Developmentally Disabled Direct Care Aide

Westview Cottages; Guthrie (OK); Hybrid; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Westview Cottages in Guthrie, OK, seeks a Developmentally Disabled Direct Care Aide to support residents with life skills, personal care, daily living, vocation, and community integration.

You will follow Individual Habilitation Plans, document progress, and work as part of a care team to implement active treatment programs and behavior interventions.

Qualifications

• Must possess at least a 10th grade education.
• Must be a licensed Care Aide in accordance with Oklahoma state laws.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to residents of an ICF/IID home.
• Implement active treatment programming and monitor/document progress to ensure consistent training.
• Be an active part of the care team in developing and implementing treatment for residents.
• Read and follow each resident's Individual Habilitation Plan and Behavior Intervention Plan.
• Implement steps of the Active Treatment Program and document in the Residents Goal book.
• Implement behavior intervention plans as written in each resident’s plan and model appropriate techniques.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Developmentally Disabled Direct Care Aide

Westview Cottages

Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide training and guidance to the resident by assisting in the resident’s life skills to include personal care, daily living, vocation, and community integration.

Job Functions

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

General Functions

• Responsible for providing support to residents of an ICF/IID home.
• Responsible for implementing active treatment programing that occurs in the home, monitor and document on programming, to ensure continuous and consistent training occurs both formal through programming and incidental learning through life experience for residents of the home.
• Actively be a part of the support care team in development, and implementation of treatment for the resident.
• Read and follow the residents Individual Habilitation Plan and Behavior Intervention Plan.
• Implement the steps of the active treatment Program, and document the treatment in the Residents Goal book.
• Implement behavior intervention programs as written in each resident’s plan.
• Train and model for resident’s appropriate behavior intervention techniques.

Education

Must possess, as a minimum, a 10th grade education.

Experience

Must be a licensed Care Aide in accordance with laws of this state.