Direct Support Specialist - Child/Adolescent Crisis Center (Part time)

Seven Counties Services; Louisville (KY); Sur place; USD 17 000 - 25 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Seven Counties Services in Louisville, KY seeks a part-time direct support role to assist individuals with disabilities. The candidate will teach ADLs, provide psychoeducation on recovery, and coordinate community access including transportation and resources.

Strong communication and empathetic care are essential. Responsibilities include documenting care, maintaining confidentiality, attending meetings, and supporting staff training.

Qualifications

• Zero to one year full-time experience working with individuals who receive services for mental health or related conditions.
• Ability to provide nurturing attention and care to individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to communicate with verbal and nonverbal individuals.
• Good interpersonal skills; teaching skills; patience and empathy.

Responsabilités

• Teaches, models, and coaches activities of daily living (ADL) and monitors performance.
• Teaches psychoeducation classes on recovery.
• Plans and facilitates community-based activities and access to community resources.
• Maintains confidentiality of protected health information.
• Documents services and care through daily logs and notes.
• Provides transportation and assists with discharge planning.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teaching skills

Patience

Empathy

Maturity

Formation

High school diploma or equivalent

Description du poste

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Teaches, models, and coaches activities of daily living (ADL) (e. g., personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal preparation, money management, educational and vocational goal-setting, nutrition needs); monitors performance of ADL skills and provides therapeutic feedback.

Teaches psychoeducation classes on recovery (e. g., medication side effects, ADL, communication skills, stress management strategies).

Plans and facilitates community-based activities (e. g., medical appointments, grocery shopping, leisure/recreation/socialization); facilitates access to community resources (e. g., AA/NA meetings, school, job placement).

Contributes to safe and therapeutic environment by practicing verbal de-escalation and, as authorized, other behavior management techniques.

Serves as “ambassador” of SCS and its clients by integrating clients into the community and educating community members about people with disabilities and about SCS’s services and programming.

Collaborates with community systems on behalf of individuals served (e. g., school, landlord, family, transportation provider, employer).

Provides transportation (e. g., driving SCS van or personal vehicle), ensuring adherence to standard safety practices (e. g., driver certification, seat belts, child safety seats); teaches and facilitates use of public transportation systems.

Provides personal care, as needed (e. g., personal hygiene, toileting, laundry, meal preparation, safe eating techniques).

Administers First Aid and CPR, as needed.

Supervises self-administered medication, depending on the specific clinical program’s protocols.

Identifies assigned clients’ food and/or medication allergies and exercises reasonable care to avoid exposure to allergens.

Communicates information relevant to care, treatment, and services, with other SCS staff members and, as authorized, with non-SCS providers, to ensure appropriate level and quality of care.

May take responsibility for specific assignments within the program (e. g., food programs, admissions at Crisis Stabilization Unit).

Documents services and care provided by timely completing various forms (e. g., attendance records, daily logs, shift/progress notes, incident reports, time reports in accordance with SCS and regulatory standards.

Maintains confidentiality of protected health information, consistent with SCS procedures and state and federal law.

Assist with discharge planning as needed.

Provide support for additional training needs of direct support staff as needed.

Attends and participates in all required staff and service planning meetings and trainings.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

EDUCATION

High school diploma or equivalent required.

EXPERIENCE

Zero to one year full-time experience working with individuals who receive services for treatment of a mental health, substance abuse, intellectual disability, or physical health condition.

Ability to provide nurturing attention and care to individuals with disabilities.

Ability to communicate with verbal and nonverbal individuals.

Good interpersonal skills.

Teaching skills.

Patience and empathy.

Maturity and judgment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS

Position involves considerable physical exertion, lifting a maximum of 100 pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds. May include frequent lifting of patients. 18 years of age or older.

Within the bounds of their respective job descriptions, all staff are expected to exercise principle-centered leadership, focused on customer service responsiveness, with a continuous quality improvement orientation. Additionally, all staff are expected to develop a working knowledge of and follow all policies and procedures related to safety management and other Joint Commission standards.

Time Type: Part time

Seven Counties is the provider of choice for mental and behavior health services in and around the Louisville Metro. Over 1,400 employees work in 25+ locations throughout Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties; making sure that the 31,000 people we serve annually have the best chance of living their best lives. At Seven Counties, we give our staff the opportunity to do what they do best with continued training, effective mentoring and competitive salaries and benefits. In an effort to protect our employees, clients and community, we require the COVID and Influenza vaccinations for all employees.