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Direct Support Professional - ISL018 - Mon - Fri 4pm-12am

WellLife Network • Full-time • Island Park, New York • 9m ago

Job Details

Island House - Island Park, NY

Full-Time

High School

$18.16 - $18.16 Hourly

None

Evening

Nonprofit - Social Services

Job Description

Position Summary: Provide all aspects of care to people served to enable them to become independent and productive. This position may have supervised / unsupervised contact and or conversational interaction with people served while working in the residences.

Essential Responsibilities

Responsible for asserting in the planning, developing and implementation of goals and training to further develop skills of people served by including, but not limited to:

budgeting
grooming
nutritional planning
use of public transportation
use of community resources
shopping
housekeeping
physical health
adaptive behavior/independent living
nutrition
vocational development
social development

Monitor progress of people served. Tasks essential to this duty include, but are not limited to: seeing, hearing and observing, performing manual tasks, reading and writing (documentation), lifting, climbing and descending stairs, traveling, boarding and de-boarding agency vehicles and public transportation vehicles (i.e. bus, subway). Provide training in daily living skills and other areas.

Responsible to coordinate evacuation and ensure resident safety in actual emergencies (i.e. fire drills). Essential functions of this duty include the ability to climb and descend stairs and fire escapes and assist others to do the same. This may include both verbal and physical prompting.
Supervise and monitor persons served self-administration of medication.

Responsible for crisis intervention and incident reporting procedures.
Responsible for monitoring and recording progress on case notes, collateral notes, progress notes and house log.
Meet routinely with persons served and management team to review goal progress.
Assist in planning and follow through on or escort the people served to evening and weekend recreational activities. Participating in moderate physical activities as part of recreation program.
Monitor and assist planning of daily activities and events.
Communicate relevant information to other staff and supervisor(s), verbally and in writing, i.e.; daily communication log, incident reports, medication incidents.
Act as a role model for persons served.
Maintain records and confidentiality of such records.
Assist/supervise lunch preparation and clean-up chores.

Prepare lunches and participate in family style dining with person served

Assist individuals in clothing care (laundry, ironing,).
Participate actively as a member of inter-disciplinary program planning team.
Must be able to read typed/written correspondence, clinical notes, communication logs, staff meeting minutes, doctor’s orders, and fire drill logs. Able to write and able to use the telephone.
Able to lift/carry packages and boxes of supplies.

Other Responsibilities:

Follow-up on any aftercare/recommendations for treatment. Escort/accompany individuals as needed on appointments (medical, psychiatric)
Assist individuals in researching and obtaining community resources appropriate and applicable to their needs and goals.
Work schedules and locations are subject to change.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.
This does not limit the assignment of duties or exclude the performance of other duties, not mentioned, as assigned by supervisor.