Social Services Supported Community Living Specialist

Nishna Productions Inc•Shenandoah, IA

8d•$18 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position with hours ranging from 34-40 per week. The Supported Community Living Specialist (SCLS) is directly responsible to the Team Leader to which they are assigned and the Director of Residential Services. This is a para-professional level position. The SCLS will teach, train, and assist individuals in developing the skills necessary to be as independent as possible when performing activities of daily living. This includes coordinating health and medical needs, training individuals to manage their own health, developing or maintaining skills for community participation, assisting individuals in accessing community services, and assisting with participation in community activities. The role also involves assisting individuals in advocacy, preparing individualized diet plans, writing Individualized Intervention Plans, providing emergency/safety skills training, training in managing personal business and property, budgeting, and providing transportation for appointments. The SCLS will orient new individuals, assess skills, and provide input for progress reports and Person-Centered Plans. They will supervise individual goals and data collection, and as necessary, supervise individual finances to provide guidance in budgeting. The role requires providing a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere, supervising the care and use of personal property, and assisting with purchases. Additionally, the SCLS may train new staff, follow assigned work schedules, ensure individuals receiving twenty-four-hour care are never left unsupervised, and complete all records and documentation according to procedures. Attendance at staff meetings and in-service training is required. The SCLS must ensure residences meet cleanliness, safety, and health standards, stay informed of programming and administrative information, and maintain strict confidentiality of all individual information. They will document behaviors or provide information for intervention plans and handle other assigned duties. The role involves monitoring and documenting physician-ordered diets and assisting individuals with activities of daily living such as meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, toileting, and bathing, while ensuring clients are safe from environmental hazards.

Requirements

Individuals “must not have or be a carrier” of serious infectious or communicable disease, such as but not limited to, incurable, fatal, or debilitating disease, which cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation. A current example would include, but not be limited to, tuberculosis. Determination of the existence of a serious disease is to be made by the proper medical authorities.
18 years of age.
Require high school diploma or GED.
Prefer previous similar job experience in teaching skills of cooking, cleaning, and personal hygiene.
Exercise sound judgment when the situation requires immediate decision-making.
Obtain and maintain a valid Iowa Chauffeur’s license. Maintain acceptable driving record as determined by agency insurance carrier.
Successful completion of pre-employment physical, TB Tine, and drug screenings prior to employment.
Complete 10-hour med-management class.
Must be willing to work with individuals who have a behavioral disorder, which may result in the display of aggressive outbursts of a physical nature.
Must be willing to clean any biological fluids/waste, such as, but not limited to blood, feces, urine, or vomit.
Must have the ability and desire to work with other employees as a team.
Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
The Supported Community Living Specialist position requires one to be self-motivated.
Must not have been legally convicted of any type of assault, abuse, or bodily injury.
All agency staff are required to participate and cooperate with agency investigations. Confidentiality will be respected.
Must be able to travel from place to place, up to 70 miles.
Must be able to enter and exit resident homes that may or may not be accessible to everyone.
Must be able to walk up and down stairs with hands full to perform laundry duties, etc.
Must be able to work a full scheduled shift as assigned.
Must be able to carry necessary supplies up to 50 pounds perform job duties.
Must be able to provide physical care necessary to residents when performing direct care duties.
Ability to physically assist an individual to regain his balance or to transfer from a sitting, standing or prone position.
Demonstrate ability to perform routine household tasks, such as, but not limited to vacuuming, mopping, and the use of cleaning agents, meal preparation, kitchen clean up, and clothing care.
Must be able to assist individual in a wheelchair to transfer to another chair, bed, toilet, or bath.
Must be able to assist someone in the shower or bath.
Must be able to make multiple trips from car to house carrying purchases such as groceries, etc.
Must be able to perform snow removal as much as necessary for individual and staff safety.

Nice To Haves

Prefer previous similar job experience in teaching skills of cooking, cleaning, and personal hygiene.

Responsibilities

Coordinating health and medical needs.
Training individuals to take care of their own health and medical needs.
Developing or maintaining skills allowing for better participation in the community.
Assist individuals served in becoming independent in accessing community services.
Assist the individuals with participation in at least one community activity each week if shift is during day/evening/weekend hours.
Assisting individuals in advocacy procedures to ensure his/her rights and to meet his/her needs, interests, and choices.
Assisting in preparing an individualized diet plan to meet nutritional needs as needed.
Writing Individualized Intervention Plans for each individual served.
Provide emergency/safety skills training.
Provide training in skills necessary to manage their personal business and property.
Provide training in budgeting.
Provide transportation (doctor’s appointments, church, etc.)
Provide training in daily living skills.
Orient new individuals in their home, assessing their skills, and providing appropriate input to the individual’s subsequent progress reports and Person-Centered Plan (PCP).
Supervise the individual’s goals and complete data collection related to running those goals.
Supervise, as necessary, the individual’s finances to give guidance in budgeting for personal needs and desires.
Provide a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere.
Supervise the individual’s care and use of personal property and assist with purchases, as necessary.
As assigned, train new staff relative to duties, work schedules, agency policies, and state and/or federal regulatory policies and procedures in coordination with the Team Leader and Director of Residential Services.
Follow the assigned work schedule.
Never leave individuals receiving twenty-four-hour care unsupervised.
Complete all records and documentation using the proper forms as they relate to established procedures.
Attend staff meetings and scheduled in-service training sessions.
Ensure that the individual’s residence meets cleanliness, safety, and health standards.
Keeping informed of all programming and administrative information, changes, and additions by checking email each shift worked the daily logbook or other messages.
Keep all written and verbal information on each individual strictly confidential.
Complete documentation of behaviors or provide information for writing staff intervention plans.
Handle any other duties as assigned by the Team Leader, Lead Staff, and Director of Residential Services.
Monitor and document an individual’s physician ordered diet as needed.
Assist individuals receiving services with their activities of daily living, such as, but not limited to, meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, toileting, and bathing.
Ensure the clients are safe from all environmental hazards.
Provide quality care.
Transport individuals.
Provide training in daily living skills, (i.e. meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, and personal hygiene.)
Ensure that housekeeping standards are maintained.
Employees must be willing to work with individuals who have behavioral problems. Behavioral problems may include both verbal and physical aggression.
Administer medication and maintain accurate medication documentation, as needed, after being trained.
Exercise sound judgment when the situation requires immediate decision-making.
Work according to assigned work schedule. Duties may vary according to schedule, for instance some overnight shifts staff are expected to remain awake, and others are allowed to sleep as long as they remain available for emergencies.
Complete written and electronic documentation and record keeping according to agency requirements.
Must be able to work independently and ensure the welfare and safety of persons served in a residential setting.
Comply with state and federal regulations regarding HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
Every employee/volunteer of Nishna Productions, Inc. is on a need-to-know basis regarding the Protected Health Information (PHI) of the individuals they serve. Therefore, a security clearance level is assigned for each job description and those security levels are allowed access only to the information required to complete the duties in each position.