Self-Directed Community Habilitation Worker or DCW

Access: Supports for Living; New York (NY); On-site; USD 22,041 - 44,083; Full time

Job summary

Access: Supports for Living in New York is seeking compassionate Direct Care Workers to support individuals in Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, and NYC. The role offers flexible consumer-friendly schedules with hourly pay between $16 and $32, dependent on client budget.

You will teach daily living skills, document progress, and advocate for clients, with emphasis on safety and respectful, person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Experience with IDD or autism populations.
• Ability to build relationships with clients.
• Able to perform lifting and one-on-one support.
• Strong documentation and progress reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Teach daily living skills to individuals.
• Complete extensive documentation of progress.
• Provide direct care and skill-building services.
• Advocate for clients, participate in meetings and trainings.

Skills

Direct care

Documentation

Advocacy

Problem solving

Life skills training

Job description

Location: Positions available in Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, NYC

Rate: $16-$32/hr (Dependent upon Client budget)

Hours: Consumer friendly schedules. Flexible.

Other locations available.

Overview Of Primary Responsibilities

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, and to attend treatment meetings, and mandatory agency trainings.

Qualifications And Attributes

• Prior experience with related populations, i.e. Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• Experienced Direct Care Workers to form relationships with our clients, utilizing shared interests to promote and facilitate community engagement and integration.
• 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 the work day and follow people served throughout the community.
• Work alongside co-workers within 3 feet.
• Must be able to move in tight spaces.
• Occasional lifting of >25 pounds.

EEO

An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and Veterans.