Direct Support Professional - Comm Hab - Full Time - Flexible
Intandem
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- Pay
- $17
- an hour
- Location
- Olean, NY
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time, Temporary
- Posted
- Oct 5
- 15 days ago
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About the company
Intandem
Non-profit organization management · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Provide instruction, guidance, and one-on-one assistance
- Enable people to address and achieve specific goals
- Recognize and respond to signs leading to behavioral escalation
- Implement behavior adjustment plans
- Provide care and instruction through modeling, verbal coaching and hand-over-hand assistance
- Aid with personal hygiene, money management, social interaction, academics and recreation
- Maintain accurate documentation
- Participate in Agency training
What you need
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Ability to drive to homes throughout Cattaraugus County and surrounding areas
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing
- Ability to acquire, maintain and appropriately utilize CPI certification
- High School Diploma or its equivalent (preferred)
- At least one (1) year of experience working with people with developmental disabilities (preferred)
Key skills
CPI certificationOrally and in writingSolid judgment and initiative
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JOB TITLE
: Direct Support Professional
CLASSIFICATION:
Full time, Non-Exempt
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT:
Community Habilitation
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:
Program Supervisor – Community Habilitation
POSITION SUMMARY:
Enables people with developmental disabilities to develop skills that contribute to a self-directed and independent life by providing instruction, guidance, and one-on-one assistance. Enables the people we serve to address and achieve specific goals. Responds to atypical
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emergent circumstances, exercising good judgment for such events. Ensures safe and effective behavior management by recognizing and responding to verbal and nonverbal signs leading to behavioral escalation; implements behavior adjustment plans. Provides care and instruction to the people we serve by modeling, verbal coaching and hand-over-hand assistance. Provides support to the people we serve by aiding with personal hygiene, money management, social interaction, academics, self-discipline, recreation, community integration and other goals involving daily living. Maintains accurate documentation, enhances professional and technical knowledge by participating in Agency training, and contributes to team effort.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education, Training & Experience:
High School Diploma or its equivalent preferred
Driver’s License with an acceptable driving record and dependable transportation
Preferred
Education, Training & Experience:
At least one (1) year of experience working with people with developmental disabilities
Functional knowledge of community resources
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to work flexible hours
Ability and willingness to drive to the homes of people we serve throughout Cattaraugus County and surrounding areas
Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing
Ability to acquire, maintain and appropriately utilize CPI certification
Ability to accurately evaluate, access, and respond appropriately to atypical situations
Ability to demonstrate solid judgment and initiative
Ability to identify fluctuations in the needs of the people we serve and take appropriate action
SALARY:
$17 per hour starting rate