Group Home Supported Community Living Specialist

Nishna Productions Inc • Glenwood, IA

4d • $19 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

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 part-time/full-time, 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 take care of their own health and medical needs, developing or maintaining skills allowing for better participation in the community, assisting individuals served in becoming independent in accessing community services, assisting 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, providing emergency/safety skills training, providing training in skills necessary to manage their personal business and property, providing training in budgeting, providing transportation (doctor’s appointments, church, etc.), and providing training in daily living skills. The role also involves orienting new individuals in their home, assessing their skills, and providing appropriate input to the individual’s subsequent progress reports and Person-Centered Plan (PCP). The SCLS will 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, the SCLS will 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. The role requires following the assigned work schedule, never leaving individuals receiving twenty-four-hour care unsupervised, completing all records and documentation using the proper forms as they relate to established procedures, attending staff meetings and scheduled in-service training sessions, ensuring 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, keeping all written and verbal information on each individual strictly confidential, completing documentation of behaviors or providing information for writing staff intervention plans, handling any other duties as assigned by the Team Leader, Lead Staff, and Director of Residential Services, monitoring and documenting an individual’s physician ordered diet as needed, assisting individuals receiving services with their activities of daily living, such as, but not limited to, meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, toileting, and bathing, and ensuring the clients are safe from all environmental hazards. Essential functions include providing quality care, transporting individuals, providing training in daily living skills (i.e. meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, and personal hygiene), ensuring that housekeeping standards are maintained, willingness to work with individuals who have behavioral problems (which may include verbal and physical aggression), providing a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere, administering medication and maintaining accurate medication documentation (as needed, after being trained), exercising sound judgment when the situation requires immediate decision-making, working according to the 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), completing written and electronic documentation and record keeping according to agency requirements, working independently and ensuring the welfare and safety of persons served in a residential setting, complying with state and federal regulations regarding HIPAA, assisting individuals receiving services with their activities of daily living, and understanding the need-to-know basis regarding Protected Health Information (PHI) and assigned security clearance levels.

Requirements

• Must not have or be a carrier of serious infectious or communicable disease (e.g., tuberculosis) that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation.
• 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or GED.
• 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.
• Complete 10-hour med-management class.
• Willing to work with individuals who have a behavioral disorder, which may result in aggressive outbursts.
• Willing to clean biological fluids/waste (e.g., blood, feces, urine, vomit).
• Ability and desire to work with other employees as a team.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated.
• Must not have been legally convicted of any type of assault, abuse, or bodily injury.
• Must participate and cooperate with agency investigations.
• 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.
• Must be able to walk up and down stairs with hands full.
• Must be able to work a full scheduled shift as assigned.
• Must be able to carry necessary supplies up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to provide physical care necessary to residents during direct care duties.
• Ability to physically assist an individual to regain balance or transfer.
• Demonstrate ability to perform routine household tasks (vacuuming, mopping, cleaning, meal preparation, laundry).
• Must be able to assist an individual in a wheelchair to transfer.
• Must be able to assist someone in the shower or bath.
• Must be able to make multiple trips from car to house carrying purchases.
• Must be able to perform snow removal as necessary for safety.

Nice To Haves

• Previous similar job experience in teaching skills of cooking, cleaning, and personal hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Teach, train, and assist individuals in developing skills for independence in activities of daily living.
• Coordinate health and medical needs for individuals.
• Train individuals to manage their own health and medical needs.
• Develop or maintain skills for better community participation.
• Assist individuals in accessing community services independently.
• Assist individuals in participating in at least one community activity per week (if shift allows).
• Assist individuals in advocacy procedures to ensure their rights and meet their needs, interests, and choices.
• Assist in preparing individualized diet plans to meet nutritional needs.
• Write Individualized Intervention Plans for each individual served.
• Provide emergency/safety skills training.
• Provide training in skills for managing personal business and property.
• Provide training in budgeting.
• Provide transportation for appointments, church, etc.
• Provide training in daily living skills.
• Orient new individuals to their home.
• Assess individual skills and provide input for progress reports and Person-Centered Plans (PCP).
• Supervise individual goals and complete related data collection.
• Supervise individual finances and provide guidance in budgeting.
• Provide a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere.
• Supervise the individual’s care and use of personal property and assist with purchases.
• Train new staff on duties, schedules, agency policies, and regulatory policies.
• Follow assigned work schedule.
• Never leave individuals receiving twenty-four-hour care unsupervised.
• Complete all records and documentation using proper forms.
• Attend staff meetings and in-service training sessions.
• Ensure residence meets cleanliness, safety, and health standards.
• Stay informed of programming and administrative information via email, logbook, or other messages.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all individual information.
• Complete documentation of behaviors or provide information for intervention plans.
• Handle other assigned duties.
• Monitor and document physician-ordered diets.
• Assist individuals with activities of daily living (meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, toileting, bathing).
• Ensure clients are safe from environmental hazards.
• Provide quality care.
• Administer medication and maintain accurate medication documentation (after training).
• Exercise sound judgment for immediate decision-making.
• Work according to assigned work schedule, including potential overnight shifts where staff may need to remain awake or sleep while available for emergencies.
• Complete written and electronic documentation and record keeping.
• Work independently to ensure the welfare and safety of persons served.
• Comply with HIPAA regulations.
• Understand and adhere to assigned security clearance levels for Protected Health Information (PHI).

Benefits

• Physical every four years thereafter (GH)
• TB Tine every four years thereafter (GH)
• Random drug screening
• Temporary clearance for PHI access can be given if staff require access to complete extra assigned duties (i.e. filling in for another department).
• Maintenance personnel are given permanent access to areas where PHI is stored but they may need to enter in order to complete their duties.

What This Job Offers

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