Self-Direction Staff - Com Hab
About The Position
Assist individuals with brain injury, intellectual disabilities, and other neurological disabilities in achieving a challenging, stimulating, dignified life by serving as an advocate and liaison for and on behalf of individuals’ rights and benefits. Provide supervision, training, and assistance in accomplishing activities of daily living, which includes, but is not limited to, self-care skills, social skills, recreation skills, community skills, and domestic skills for a 28 year old male. Seeking a Com Hab staff to work on independent living skills with a young man in Lima, NY. He wants to work on cooking (finding healthy recipes and getting the ingredients), laundry, money management skills. He enjoys going out to restaurants, stores, the park, fishing and playing basketball.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent preferred
- One-year experience in the human service field preferred
- Maintain a valid New York State driver’s license
- A vehicle is required to perform the job
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds
- Must be trained in all required trainings within 90 days of being hired and maintain current certifications with all required trainings
- Must demonstrate effective verbal and written communications skills
- Must be 18 years or older
- Applicants cannot have the same address as person supported
- Must be able to lift, transfer, and move at least 50 lbs.
- Must be able to talk, hear, stand for extended periods of time, walk, sit, twist, bend, use hand to finger, stretch with hands and arms
- Close vision
- Ability to adjust focus
Responsibilities
- Assist individuals with brain injury, intellectual disabilities, and other neurological disabilities
- Serve as an advocate and liaison for and on behalf of individuals’ rights and benefits
- Provide supervision, training, and assistance in accomplishing activities of daily living, which includes, but is not limited to, self-care skills, social skills, recreation skills, community skills, and domestic skills for a 28 year old male
- Work on independent living skills with a young man in Lima, NY
- Work on cooking (finding healthy recipes and getting the ingredients)
- Work on laundry
- Work on money management skills
- Going out to restaurants, stores, the park, fishing and playing basketball.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
