ARCO
Location
Monroe, LA | United States
Job description
THIS APPLICATION COULD TAKE 30 MINUTES TO COMPLETE * STARTING PAY: $13.00 PER HOUR / FULL TIME POSITION - Must be available to work schedules 24hrs/ day 7 days / week
ARCO, A COMMUNITY RESOURCE is a nonprofit United Way Agency that provides services for adults with developmental disabilities and their families throughout northeast Louisiana since 1954. Direct Support Worker - Field Support(Personal Choices and Community Inclusion)
This employee must be comfortable working with persons having a variety of disabilities and many levels of competency and dependency. This employee must be able to support the age-appropriate interest and needs of participants.
GENERAL FUNCTION:
The Direct Support Worker - Field ASSISTANT (DSW-FA) works across all teams and in any and all participant homes. The DSW-FA is responsible for assisting the professional service teams in the execution of habilitation and rehabilitation plans for those with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, including behavioral or mental health needs. The DSW-FA’s role is to recognize that men and women with intellectual disabilities can learn and enjoy growing in skill and knowledge and that they can live their lives as full community citizens and with fully vested rights if they are provided the correct supports. The DSW-FA supports participants’ abilities to learn by showing them how to do things, engaging them in doing things for themselves to the best of their abilities, completing activities for them when needed, and providing repetition of these learning opportunities, even when the progress is slow. The DSW-FA knows that he or she is there to teach and support the everyday things and activities of a normalized life and the abilities and activities that lead to as much independence of the supported persons as possible for fully satisfying community lives.
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Must be at least 21 years of age;
· Must have a current and valid driver’s license (no suspensions or blocks);
· Must have dependable vehicle including current inspection sticker, license plate and insurance;
· Ability to follow (operationalize and document) multiple participant’ plans of care
· Ability to assess, instruct, and support social needs of those served
· Ability to teach basic concepts of daily living
· Ability to assess and provide for personal care needs
· General knowledge of community resources
· General knowledge of personal health and personal/home safety
· Knowledge of basic nutrition and the ability to cook
· Ability to organize, clean and maintain a household
· Ability to handle and use adaptive equipment including wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, etc.
· General knowledge of financial matters (general banking/budgeting skills)
· Must be available to work flexible shifts which include days, evenings, overnight, weekdays and weekends;
· Must be available to work 35-40 hours each week.
Demonstrated ability to:
Experience:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
To support the assigned men and/or women as described in each person’s Individualized Service Plan or as otherwise identified as needed. Support is to include such things as assistance and instruction for meeting each person’s overall day-to-day needs, functions, and activities in areas of personal care, nutrition or diet, health management, physical improvements or maintenance, use and care of durable medical equipment, social relationships of choice, behavior management, finances, housing, transportation, and recreation. To support the individual or individuals in a manner that upholds their rights as citizens and adults. To provide transportation that is appropriate and documented according to policies. To provide documentation required by funding sources to verify the work done and the participants’ responses to their plans of care.
(A full Job Description and list of Essential Functions are available at ARCO's Human Resource Department, 3101 Mercedes Dr., Monroe, LA. ARCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.)
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