Self-Directed Community Habilitation Worker

Access: Supports for Living; City of Middletown (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Access: Supports for Living in Middletown, NY is seeking a dedicated Direct Care Worker to support individuals with developmental disabilities in daily living activities and community engagement.

You will document progress, advocate for client needs, and participate in agency trainings and meetings. The role requires lifting ability and the flexibility to work with diverse schedules in a supportive, team-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with populations such as Intellectual Developmental Disabilities or Autism.
• Ability to advocate for others' needs and solve problems.
• Ability to teach life skills and document daily progress.
• Flexibility to support consumers and attend trainings.

Responsibilities

• Teach daily living skills and other goals identified in the consumer’s plan.
• Complete extensive documentation detailing the consumer’s progress.
• Direct care work involving skill-building for development and daily living skills.
• Attend treatment meetings and mandatory agency trainings.

Skills

Direct care experience

Advocacy

Problem solving

Documentation

Job description

Our dedicated front line staff are out in the field making it happen on a daily basis. Our administration staff play a key role in supporting our frontline staff by giving them the resources and tools they need to be successful. Whether Finance, HR, IT, or Quality Assurance is your game, you’ll be supporting our agency to be able to provide the best programs and services possible. You’ll get to work in a supportive, creative culture with many benefits.

Location: Middletown, NY

Hours: Consumer friendly schedules. Flexible.

• Other locations available. **

Overview Of Primary Responsibilites

Self-Directed workers are identified by the individual receiving services. Duties are at the discretion of the person receiving the services.

In This Role You Will

• Work with individuals by teaching daily living skills, as well as, other skills identified in the consumer’s goal plan.
• Complete extensive documentation requiring the ability to articulate and document the consumer’s progress.
• Direct care work that involves skill building services for the continued development and teaching of daily living skills.
• Requirements include the ability to advocate for the needs of others, the ability to problem solve; the ability to teach life skills and document daily progress. Also required is the flexibility to support consumers and meet their needs. As well as attend treatment meetings, and mandatory agency trainings.

Qualifications And Attributes

The ideal candidate will have:

• Prior experience with related populations, i.e. Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
• We are looking for experienced Direct Care Workers to form relationships with our clients, utilizing shared interests to promote and facilitate community engagement and integration.
• We also seek strong and skilled staff that can perform lifting and other one‑on‑one functions for specific clients.
• Requirements include the ability to advocate for the needs of others, the ability to problem solve; the ability to teach life skills and document daily progress. Also required is the flexibility to support consumers and meet their needs. As well as attend treatment meetings, and mandatory agency trainings

Physical Characteristics

• These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position, which are reviewed in each case.
• Must be capable to sit or stand in front of a computer for long-periods of time
• Able to work in open space floor plan
• Must be capable to move throughout work day and follow people served throughout community
• Work alongside co-workers within 3 feet
• Must be able to move in tight spaces
• Occasional lifting of > _25+ pounds

EEO

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