Skills Instructor (evergreen)

Lifeworks

Westwood (MA)

On-site

USD 27,552 - 41,328

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A community support organization in Massachusetts seeks a Skills Instructor to provide training and support for individuals with developmental disabilities. The role involves teaching essential life skills, advocating for participants, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations. Candidates should have a High School Diploma or GED and experience working with individuals with disabilities. This is a full-time entry-level position that offers competitive pay ranging from $20 to $30 per hour.

Qualifications

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and correspondence.
Direct experience working with individuals with disabilities is essential.
Must maintain CPR and First Aid certifications.

Responsibilities

Empower participants with developmental disabilities to express themselves.
Provide support services to families respecting their diversity.
Teach skills for independence in personal and community settings.

Skills

Teaching and fostering acquisition of skills

Advocacy for individuals with disabilities

Cultural sensitivity

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Experience with individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Tools

CPR certification

First Aid certification

Job description

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Base pay range

$20.00/hr - $30.00/hr

Job Title: Skills Instructor

Department: Family Support

Mission

Advocacy
Empowerment
Opportunity

Summary

To provide specialized services and supports to program participants to help acquire skills and promote independence. Complies with all principles of Human Rights, D.P.P.C., Department of Developmental Services, the Division of Medical Assistance and all other applicable funding regulations as adhered to by Lifeworks.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To empower people with developmental disabilities and their families to speak out for themselves and others, initiate ideas, have choices and make decisions about needed services.
To provide support services to families in a way that recognizes and respects their ethnic and cultural diversity.
Protects and enhances the rights of participants. Promotes the perception of individuals as capable, valued and accepted members of the community through the promotion of physical and social integration.
To attend training as prescribed by Director (varies according to experience and background).
To report suspicions of neglect or abuse to program management staff and Department of Children and Families or Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
Be knowledgeable about what to do in an emergency and to file incident reports when needed.

Skills Instruction

Teaching and fostering acquisition, retention or improvement of skills including but not limited to health and nutrition, shopping, personal finance, use of community resources, community and personal safety skills and other adaptive and social skills to live in the community.
Implementation of goals as outlined in Plan of Care/Family Support Plan/Behavioral Support Plan.
Service delivery may take place in a personal home, one’s own home, in a family home or in the community.
Provide written progress notes as needed or requested by Family Support Staff.
Implementation of behavioral strategies and protocols.
Assistance with personal care as needed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

High School Diploma or GED. Direct experience working with individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Specific competencies required to meet the support needs of the participant as delineated in the Support Plan or Behavioral Intervention Plan.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to staff, individuals, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with tens and hundreds. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one‑or‑two‑step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Must obtain and maintain CPR and First Aid certifications. If working with children and/or infants, will need to be certified in child and infant CPR and First Aid. Valid and current driver’s license from the state of residency.

Vehicle / Travel

Requires a legally insured and inspected automobile for use to be presented at work and available for use during working hours. If the program has an agency vehicle, staff are expected to drive it as needed.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions and driving up to two hundred miles per month. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Disclaimer

This job profile identifies the general duties and minimum level of skills required to perform this job. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned. The employee can be responsible for all other duties as assigned by supervisor. Employment at Lifeworks is on an at‑will basis. This means that the employee or employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason or no reason and with or without prior notice. Nothing in this job description or employee handbook creates an employment agreement, express or implied, or any other agreement between an employee and Lifeworks.

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