Support Worker

Job Summary

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of others? As a Direct Support Worker, you will empower individuals to achieve their highest level of independence while supporting their definition of a 'good life.' Join a mission-driven team where your skills and compassion will help transform lives.

Essential Job Functions

- Empower Individuals: Provide support to help individuals achieve independence and live their version of a 'good life.'
- Implement Plans: Collaborate with the Case Coordinator to provide input on and implement Individual Plans for individuals.
- Promote Health & Safety: Follow organizational guidelines to ensure individuals' well-being.
- Monitor & Report: Address concerns promptly, escalating issues to the Case Coordinator or supervisor as needed.
- Provide Personal Care: Assist with daily living activities (toileting, dressing, feeding, etc.) while maintaining individuals' privacy and dignity.
- Complete Documentation: Ensure all individual-related data and documentation are accurate and submitted by deadlines via web-based platforms.
- Administrative Tasks: Submit timesheets, leave requests, and other required documents on time.
- Attend Meetings & Trainings: Actively participate in departmental meetings and required trainings.
- Maintain Cleanliness: Assist in maintaining a safe, hygienic, and clean environment.
- Respond to Emergencies: Take appropriate action during emergencies, following established procedures.
- Handle Multiple Tasks: Balance various responsibilities, meet deadlines, and ensure attention to detail.
- Safety Reporting: Report safety concerns promptly to the Program Manager or supervisor.
- Other Duties: Complete additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

- Minimum Education: Must be at least 18 years of age with a High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Proficiency in communication, HIPAA compliance, and technology usage.
- Physical Requirements: Capability to lift up to 50 lbs and assist with physical transfers using equipment like a Hoyer lift.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Empathy & Patience: Work effectively with individuals of various skill levels and needs.
- Cultural Respect: Engage respectfully with a diverse population.
- Effective Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills; proficiency in the workplace’s primary language.
- Confidentiality: Maintain HIPAA-compliant confidentiality and discretion.
- Technology Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), iPads/tablets, and web-based platforms.
- Adaptability: Demonstrate sound judgment, flexibility, and discretion in sensitive situations.
- Team Collaboration: Work comfortably with individuals at all organizational levels.

Physical Requirements:

- Frequent bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, twisting when working with participants.

- Responsive to audio and visual cues from participants and their families, other staff members, and the environment

- Work calmly during behavioral and health-related incidents.

- Use logic and reasoning for anticipating future needs, goals, and events.

- Stand or sit for extended periods of time, stand for up to 6-8 hours a day.

- Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and loading of materials up to and including 50lbs.

- Provide assistance during transfers when applicable. Some participants may require the use of a Hoyer lift for transfers.

- Frequent driving (to and from office, the community, and participants’ homes) when applicable.

- Work at participants’ homes, community settings, and ESH facility, depending on assignment.

Conditions of Employment

- Ability to obtain and maintain criminal record clearance through the Department of Justice (DOJ). The People & Performance Department must analyze DOJ/FBI live scan reports in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, as well as fitness for the position.

- Able to travel to multiple work sites and client homes. Reliable transportation needed.

- Must have valid Hawaii Driver’s License/insurance and maintain a clean driving record.

- Must pass health screenings, obtain vaccinations and clear TB testing based on company policies.

- Ability to obtain and maintain clearance through the Office of Inspector General.

- Ability to obtain and maintain CPR certification.

- Ability to obtain and maintain Safety Care certification. [For credentialed roles]

- Ability to obtain and maintain a CAQH credential. [For credentialed roles]

- Ability to obtain and maintain RBT certification. [For BIs, PAs]

- Ability to obtain and maintain NPI number.

- Must attend any required training.

About Us

For over 70 years, Easterseals Hawaii has provided exceptional, individualized, family-centered services to tens of thousands of people with disabilities or special needs. It is the state’s largest provider of Early Intervention services for infants and toddlers and is one of the state’s largest providers of Medicaid Waiver services for adults with developmental disabilities.

We are part of a family of companies, a strategic set of non-profit organizations, including the Catalight Foundation, Easterseals Northern California, and Catalight Care Services (CCS), that are working together to responsibly disrupt and transform the delivery of home and community-based care.

The listed salary range for this position is an expected range. The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location.

The statements contained in this job description reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job. It should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas as deemed fit for the organization.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.50 - $18.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Kahului, HI 96732 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Kahului, HI 96732: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $19