Specialized Mental Health l | Monday - Friday | 11pm - 7am | Bolivar, TN

Support Solutions • Bolivar, TN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides support to individuals with disabilities, empowering them to lead self-directed lives and develop or maintain skills that enhance their quality of life. The role supports individuals in staying happy, healthy, and safe while pursuing their goals and preferred activities. Work takes place primarily in a home environment, as well as in community and work settings and during outdoor activities. The position is full time, Monday through Friday, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., in Bolivar, Tennessee. The role may require additional hours over 40 per week.

The employee supports personal care, daily routines, and Individual Support Plan outcomes; helps individuals build independence, relationships, and community connections; and provides transportation when needed. The employee also prepares meals, supports household tasks, administers and stores medications, documents services in an electronic records system, attends assigned trainings, and protects confidentiality. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years old and able to read and write effectively.
• ECF staff must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record.
• Must meet state and local requirements for criminal background, sexual offender, abuse registry, drug, and felony offender checks.
• Must meet all training requirements and keep training current.
• Must provide medical records required by governing entities and company policy, such as TB skin tests and hepatitis B and flu vaccinations.
• Must maintain valid medication certification and CPR/First Aid certification throughout employment.
• Must maintain valid CPI training throughout employment if required.
• Must have effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have effective organizational skills and be able to complete heavy workloads within established time frames despite interruptions and distractions.
• Must have effective interpersonal skills and be able to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and interact appropriately in varied contexts.
• Must maintain confidentiality in matters concerning clients and employees.
• Must be able to perform varied duties and adapt to changes in technology, techniques, environmental factors, physical demands, and work situations.
• Must be able to stand or walk for prolonged periods, sit for short or long periods, and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach.
• Must be able to drive or travel short distances to transport individuals to appointments and community outings and to attend meetings and trainings.
• Must have the full range of body movements needed to perform CPR compressions, abdominal thrusts, CPI techniques, and, when necessary, pursue an individual on foot to prevent injury; bending, reaching, crouching, stooping, and climbing may also be required.
• Must have functional sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste, including close and distant vision and depth perception sufficient for reading, computer or tablet data entry, and vehicle operation.
• Must be able to talk and listen for prolonged periods by telephone and face to face.
• Must be able to lift more than 50 pounds to assist with transfers and repositioning of individuals requiring total care.
• Must provide valid automobile insurance when working at a home where the agency does not provide a vehicle; the agency may request proof of insurance regardless of location.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care, daily routines, and outcomes established in their Individual Support Plans.
• Respect individuals’ dignity, choices, and self-direction, and connect them with preferred activities and experiences.
• Provide person-centered support to help individuals pursue their goals, establish relationships, and participate in their communities.
• Safely transport and accompany individuals to events, job sites, and medical appointments using company vehicles, personal vehicles, or public transportation as needed.
• Use individual and agency resources appropriately, including funds, vehicles, buildings, equipment, food, and supplies.
• Attend assigned training meetings.
• Prepare and provide meals based on scheduled menus.
• Perform daily living and personal skills activities, or teach individuals to perform them, to promote independence.
• Work toward and document progress on individual outcomes.
• Use the electronic records system and complete required daily shift notes.
• Follow customer service standards when communicating with individuals, families, conservators, vendors, ISCs, case managers, and others.
• Oversee the storage and administration of medications.
• Assist with personal grooming and support individuals to complete grooming activities independently when possible.
• Assist individuals with cleaning the home and doing laundry, as desired by the individual.
• Protect the confidentiality of individuals supported.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisors, managers, or authorized staff.

Benefits

• Weekly pay.
• $300 sign-on bonus after successful completion of 90 days of service for full-time and part-time hires working 24 hours per week.
• $300 referral bonus for employee-referred hires who successfully complete 90 days of service and work full-time or part-time hours.

What This Job Offers

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