Direct Support Mentor

00 RHA Health Services, LLC; North Carolina; On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

RHA Health Services is seeking a Direct Support Mentor (Regular) to provide care and coaching in residential and day settings for people with IDD and mental health challenges. You will mentor Direct Support Employees, ensure shift coverage, and model supportive, client-centered care.

The role includes ensuring personal outcomes, promoting dignity and independence, and maintaining a safe, respectful environment.

Qualifications

• Must have a High school diploma or GED.
• Prefer experience working with IDD individuals.
• At least one year of experience working with the population served.
• Must have a valid driver's license (this is a condition of employment) including personal vehicle insurance coverage.
• Maintain CPR and First Aid certification, Med Tech and NCI certifications and other core competency training.
• Depending on service being provided must be clinically supervised by a qualified professional as specified by licensure or certification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assist people supported to identify personal outcomes that best suit their interests, culture, and future desires.
• Identify supports needed for personal outcomes with the Interdisciplinary Team.
• Promote goals, dignity, respect, and quality of life for people supported.
• Provide opportunities for choice and independence.
• Report all incidents of abuse, neglect, or exploitation immediately.
• Help maintain cleanliness of group homes and supervise environmental upkeep.
• Assist people supported with daily living activities (eating, dressing, grooming, bathing, etc.).
• Support development of healthy personal and social habits.
• Assist with food preparation and cleaning of residences and program areas.
• Help people supported identify valued social roles in community settings.

Skills

Experience with IDD individuals

Mentoring / training

Compassionate demeanor

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

We are hiring for:

Direct Support Mentor Type: Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

Provides support for people and/or groups of people with disabilities both in residential and day settings by performing and leading by example in carrying out Direct Support job responsibilities. Serves a mentor, trainer, lead and coach to Direct Support Employees. Responsible for carrying out mentorship responsibilities for new Direct Support Employees to ensure thorough training and abilities. Assists with ensuring staff coverage of all three shifts as scheduled by the Residential Team Leader 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 from the Residential Team Leader.

Rate of pay: $18.00/hour

Sign-on bonus: $3,000.00

First shift with shift coverage duties for all shifts, including weekends.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assists people supported to identify personal outcomes that best suit his or her personal interests, cultural background, and desires for the future.
• Assists the Interdisciplinary Team in identifying supports needed for personal outcomes to be realized.
• Understands and promotes the people supported's goals, as well as personal dignity, respect, individualism and quality of life.
• Provides opportunities for choice, and encourages people supported to make choices, and to exercise control over themselves and their environment.
• Reports all incidents of people supported abuse, neglect or exploitation immediately
• Ensures and assists with the cleanliness of group home by completing Environmental Assessments, work orders for maintenance needs, monitoring cleanliness of company vehicles and keeping home and grounds clean.
• Supports people supported in eating, resting, dressing, bathing, grooming, toileting, playing, and working, according to each person's abilities and interests.
• Helps people supported develop healthy personal and social habits.
• Prepares, assists and instructs people supported in food preparation and cleaning of residences and vocational program areas.
• Supports people supported in identifying and acquiring valued social roles in integrated community settings, including, but not limited to opportunities for membership in local groups, clubs, and organizations.
• Instructs and assists people supported using techniques and strategies designed to improve sensory motor and perceptual motor development, perception, memory, language, cognition, and social and emotional development.
• Works with each person receiving services to increase motivation; provides consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning, and continuous feedback to each individual for all learning activities.
• Trains people supported in self-medication administration according to company policy.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties I 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 I am directed to perform a specific task by my supervisor. When I have questions about my responsibilities and/or my job duties, or when I see or hear things that I do not understand, I will consult my supervisor, other members of management.

The ideal candidates for this mid-level position are patient, compassionate, nurturing and have a calming demeanor in times of stress.

Additional requirements for this mid-level role include:

• Must have a High school diploma or (GED).
• Prefer experience working with IDD individuals.
• Least one year of experience working with the population served.
• Must have a valid driver's license (this is a condition of employment) including personal vehicle insurance coverage.
• Must maintain proficiency in company sponsored training and certifications and privileging as required.
• Maintain CPR and First Aid certification , Med Tech and NCI certifications and other core competency training that may be specified and/or required by future company regulations or service definitions of service being provided
• Depending on service being provided must be clinically supervised by a qualified professional according to supervision requirements as specified by licensure or certification requirements of appropriate discip