Direct Care - Skills Instructor
Caring and responsible person needed to help adults with disabilities inside their home and community, working with other employees to achieve health and quality of life. Great opportunity for advancement.
VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE LAWRENCE - HAVERHILL - ANDOVER - GROVELAND - METHUEN AREA
SCHEDULE VARY AND CAN BE:
Afternoons: 3p to 11p, 5p to 11p
Weekday mornings: 6a - 9a
Saturdays and Sundays
KEY ACTIVITIES:
- Complete required forms on medical, behavioral and community goals from their Individual Support Plan (ISP) and help individuals in their day-to-day life to achieve their goals such as:
- Assisting each individual in developing skills in all areas of community living, including doing household tasks and learning social skills.
- Assisting each individual to behave appropriately.
- Assisting each individual to be active in their community.
- Assist and provide safety and personal care to individuals.
- Give out medicine to individuals, as needed.
- Communicate with other staff through reports and logs.
- Help individuals with community and recreational activities.
OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO….
- Attend mandatory training including, but not limited to:
- New Employee Orientation
- First Aid/CPR Training
- Medication Certification
- OSHA Training
- Attend, as specified by the Program Director, specific training in the management of orthotic devices, adaptive equipment, safe transfers/body mechanics, as needed, to serve individual residents.
- Help and teach money management including simple budgeting and transactions..
- Depending on their skills, work with individuals to meal plan and prepare daily healthy meals and snacks. Remember to consider any special diets prescribed by their Doctor.
- The Skills Instructor will
- Teach table setting, good table manners and cleaning up as appropriate; and
- Teach and help with food shopping and daily errands.
- Provide constant supervision with other staff.
- Comply with all applicable statutes, ordinances, policies, regulations and guidelines of Fidelity House and our contracting agency.
- Other duties as assigned by Program Director.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Medication Administration Program (MAP) Certification preferred or must be certifiable
- Must have a valid Driver’s License.
Essential Physical Requirements:
The ability to move independently throughout a wide range of environments, some of which may not be wheelchair or otherwise handicapped accessible, is required. Independent transportation to locations that may not be served by public transportation may be necessary. Fidelity House Human Services will make reasonable accommodations, whenever possible, when needed and/or requested by employees. Requests for accommodations will be honored, unless the accommodation would cause undue hardship on the operation of the program and/or on the organization.