Rehabilitation Support Specialist

ServiceSource • Clearfield, UT

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About The Position

Provides support to persons served in PARC’s Community Integration Services program. The role monitors participants’ safety and well-being and assists with health and wellness, recreation and leisure, community integration, social development, volunteerism, employment readiness, and independence skill development. The position supports and trains small groups, assists participants with personal care and mobility, helps implement individual goals and positive behavior strategies, and facilitates meaningful activities that promote independence and inclusion. The role also involves maintaining detailed participant records, monitoring program spaces and activities, assisting with transportation, and supporting compliance with applicable requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license and/or access to reliable transportation for work-related travel.
• Eligible drivers must have a good motor vehicle record (MVR).
• Ability to pass and maintain Department of Human Services background clearance.
• Physical ability to assist individuals with toileting, mobility, and transferring.
• Knowledge of behavior support principles and practices.
• Knowledge of the community and its resources.
• Good judgment and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and ability to learn corporate-specific programs and software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented, accurate, well organized, self-directed, and able to work as part of a team.
• Ability to operate various equipment in support of contracts employing participants.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of regularly walking and standing, reaching, talking or hearing, occasionally sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, or crouching, regularly lifting or moving up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 150 pounds in a team lift.
• Vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience working with adults with disabilities.
• Creativity and enthusiasm for providing broad support to persons served.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and training to small groups of persons served, ensuring their well-being, safety, and needs are met in accordance with program guidelines.
• Assist participants with personal care, mobility, positive behavior interventions, and self-administration of medications.
• Help participants identify and achieve their goals and take part in meaningful activities that increase independence, inclusion, and experiences.
• Implement individual goals in participant Individual Support Plans and document daily progress and performance, including evaluations, assessments, support strategies, behavior support plans, progress notes, monthly summaries, daily notes, incident reports, and other data.
• Implement program activities, including skills development classes, free-time activities, group and individual community activities, community volunteer activities, and recreational and virtual activities.
• Monitor meals, breaks, work, and recreation areas to ensure participant safety.
• Provide crisis intervention support to participants as needed.
• Immediately report incidents to the Program Manager and complete incident reports within 24 hours.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with Human Rights, Medicaid, CARF, and funding-source requirements and regulations.
• Monitor and assist participants as they safely board and exit transportation; transport participants to and from community events and activities.
• Provide feedback on participant goals, positive behavior approaches, personal enrichment, and social integration.
• Assist in developing and implementing curriculum focused on skills that support independence and integration.
• Attend department, participant, and staff meetings as assigned to support program development and implementation.
• Complete assigned documentation, attendance rosters, incident reports, and other records accurately and on time in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their families.
• Company-paid disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• 403(b) retirement plan with dollar-for-dollar company matching up to 3% of the employee’s contribution.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Wellness Program.
• Tuition assistance.
• Paid time off that increases with tenure.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED