Direct Support Trainer

Gha Autism Supports•Albemarle, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a FULL-TIME ONLY position, requiring 35-40 hours per week. Available shifts are 2nd and 3rd. A separate application is required for substitute positions. The Direct Support Trainer will provide services and support to individuals with ASD, focusing on social and communication challenges. This role involves working cooperatively with supervisors, co-workers, parents, and guardians, ensuring individual confidentiality and rights are upheld. The position requires flexibility in scheduling and assignments. Responsibilities include implementing individual care plans, collecting data, assisting individuals with behavioral and work-related issues, developing schedules using TEACCH methods, performing task analysis, documenting progress, maintaining a safe training environment, monitoring behavior modification programs, encouraging independence and self-advocacy, attending required trainings, administering medications and CPR/First Aid if applicable, writing incident reports, and complying with agency policies and regulations. The role also involves participating in site drills, food preparation according to diet orders, assisting with appointments and transportation, fostering a positive work environment, setting up structured activities, working in various outdoor elements, providing customer service, completing paperwork and billing, assisting with daily living tasks, caring for animals and gardens as needed, and assisting with site operations. The Direct Support Trainer must comply with GHA policies and all applicable state and federal regulations.

Requirements

Ability to work in outside elements year round (as needed).
Must be able to administer CPR/First Aid, if needed.
Must be able to administer medications, if applicable.
Must be able to work 2nd and 3rd shifts.
Must be able to work 35-40 hours per week.
Must be able to comply with GHA policies and all applicable state and federal regulations, guidelines and standards.
Must be able to work cooperatively and openly with supervisor, co-workers, parents, guardians, and other appropriate persons involved with the individual.
Must be able to uphold individual confidentiality and ensure that individual rights are always being implemented.
Must be able to be flexible in regard to work schedule, assignments, and procedures.
Must be able to report allegations of abuse immediately.
Must be able to maintain a safe and orderly training environment.
Must be able to encourage individuals’ independence and self-advocacy, ensure the awareness of individual rights.
Must be able to participate in site drills (fire, safety, emergency, disaster) and adhere to safety procedures.
Must be able to encourage and maintain a positive work environment that promotes teamwork and staff involvement.
Must be able to use positive interaction with individuals including demonstrating respect, tone and professional behavior.
Must be able to provide excellent customer service to individuals, guardians and visitors.

Nice To Haves

Experience with individuals with ASD (social and communication challenges).
Experience with TEACCH methods.
Experience with task analysis.
Experience with behavior modification programs.
Experience with PIP procedure.
Experience with food preparation using specific individual diet orders.
Experience with care of farm and other animals.
Experience with gardens.
Experience with household activities, cooking, social skills.

Responsibilities

Provide service and supports to individuals with ASD (social and communication challenges).
Work cooperatively and openly with supervisor, co-workers, parents, guardians, and other appropriate persons involved with the individual. Relay pertinent information to co-workers.
Uphold individual confidentiality and ensure that individual rights are always being implemented.
Be flexible in regard to work schedule, assignments, and procedures.
Implement all goals as scheduled on individual’s plan of care, IHP; collect and document data when the goal is run. Utilize Therap. Report allegations of abuse immediately.
Assist individuals with behaviors, learning good work skills, and other work-related issues (e.g., hygiene, appearance, staying on work schedule, etc.) and provide job support (as needed), train, monitor and assist individuals in job settings.
Assist with the development of individual-specific schedules using TEACCH methods and ensure schedules are being properly completed.
Assist with task analysis of individuals’ goals.
Document progress on training.
Maintain a safe and orderly training environment.
Monitor and implement behavior modification programs (using the PIP procedure if applicable). Notify issues to supervisor.
Encourage individuals’ independence and self-advocacy, ensure the awareness of individual rights.
Attend in-service trainings as arranged and required – staff meetings, etc.
Administer medications, if applicable.
Administer CPR/First Aid, if needed.
Write incident reports, as required.
Provide information to the supervisor as needed to note problems.
Compliance with agency Policy.
Participate in site drills (fire, safety, emergency, disaster) and adhere to safety procedures.
Food preparation using specific individual diet orders and individual training on food preparation.
Assist with individual(s) appointments and transport as directed.
Encourage and maintain a positive work environment that promotes teamwork and staff involvement. Use positive interaction with individuals including demonstrating respect, tone and professional behavior.
Assist with setting up structured activities.
Ability to work in outside elements year round (as needed).
Provide excellent customer service to individuals, guardians and visitors.
Complete paperwork, documentations and billing as required.
Assist in the development of appropriate daily living tasks & tools as needed.
Care of farm and other animals (as needed) and gardens (as needed).
Assist with day to day operations in the site, including household activities, cooking, social skills, etc.
Be familiar and comply with GHA policies all applicable state and federal regulations, guidelines and standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.