Supportive Living Personal Attendant

Description

Job Title: Personal Attendant

Department: Supportive Living Services

Supervisor: Field Supervisors/Program Directors

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Prepared By: HR Manager

Summary

Assists in providing self-care training and implementation of therapeutic plans to residents of supportive living services by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Demonstrates activities such as bathing and dressing to train participants in daily self-care practices.

Converses with participants to reinforce positive behaviors and to promote social interaction.

Serves meals and eats with participants to act as role model.

Accompanies participants on shopping trips and instructs and counsels participants in purchase of personal items.

Aids staff in administering therapeutic activities, such as physical exercises, occupational arts and crafts, and recreational games, to participants.

Uses approved therapeutic holds to prevent injury to disruptive participants, themselves and others.

Observes and documents participant's behaviors, such as verbal aggression, physical aggression, AWOLs, and inappropriate social behaviors to facilitate assessment and development of treatment goals.

Attends to routine health care needs and appointments of participants.

Gives medications as prescribed by Physician.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

No prior experience or training.

Language Skills

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.  Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary : $18 - $24