Direct Support Leader - Walnut Creek ICF

00 RHA Health Services, LLC; Goldsboro (NC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

RHA Health Services is hiring a Direct Support Leader for Walnut Creek in a Regular/3rd shift position. The role supports individuals with disabilities in residential and day settings, ensuring staff coverage and implementing Person Centered Plans.

Requires a high school diploma or GED and experience with the population served; training in areas like CPR/First Aid and cultural diversity may be provided. This entry-level role emphasizes compassion and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED and experience working with the population served.
• May teach core training such as NCI, CPR/First, community connections, cultural diversity, etc.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support and house assistant duties as scheduled.
• Assist with ensuring staff coverage across shifts and support Home Manager guidance.
• Help residents identify needs and communicate requests for services.
• Implement services and supports aligned with each Person Centered Plan.
• Dispense medication, monitor dosages and record notes in charts as directed.

Skills

Experience with population served

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

We are hiring for:

Direct Support Leader - Walnut Creek ICF Type: Regular

Shift 3rd

Provides support for individuals and/or groups of persons with disabilities both in residential and day settings by performing both Direct Support and House Assistant duties. Assists with ensuring staff coverage of all three shifts as scheduled by the Home Manager or as necessary due to scheduled staff not being able to work. At certain residences, the employee may be required to reside (sleep over) if he/she works a special schedule and/or work week. 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 Person Centered Plan. Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment to complete tasks with supervision and direction of the Home Manager.

Education, Licensure, and Experience required for the position include: Requires a high school diploma or GED and experience working with the population served. May teach core training such as NCI, CPR/First, community connections, cultural diversity, etc.

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 stoop.
• 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.
• Must be able to talk and hear Rate $17.00/per hour

Shift 3rd

Responsibilities

In this entry level role, the Direct Support Caregiver is responsible for helping to implement services and supports that will assist your client achieve personal goals and desired outcomes as identified through an Individual Support Plan. The duties you will accomplish are based on the assigned shift and the direction of the Direct Care Manager. Shifts for this position are the following:

• Providing opportunities for choice and encouraging clients to exercise control over themselves and their environment
• Assisting and instructing on food preparation and house cleaning
• Helping clients to identify and acquire valued social roles, as well as healthy personal and social habits
• Continuously assessing the functional levels for your client, motivating clients and providing consistent reinforcement, assessments, and feedback for all learning activities
• Dispensing medication, monitoring dosages and making notes in charts in accordance wi

Looking to make a difference?

Watch what it's like to be a Direct Support Personal Care Assistant at RHA.

Bring your compassion and dependability to work with our devoted home healthcare team where you can truly make a difference in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

RHA Health Services is looking for personable, energetic and dedicated Direct Support Caregiver(also called Direct Support Associates) to join our home caregiver team in this entry level role.

The Direct Support Associate II position is for those that have experience in direct support serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The nature of the role by design is not glamorous, can be difficult at times and requires hard work but the reward is immeasurable!

As a Direct Support Caregiver you will provide support for your clients both in residential and day care settings. You will get to know your clients on a personal level as you assist them with in the implementation of personal plans, goals, and objectives; working with them to facilitate their communication in terms of needs and requests.

This is a highly rewarding entry-level role. You will help your clients by helping to identify personal outcomes that will best suit their individual interests, cultural backgrounds and dreams for the future. You will work with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to identify the appropriate support methods necessary to achieve the stated goals.

Our Direct Support Caregiver come to know the individuals that they work with less as clients, more as friends! If you're looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference in the lives of the people that you serve, then consider RHA Health Services - where we put people first!