Health Care Services Trainee - Grand Junction Regional Center (Western Slope)

Department Information

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

This work unit exists to provide a comprehensive training to trainee residential staff to be competent employees and successfully complete all training requirements. This work unit exists to provide quality health care, personal hygiene maintenance, achievement of personal outcomes and a therapeutic milieu in a home-like environment for up to 12 individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

Description of Job

• Receive and understand training provided in areas such nursing skills, medication administration, intellectual and developmental disability theory and practice, human growth and development, behavior management, and supports and services
• Support individuals by implementation of behavior programs and positive redirection techniques
• Communicate with individuals who are elderly or have impaired physical capacity
• Provide Infection Control, Safety and emergency procedures
• Prevent and report abuse and/or neglect
• Apply knowledge and techniques in residential areas of providing care and instruction in daily activities, including meal preparation, eating; bathing, personal hygiene; social skills; recreation activities; housekeeping and laundry; safety and transportation, all with a training approach to ensure personal outcomes
• Apply knowledge and techniques when provided a posting of duties, and safely provide daily activities during a specified time frame
• Apply knowledge in implementing assigned individualized supports and services for people including behavior, social, recreation, work, and specialized therapies

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Experience:

• None

• None

• CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
  CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
• GJRC is a 24/7 facility, must be available to work any shift, any day and/or any area, to meet the a agency needs
• Must have valid unrestricted US Driver License.
• Travel: Drive state car, van or bussette to various group homes, programming, admin & in community
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• A Tuberculosis Test (TB) will be required upon hire.
• Requires influenza and other vaccinations as required by the state.
• You must be willing and able to work shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able to exert force and/or lift patients.
• Must be able to frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, push, pull and reach.
• Must be able to report to work to provide essential services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.

Supplemental Information

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

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  Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~