Direct Care & Behavior Support Specialist

CHESCO Services; Camden (SC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

CHESCO Services in Camden, SC seeks a House Manager to oversee direct care and training for consumers in a community residence. You will implement goals, collect data, counsel residents, and ensure safety and compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines.

Responsibilities include supervising daily activities, coordinating with an interdisciplinary team, administering medications, handling DSP paperwork, transport, and maintaining the unit and records to support resident well-being.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Certification in First Aid, CPR and CPI is required and TB test is annual.
• Valid driver's license and ability to operate a vehicle for 15 passengers or less.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accountability for all consumers within the assigned setting, and demonstrates knowledge of consumers' actions during that time frame.
• Ensures consumers' needs are met through the implementation of goals, behavior management, personal hygiene, oral hygiene, social adjustment, leisure, and special activities.
• Ensures consumers' well-being and for reporting and inappropriate or maladaptive behaviors to residents as needed. Implement unit wide and individual behavior management plans consistently.
• Performs all DSP paperwork, i.e: daily log, activity schedules, the monthly inventory of consumers' belongings, daily documentation as needed, progress notes, baseline data, behavior reports, requisitions and others as needed. Write up new sheets for the month - body check sheets, daily progress notes, recreational assessment, (by consumer assignment), recreational calendar and activity inventory, etc.
• Maintains cleanliness in the unit throughsupervision of the chores, house cleaning, cooking and laundry as scheduled or needed.
• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team and other consumer-related meetings as needed. Provides information and assists with evaluation.
• Administers medications to residents within CHESCO Services medication administration guidelines.
• Make needed copies for direct care paperwork. (Third Shift)
• Attends in-service training and staff meetings as required
• Transport consumers as needed.
• Conducts monthly fire drills on each shift; disaster drills as required.
• Provides coverage to other shifts and community programs as needed.
• Buys groceries and supplies weekly or as needed. (On Schedule)
• Clothing purchases ( second shift; House Manager delegates).
• Prepare food and supply inventory. (Third Shift)
• Service Provision Log. (Third Shift)
• Prepare the chore list. (Third Shift)
• Filing.
• Performs other duties as identified or assigned.

Skills

First Aid

CPR

CPI

Driver's license

TB test

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

First Aid/CPR/CPI certifications

Job description

CHESCO Services in Camden, SC seeks a House Manager to oversee direct care and training for consumers in a community residence. You will implement goals, collect data, counsel residents, and ensure safety and compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines.

Responsibilities include supervising daily activities, coordinating with an interdisciplinary team, administering medications, handling DSP paperwork, transport, and maintaining the unit and records to support resident well-being.