisor.

Qualifications

• Must meet electronic (computer) and real-time technological reporting requirements to be an eligible candidate
• Prior experience with related populations, i.e. Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Strong interpersonal and engagement skills
• Valid, Unrestricted Driver's License.
• Ability to document services and understand regulationsBilingual English and Spanish speaking a plus

Background Screening

ALL POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, FINGERPRINTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT CHECK.

Access: Network is an EEO employer