Floater (26559)
About The Position
Essential Functions: Support the individual by supporting a comfortable home environment. Examples include but are not limited to: o Provide safe and clean environment for the individual based on skill level and risks and support the safety of all individuals in everyday situations. o Use verbal and physical means to create a positive environment that will encourage and enable individual growth. 2 o Using a holistic approach, participate in the individual’s life planning activities and assist in their implementation. o Assist the individual in the development of social skills that will help the individual become integrated/ included in his or her community. o Perform protective oversight while engaging in community activities. o Monitor each individual’s personal health on a continuous basis (during situations of high activity, while bathing/showering/swimming, in the morning and the evening, at meals, while in the community, at all times). o Assist individuals in learning and practicing skills necessary for home living (indoor household chores such as, but not limited to, cooking, sweeping, dusting, bed-making, vacuuming, and dish-washing, laundry, folding and storing clothes, etc.). o Provide opportunities for the individual to be self-advocate. o Perform advocate responsibilities, while demonstrating respect for the processes and people involved. o Responsible for all documentation related to the essential function and services for the individual. o Adhere to the procedures for mandated reporting and responding. o Adhere to the NADSP code of ethics (attached). o Work towards the satisfactory completion of each of the core competency goals according to the OPWDD timeline requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe and clean environment for the individual based on skill level and risks and support the safety of all individuals in everyday situations.
- Use verbal and physical means to create a positive environment that will encourage and enable individual growth.
- Using a holistic approach, participate in the individual’s life planning activities and assist in their implementation.
- Assist the individual in the development of social skills that will help the individual become integrated/ included in his or her community.
- Perform protective oversight while engaging in community activities.
- Monitor each individual’s personal health on a continuous basis (during situations of high activity, while bathing/showering/swimming, in the morning and the evening, at meals, while in the community, at all times).
- Assist individuals in learning and practicing skills necessary for home living (indoor household chores such as, but not limited to, cooking, sweeping, dusting, bed-making, vacuuming, and dish-washing, laundry, folding and storing clothes, etc.).
- Provide opportunities for the individual to be self-advocate.
- Perform advocate responsibilities, while demonstrating respect for the processes and people involved.
- Responsible for all documentation related to the essential function and services for the individual.
- Adhere to the procedures for mandated reporting and responding.
- Adhere to the NADSP code of ethics (attached).
- Work towards the satisfactory completion of each of the core competency goals according to the OPWDD timeline requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
