Senior Vocational Support Professional

The Arc Southern Chesapeake; Prince Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Arc Southern Chesapeake seeks a Senior Vocational Support Professional to work onsite in the Tri-County area, providing person-centered instruction, support, and transportation coordination for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities.

You will join a team, implement individualized goals, monitor progress, and collaborate with employers, families, and service providers to ensure safe, compliant, and empowering supports.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• ACRE certification or related associate's degree preferred.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and speech.
• Knowledge of community supports to assist individuals.
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record.
• Willingness to work as part of a team in the Tri-County area.

Responsibilities

• Employment, Volunteer and Recreational Skills & Supports as needed.
• Assist individuals to meet employment goals by teaching skills and providing support.
• Support development of friendships in work, volunteer and recreational settings.
• Provide on-site skill instruction and job training and encourage natural supports.
• Monitor employer and consumer satisfaction and adjust supports.
• Analyze job openings, locations, and tasks to coordinate placement.
• Maintain frequent contact with families and other important people.
• Provide information to community partners in a professional manner.
• Work with employers to ensure quality of products and services.
• Ensure compliance with MOSHA, DDA, health and fire regulations.
• Develop Task Analyses as necessary.
• Assist sites in developing adaptive methods and supports.
• Provide or assist with personal care as necessary.
• Understand and implement natural supports in service delivery.
• Medical administration: assist with or dispense medications as certified.

Skills

Computer skills

Team player

Crisis management

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma or GED

ACRE Certification or related associate's degree

Job description

JOB TITLE:

Senior Vocational Support Professional

STATUS

Full-time

SALARY:

$19.50 per hour

JOB PURPOSE:

A Senior Vocational Support Professional provides onsite instructions, support, and encouragement to people with developmental or intellectual disabilities. Generally, the SVSP works as a member of a team with the following objectives:

• Person-centered planning and individualized implementation of goals for individuals receiving support from the team
• Locates and follows through on volunteer, recreational, and business opportunities
• Provides transportation to and from employment, volunteer, and recreational sites.
• Deals with crisis situations
• Assures that all duties required by the employment site of the person(s) receiving this support are met through either the person or the employee, as necessary.
• The SVSP assures that activities in all locations comply with guidelines established by the agency, the Federal government, and the State of Maryland.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Employment, Volunteer and Recreational Skills & Supports
• Assists individuals to meet his or her employment goals, by teaching skills, providing support, and building on individual strengths and capabilities.
• Supports individuals in the development of friendships and other relationships in employment, volunteer, and recreational settings.
• Provides on-site skill instructions and overall job training while encouraging the development of natural supports systems.
• Monitors and assesses employer and consumer satisfaction.
• Analyze potential job openings, locations, tasks, and responsibilities in order to coordinate job placement.
• Maintains frequent and positive contacts with employers, family members, or other important people in the lives of the people served.
• Provides information, on behalf of the person receiving support, to various community, business, civic organizations, and community service providers (e.g., doctors social services, etc.) in a professional manner.
• Works with employers to develop, implement, and monitor procedures to assure that products and services are of competitive quality.
• Assures compliance with applicable regulations (i.e MOSHA, DDA, health fire).
• Develops Task Analyses, as necessary.
• Assists employment, recreational, volunteer and apprenticeship sites in the development of adaptive methods, as necessary.
• Provides or assists with personal care, as necessary.
• Understand and implement the concepts of natural supports in the delivery of supports.

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION:

• Assists with and/or dispenses medication (as certified) or other prescribed medical treatments, as necessary

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Graduation from accredited high school or GED.
• 2 years of competitive employment or successful completion of Supported Employment Services (ACRE) Certification, or an associate's degree in a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated knowledge about the formal and informal supports available in his or her community to assist people receiving support to identify and access these supports.

JOBS KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Possess proficiency in computer bases software, e.g., Microsoft Applications
• Demonstrated understanding of and willingness to participate in a team environment
• Ability and willingness to learn and to apply techniques of crisis management
• Demonstrated ability to analyze information and come to appropriate resolution
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with all employees, employers, and community members
• Possesses a valid driving license with a good driving record and access to a safe vehicle (must pass agency-sponsored inspection) for transporting people receiving services
• Completion of an agency approved advance employment special certification and/or completion of agency approved applied behavior specialist coursework
• Must be able to work a varied schedule in the Tri-County area, as assigned
• Possesses the ability to pass the criminal background check mandated by the State of Maryland

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY SPECIFICATIONS (PHYSICAL DEMANDS)

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit for long periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Usual office working conditions. Must possess the ability to perform the physical skills of certain training programs (e.g., standing for extended periods of time, demonstrating CPR, demonstrating holds and releases for BPS, etc.).

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Usual office working conditions

The Arc Southern Chesapeake is a drug-free employer. All offers of employment will be contingent on a successful background check. The Arc Southern Chesapeake is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, religious and or political beliefs. We recruit, employ, retain, compensate, train, promote, discipline, terminate and treat all employees and job applicants based solely on qualification, performance, and competence.