Direct Support Professional (DAY HAB) PART TIME

CONCHO VALLEY CENTER FOR HUMAN ADVANCEMENT • San Angelo, TX

8d • $13 - $13 • Onsite

About The Position

At MHMR Concho Valley, we are on a mission to work together to help people help themselves. If you are serious about making a difference, we guarantee you’ll love being a part of MHMR Concho Valley. The Direct Support Professional may be assigned various shifts where job requirements will involve training and support services for people with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities. Assignments may include group home shifts, community services such as training/appointments/respite & office duties. Work involves providing rehabilitative services with the goal of assisting each person to become as independent as possible. The Direct Service Professional provides daily living, personal hygiene, social skills training and behavioral management skills training, as needed, for each person. Other tasks include vehicle maintenance, office cleaning and any other task delegated by the DayHab/ISS Supervisor. Services provided are to be delivered in a timely manner and accuracy of documentation is a requirement. The Direct Support Professional provides all services in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code for HCS & TxHmL and the IDD Service Definition Manual provided by DADS.

Requirements

• Graduation from a standard senior high school or provide documentation that the General Equivalency Examination (GED) has been obtained.
• Six (6) months experience in therapeutic work preferred.
• Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
• Certification in CPR/AED, First Aid, and Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior (PMAB) will be required to complete.
• Other training and/or certification deemed necessary by TXMHMR or this Center.
• Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities preferred.
• Valid Texas driver’s license.
• Must be insurable on the Center’s insurance.
• No more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years.
• Knowledge of consumer care techniques and goal implementation.
• Ability to perform PMAB techniques.
• Ability to administer CPR/AED or First Aid in emergency situations.
• Knowledge of personal assistance techniques such as: assisting with eating, bathing, and toileting.
• Knowledge of turning and lifting techniques is required.
• Interpersonal skills for positive interactions with people served and co-workers is required.
• Ability to read, understand, act upon written material and verbal requests and to communicate effectively.
• Ability to coordinate work orders and production schedules.
• Knowledge of basic record keeping, documentation and reporting writing.

Nice To Haves

• Six (6) months experience in therapeutic work preferred.
• Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Training and support services for people with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities.
• Assisting each person to become as independent as possible.
• Providing daily living, personal hygiene, social skills training and behavioral management skills training.
• Vehicle maintenance.
• Office cleaning.
• Any other task delegated by the DayHab/ISS Supervisor.
• Delivering services in a timely manner.
• Ensuring accuracy of documentation.

Benefits

• MHMR Concho Valley is a trauma informed organization dedicated to creating and maintaining a safe, calm, and secure environment with supportive care, a system-wide understanding of trauma prevalence and impact, recovery and trauma specific services, and recovery-focused, consumer-driven services that applies to all staff, volunteers, contracted providers, and community partners.
• MHMR Concho Valley has made an implicit commitment to prevent and reduce suicide deaths among individuals served by the Center through applying the elements of safer suicide care outlined the Zero Suicide Framework (lead, train, identify, engage, treat, transition, improve).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED