What are the responsibilities and job description for the Habilitation Aide position at St. Joseph Home of Cincinnati?
Habilitation Aide
Full Time: Flexible afternoons/evenings, some weekends required.
JOB SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Clinical Service Manager, the Habilitation Aide is responsible for supporting the habilitation needs for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This job primarily focuses on maintenance range of motion, assisting therapists, and maintaining therapy and adaptive equipment. The habilitation aide will work closely with the Team 1 QIDP to ensure resident habilitation needs are being met according to their Ohio ISP.
- Interacts with residents and staff with high attention to engagement. Must be alert to and interested in the needs of intellectually delayed, physically delayed and/or multi-handicapped children and adults.
- Provides maintenance passive range of motion to specified residents within assigned team.
- Performs resident goals written by the physical, occupational, and speech therapists and documents progress appropriately.
- Assists with weekly wheelchair clinic for all residents.
- Assists with therapeutic swimming.
- Performs wheelchair repairs as indicated.
- Ensures that adaptive equipment is available, in good working order, and labeled.
- Assists residents with generalized activities, as required.
- Monitors and stays alert to the changing needs and condition of residents at all times; maintains a working knowledge of resident’s Individual Plan (IP) and demonstrates use of appropriate behavioral intervention strategies as specified in the IP.
- Identifies, properly reports, and documents pertinent information, including health information and unusual incidents, regarding residents to appropriate person(s).
- Demonstrates competence in safe lifting, positioning, physical assistance to and transferring of residents, including appropriate responsiveness to emergency and evacuation procedures; guides others to respond appropriately for scheduled drills and actual emergency situations.
- Interacts courteously and appropriately with residents, families, visitors and coworkers under a variety of conditions and circumstances and remains mindful of the opinions and feelings of others.
- Exercises discretion, protects and respects residents, staff and their right to privacy; maintains confidentiality of information as required by HIPPA and policy.
- Participates in and attends various meetings and trainings as required.
Education/Experience:
- Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Previous healthcare experience required; experience with individuals with I/DD preferred.
