Self-Directed Respite Worker - MNY

ACCES Employment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCES Employment is seeking a Direct Care Worker to support individuals in the NYC area with daily living skills and community integration. The role involves one-on-one support, documentation, and collaboration with a team to meet each client's goals.

Ideal candidates will have experience with developmental disabilities or autism, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to lift and assist clients as needed. Flexibility to attend meetings and trainings is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• Ability to build relationships with clients to promote community engagement.
• Ability to perform lifting and assist with one-on-one tasks.
• Advocacy, problem solving, teaching life skills, and daily progress documentation.

Responsibilities

• Teach daily living skills and other goals identified in the consumer's plan.
• Complete extensive documentation of the consumer's progress.
• Direct care work to support development and daily living skills.
• Advocate for clients' needs, problem solve, teach life skills, document progress; attend meetings and trainings.

Skills

Empathy

Relationship building

Documentation

Lifting

Flexibility

Job description

Location: NYC Area, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley

Hours: Consumer friendly schedules. Flexible.

Rate: Dependent upon Client's budget
** 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

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