Support Service Worker

Humboldt Community Access and Resource Center • Eureka, CA

just now • $17 - $24

About The Position

The Support Worker provides monitoring, support, and encouragement to clients with disabilities living in their own homes or ready to transition to their own homes. Support Workers are required to provide transportation to client when need. They must be able to clear transportation requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with at least six months of related experience with individuals with disabilities.
• Knowledge of community resources.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively in one-on-one and small group situations with consumers, their significant others, HCAR staff, the regional center, other agencies, and community members.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with various concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret various instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• First Aid and CPR certification, TB and fingerprint clearance, and physical exam.
• Transportation clearance.
• Ability to prioritize job responsibilities and relate to individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to effectively support clients in finding suitable housing, relocating, budgeting, shopping, and managing households.
• Reliable transportation is also required.
• All employees must possess the ability to work with a cheerful and caring attitude toward their coworkers, the people we support, and the community.

Nice To Haves

• College coursework in the field of social welfare, sociology, psychology, education, or social services is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Implements objectives of the people we support with Individual Support Plans.
• Provides emotional support, nutrition awareness, house finding, and money management training to people we support.
• Utilizes community support services as appropriate.
• Provides transportation to various appointments.
• Maintains daily support notes.
• Communicates with the support services program director, case managers, and other agencies as appropriate.
• Attends meetings and training as required.
• Lifts and transfers adults as required.
• Assists people we support with self-help activities such as feeding, toileting, dressing, and personal hygiene.
• Assists people we serve with special devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, prostheses, or braces.
• Submits semi-annual progress reports on consumers.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Benefits

• Support Workers who work an average of 30 hours per week for six consecutive months during the six-month measurement period are eligible for health insurance.
• Support workers earned vacation which is pro-rated based on the number of hours worked.
• At the time of hire, temporary on-call employees will receive 40 hours of sick leave that can be used after 90 days of employment. If the employee has used any sick leave hours during the year, the total will be brought back up to 40 hours at the beginning of January each year.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED