What are the responsibilities and job description for the Life Skills Instructor: Weekday Day Shift position at AEDD?
Schedule: 7:00am-3:00pm Monday-Friday (full-time)
Community Life Services has immediate need for a part-time Life Skills Instructors, working in a residential setting with persons with developmental disabilities. Immediate hire requires valid AR driver's license and a current TB Skin test. Must be able to pass criminal background check and pass a drug screen. Must be 21 or over. EOE/M/F
Job Summary: Life Skills Instructor is responsible for providing guidance and direction in the accurate completion of consumer work activities. They are also responsible for planning and delivery of daily service components in the areas of: Sensorimotor Development, Communicative Development, Social Development, Cognitive Development and Vocational Readiness
Essential Functions: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Prepare & Serve breakfast before transporting consumers to Landers Center, as needed
- Assist consumer(s) with personal hygiene and grooming
- Transport consumer(s) in van to and from Landers Center
- Supervise consumers in meeting appropriate production deadlines and maintain quality control.
- Assist with time studies to be used in establishing consumer piece rates.
- Set up sub-contract work; provide instruction as needed, count and record consumer production.
- Daily, maintain consumer work description sheets.
- Observe and document consumer's progress on goal sheets daily.
- Provide ongoing evaluation of consumers program and recommend changes.
- Assist coordinators with consumer's goals and objectives through personal observation and assessments.
- Supervise consumers during breaks and lunch.
- Complete and turn in DDTCS transportation logs, daily.
- Provide active treatment to consumers as it relates to IPP plan/Goals and Objectives.
- Reports to Production Supervisor in regards to production matters.
Education and/or Experience: High School diploma or general education degree (GED) and a minimum of six months previous experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities preferred.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: CPR/First Aid, TB Skin Test, and Arkansas Driver's License.
Safety Sensitive Position: This is a safety sensitive position as it involves operating a motor vehicle as part of the job duties and a lapse of attention could result in injury, illness, or death to the consumers being transported. See Ark. Const. Amend. 98 2(25). All positions classified as safety must refrain from reporting to work or being subject to duty while their ability to perform job duties is impaired due to the use of alcohol or other drugs. All positions classified as safety sensitive are prohibited from testing positive for metabolites of substances that are listed in the schedules of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Arkansas Uniform Controlled Substances Act, regardless of whether the employee possesses a medical marijuana registry identification card. See id. at 3(f)(3)(B)(iii). This policy applies during all work hours, whenever conducting business for AEDD.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and smell. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
