Person-Centered Support Specialist - Habilitation

Blue River Services, Inc; Palmyra (IN); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue River Services, Inc. in Indiana seeks a Direct Support Professional - Habilitation to provide person-centered support to older adults and individuals with disabilities in program, community, and transportation settings.

You will assist with daily living skills, individualized goals, socialization, community involvement, health and safety needs, and personal independence. The Direct Support Professional - Habilitation works as part of a team to implement Person-Centered Individualized

Qualifications

• Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with persons served, families, co-workers, and community partners.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to complete accurate documentation, reports, billing forms, and service records.
• Ability to use word-processing, database, and spreadsheet software.
• Commitment to person-centered services, confidentiality, safety, and individual rights.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct support and instruction based on each person’s PCISP, goals, needs, preferences, and abilities.
• Create meaningful, age-appropriate activities that encourage participation, socialization, independence, and community inclusion.
• Assist persons served with personal care needs, including toileting, dressing, eating, hygiene, and mobility support as needed.
• Support skill development in communication, behavior, self-care, leisure, social interaction, and community integration.
• Promote personal autonomy, self-direction, individual rights, dignity, and choice-making for each person served.
• Assist persons served with participation in community activities, recreational opportunities, restaurants, appointments, and other community resources.
• Complete daily documentation of progress toward goals, services provided, accidents, incidents, behavior concerns, and other required reporting.
• Monitor and report changes in behavior, health, safety, or unusual situations to supervisory staff promptly.
• Administer or dispense medications when trained, approved, and authorized to do so.
• Assist with assessments, case conferences, staff meetings, program planning, and quality-assurance activities.
• Assist with the care and maintenance of agency equipment and report repair needs as appropriate.
• Maintain billing documentation, daily billing forms, Medicaid waiver tracking forms, production records, and other required agency records.
• Handle approved purchases, petty cash, and persons served financial records responsibly and according to agency procedures.

Skills

Professional relationships

Team collaboration

Documentation accuracy

Word processing & data handling

Confidentiality & safety

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Blue River Services, Inc. in Indiana seeks a Direct Support Professional - Habilitation to provide person-centered support to older adults and individuals with disabilities in program, community, and transportation settings.

You will assist with daily living skills, individualized goals, socialization, community involvement, health and safety needs, and personal independence. The Direct Support Professional - Habilitation works as part of a team to implement Person-Centered Individualized