Job TitleAssist with adults with I/DD disability in a day program setting. Implement individual Person Centered Plan involving skills that promote independence while instructing, modeling, assisting the consumer in daily living skills, socialization, leisure and/or recreational activities, educational and vocational skills.
Responsibilities:
Purchase, store and maintain supply of educational materials.
Purchase and stock materials for craft activities and instruct/assist in their use.
Schedule activities/outings and follow through with all advance planning.
Assume responsibility for disbursing petty cash and maintaining record of expenditures.
Provide supervision for employees who meet consumers at day program to work with them one-on-one.
Provide supervision for group home staff while they are working with consumers in the day program.
Communicate with appropriate supervisor regarding any problems that arise.
Prepare monthly supervision notes on all Day Program employees.
Report on progress/problems in the Day Program to Chief Operations Officer on regular basis.
Assume responsibility of finding someone to replace an absent direct care staff member or be prepared to work in his/her place.
Prepare and post monthly calendar of activities and outings.
Communicate with Case Managers regularly regarding concerns/needs of consumers.
Review consumers' goals and documentation weekly.
Accompany staff and consumers on all outings.
Monitor appearance of consumers daily.
Attend to any consumer health issues that arise.
Assure that all service-ordered hours are being worked.
Check appearance of all work areas and lunchroom daily to assure cleanliness.
Complete privileging/annual supervision forms on Day Program only employees.
Report to Chief Operations Officer any suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of consumers.
Learn and comply with all HIPAA rules and regulations.
Attend training classes required by position and renew as necessary to keep current. Understand that failure to renew training by date will result in immediate removal from the schedule until training is brought up-to-date.
Perform other duties as required by circumstances.
Qualifications:
High School Diploma/GED. Must be at least 25 years old. Two years of hands-on experience with adults with developmental disabilities and prior supervisory experience. No substantiated findings on the NC Personnel Registry/Health Care Program or be listed on the HHS/OIG List of Excluded Individual/Entities. SBI and DMV records must meet the requirements of area mental health contracts.
