Supportive Living Companion - Bauxite

Pathfinder, Inc.; Bauxite (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Pathfinder, Inc. is seeking a Supportive Living Companion to provide tailored services in the consumer's home and community, helping develop self-help and social skills as part of active treatment goals. You will document activities, report incidents, and maintain compliance with required records, under supervision.

The role includes weekend hours (Sat/Sun 9:00 AM–5:00 PM). The position requires a high school diploma or GED, and relevant experience in health or human services with individuals

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED is required.
• 1 year of supervised work with public health, human services or similar.
• 2 years' verifiable experience with individuals with developmental disabilities.
• CNA or Medical Assistant certification qualifies for a special entry rate.
• Pass criminal background and maltreatment registry checks; repeat every 5 years for background, 2 years for child maltreatment.

Responsibilities

• Provides services and activities in consumer's home and community per person-centered plan.
• Trains and supports independent living, home management, cooking, cleaning, socialization; supports community employment.
• Follows DHS incident procedures within 24 hours.
• Completes activity logs tied to person-centered plan objectives.
• Notifies changes affecting the individual as applicable.
• Reminds about taking/refilling medications when needed.
• Completes required documents and trainings.
• Maintains required personnel documents.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Incident reporting

Education

High School diploma or GED

1 year supervised work experience

2 years experience with developmental disabilities

CNA or Medical Assistant cert qualifies for entry rate

Job description

General Description Of Position

The Supportive Living Companion works under immediate supervision, provides individually tailored services and activities within the consumer's home and community; ensures services are delivered as designed to assist in acquiring, retaining, and improving the consumer's self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills and activities that relate directly to active treatment, goals, and objectives; reports incidents to appropriate contact(s);completes activity logs that occur during the work time frame as linked to the person centered plan objectives; provides other documents as required; and maintains compliance with required personnel documents.

General Description Of Position

The Supportive Living Companion works under immediate supervision, provides individually tailored services and activities within the consumer's home and community; ensures services are delivered as designed to assist in acquiring, retaining, and improving the consumer's self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills and activities that relate directly to active treatment, goals, and objectives; reports incidents to appropriate contact(s);completes activity logs that occur during the work time frame as linked to the person centered plan objectives; provides other documents as required; and maintains compliance with required personnel documents.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 9:00AM-5:00PM

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides services and activities to the consumer within their home and community as determined by goals and objectives in a person centered plan.
• Trains and supports individual in independent living skills, home management skills, cooking, cleaning, socialization, including supported employment in the community, and other identified skills needed to foster independence.
• Follows procedures within 24 hours for incidents identified according to Department of Human Services policy.
• Completes activity logs that occur during the work time frame as identified within the person centered plan objectives.
• For any change affecting the individual, reports, as applicable, any change affecting the individual receiving services.
• If necessary, ensures the consumer is reminded when it is necessary to take and/or refill medication.
• Completes and provides documents as required.
• Meets initial and on-going annual training requirements.
• Maintains compliance with required personnel documents.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Education And Experience

High School diploma or GED;

One (1) Year of relevant, supervised work experience with public health, human services or other community service agency; OR

Two (2) years' verifiable successful experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities.

CNA Certification or Medical Assistant certification will qualify for a special entry rate.

Additionally, all Supported Living Companions hired after 11/01/07 must have the following:

• The ability to understand written activity plans, execute instructions, and document services delivered.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively with consumers.
• Have the ability to access emergency service systems.
• Have the ability to access transportation services required as appropriate.
• Have satisfactorily passed a criminal background check, and adult and child maltreatment registry checks. Criminal background and adult maltreatment checks must be repeated every five (5) years, and child maltreatment checks must be repeated every two (2) years.
• Have completed a drug screen prior to employment in accordance with the organizations policies and procedures.

MUST BE ABLE TO PASS APPLICABLE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DRUG SCREEN. ANY OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WILL BE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DRUG SCREEN.

Salary: $12.66 - $13.16 per hour