What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Care Staff Lead position at Spread Your Wings, LLC.?
Job Summary
Spread Your Wings (SYW) Direct Care Staff (DCS) are responsible for maintaining a
safe, supportive environment which ensures the quality living of our clients. DCS’s
primary duty is to provide the appropriate support tailored to the needs and desires of
each individual to enable each to live as independently as possible. DCS is expected to
recognize when an individual is in a crisis and be able to utilize the appropriate
procedures to handle the situation in a professional and safe manner.
Primary Responsibilities
- Medication management, call in refills, pick up meds, ensure everything is current
- Communicate training times and dates with the direct care staff for the client
- Coordinate transportation schedule- attend doctor appointment as needed
- Handle communications with family members
- Keep Case Manager and Program Manager informed of current needs, report any
forms that are needed.
- Assist, monitor, and teach individual(s) with preparation of daytime activities and
encourage good personal hygiene and behavior appropriate in their home or
apartment. These activities may include grocery shopping, menu planning, meal
preparation, and clean up.
- Supervise the assessment of each individual(s)’s abilities, interests, and needs
tailored to the individual’s ISP.
- Direct Interaction with individual(s) towards the attainment of goals set forth
within the individual’s ISP.
- Assist, monitor, and teach individual(s) in budgeting skills.
- Teach and supervise self-medication skills according to San Andreas best
practice.
- Teach individual(s) in holding house meetings and informal discussion groups
with peers.
- Handle emergency situations appropriately and utilize crisis interventions when
necessary.
- Teach and/or support individual(s) in utilizing public transportation. Transport
individual(s) to appropriate appointments.
Department: SLS/ILS
Job Title: Lead Direct Care Staff
Reports to: Case Manage
Supervises: None
Spread Your Wings Job Description
Spread Your Wings Job Description
- Perform daily recordkeeping (i.e., data collection, daily logs). A progress note
must be written at the end of each shift to be exchanged with next shift and/or
with support staff.
- Teach and be supportive of basic nutrition. Assist individual(s) to utilize
community resources from nutritional counseling.
- Teach relationship building skills.
- Teach community integration; assist individual(s) in joining community
organization of their choice.
- Teach problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Provide leisure/recreational activities of individual(s) choice to encourage self
initiation of leisure activities.
- Teach and monitor individual(s)’s self-management skills (in health and behavior
management)
- Teach individual(s) basic first aid, fire safety, emergency skills and sex education
and/or assist individual(s) in locating a class (community resource) in these areas.
- Provide opportunities for individual(s) to have choices, make decisions in daily
living and their future goals (i.e., assist individual in day-to-day decisions.
- Assist individual(s) in building their self-esteem to encourage empowerment.
- Follow individual(s) treatment plans consistently.
- Conduct and document monthly fire drills according to DMR procedures.
- Report any abuse (physical, emotional, sexual) or act of omission to the Disabled
Person’s Protection Commission.
- Be available to meet with repair person(s) and inspector(s).
- Attend individual(s) and inter-agency staff meetings for individual(s).
- Attend SYW training.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent in experience providing
personal care to individuals.
Experience: 1-year experience as a personal care attendant. Work experience
can be substituted for education.
Knowledge/Skills: Reliable, energetic, flexible, and capable of working independently
and part of a team. Act as a positive role model to support client
and establish a constructive and appropriate personal relationship
with client.
Requires: Valid Drivers License
Requires: Valid Drivers License
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