Supportive Living Personal Attendant
About The Position
Assists in providing self-care training and implementation of therapeutic plans to residents of supportive living services by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Demonstrates activities such as bathing and dressing to train participants in daily self-care practices. Converses with participants to reinforce positive behaviors and to promote social interaction. Serves meals and eats with participants to act as role model. Accompanies participants on shopping trips and instructs and counsels participants in purchase of personal items. Aids staff in administering therapeutic activities, such as physical exercises, occupational arts and crafts, and recreational games, to participants. Uses approved therapeutic holds to prevent injury to disruptive participants, themselves and others. Observes and documents participant's behaviors, such as verbal aggression, physical aggression, AWOLs, and inappropriate social behaviors to facilitate assessment and development of treatment goals. Attends to routine health care needs and appointments of participants. Gives medications as prescribed by Physician.
Requirements
- No prior experience or training.
- Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
- Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates activities such as bathing and dressing to train participants in daily self-care practices.
- Converses with participants to reinforce positive behaviors and to promote social interaction.
- Serves meals and eats with participants to act as role model.
- Accompanies participants on shopping trips and instructs and counsels participants in purchase of personal items.
- Aids staff in administering therapeutic activities, such as physical exercises, occupational arts and crafts, and recreational games, to participants.
- Uses approved therapeutic holds to prevent injury to disruptive participants, themselves and others.
- Observes and documents participant's behaviors, such as verbal aggression, physical aggression, AWOLs, and inappropriate social behaviors to facilitate assessment and development of treatment goals.
- Attends to routine health care needs and appointments of participants.
- Gives medications as prescribed by Physician.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
