Description

Bishop Grady Villas is looking for a dependable person who enjoys assisting individuals with disabilities with their everyday activities in their homes and in community settings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop resident's basic living skills through instruction and positive reinforcement.
• Assist and document the development and implementation of long and short term goals for residents.
• Develop and maintain a positive and effective relationship with residents, families, staff, administration, and other providers while assisting in coordinating with any all of their needs concerning residents.
• Perform or assist residents with personal hygiene as needed.
• Perform or assist residents with domestic duties as needed.
• Coordinate resident participation in leisure, recreational, volunteer and faith activities.
• Adhere to resident behavior and health management.
• Maintain a safe environment for the resident, prevent harm to resident, self and others.
• Transport resident to and from work, scheduled appointments and recreational activities in a safe and timely manner.
• Maintain current certification as required by Bishop Grady Villas.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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:

• High school diploma or equivalent and one year of experience working in a medical, psychiatric, nursing or childcare setting or in working with persons who have a developmental disability. 
• College, vocational or technical training equal to 30 semester hours, 45-quarter hours, or 720 classroom hours can substitute for the required experience. 

Reasoning Ability:

• Individual must have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists and the ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to communicate written and verbal instructions.
• Must be a team player.
• Ability to prioritize. 
• Requires an appreciation and respect for the Catholic Church and its teachings. 
• Church employees must conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with and supportive of the mission and purpose of the Church. 
• Their public behavior must not violate the faith, morals or laws of the Church or the policies of the diocese.

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. 
• The performance of these essential functions must be without a physical accommodation of any sort. 
• They are as follow: Lifting and moving (e.g. residents from wheelchair to vehicle or bed), pulling (e.g., van doors, wheelchairs into elevators), pushing (e.g., wheelchairs), flexing (e.g., reaching), bending, crouching, hearing, kneeling, sitting, standing, reaching, stooping, walking and talking. The employee is required to lift up to 50 pounds and climb ladders (changing a light bulb, etc.).

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those of an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.