What are the responsibilities and job description for the Group Home Direct Service Professional position at Mat-Su Services for Children & Adults?
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Group Home-Direct Service Professional
Are you looking to make a difference in your community? Do you want a job that is personally fulfilling, creative, flexible, and rewarding? Does diversity, inclusion and advocacy matter to you? Then we want you to come check out MSSCA! We are looking for caring, creative, and energetic individuals to provide individualized services to people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a group home environment consisting of only 2-3 clients.
MSSCA is a home grown non-profit that has been serving the Mat-Su Valley community since 1985. Direct Service Professionals at MSSCA receive extensive paid training, great job benefits, and the chance to make a lasting difference in someone's life.
As a Group Home Direct Service Professional, you will have the opportunity to:
- Care for of the health and safety of MSSCA individuals we serve.
- Help expand the freedom and independence of individuals while developing lasting relationships with other members of the community
- Travel around the valley to provided needed support for individual's activities in personal or agency vehicles
- Become a frontline journalist documenting individual's personal growth
- Help and support individuals with their banking, budgeting and other financial needs
- Be a mentor, friend, and cheering advocate
- Work 24 hours shifts for 2-3 days in a row
Hours of Work: Full-Time Position
Must be available to work in 24 hr shifts which consist of 8 hours straight time, 8 hours overtime, and 8 hours unpaid sleep time. Evenings, weekend and holiday work required.
Hours of Work:
Additional hourly differential of $0.50. During over time $.075 average hourly wage during a typical 24 hour shift will be $22.31 to start.
Here is the good stuff we offer (*conditions apply):
- Paid Vacation & Sick leave (amount increases with tenure & accumulates based on hours worked)
- Seven Paid Holidays
- Paid Jury Duty & Funeral Leave
- Extensive Paid Training Program
- Free Employee Assistance Program
- Agency Paid Life Insurance*
- Dental and Medical Insurance*
What you need to start work:
- Be 18 years old & have High School Diploma or GED
- Have a Driver's license and a car covered by insurance
- A Current TB Test
- Two (2) Professional and Three (3) Personal references.
Apply Now!
Website: www.mssca.org
Phone: 907-352-1200
Every individual who is to be associated with MSSCA as an employee, volunteer or practicum/internship student must have a valid criminal history check conducted by the State of Alaska Background Check Program (BCP) in accordance with AS 47.05.300-47.05.390; as well as checked against the State of Alaska Medicaid Exclusion list and the Federal Exclusion list. There is an associated fee with the background check that is deducted from each staff's first paycheck.
Salary : $17 - $18
