Description

Make a difference with a Human Services Career as a Direct Service Professional

As a human services agency, Community Integrated Services is committed to serving adults with developmental disabilities and behavioral issues—and helping them thrive. Many of the individuals CIS serves are challenged by severe behavioral and mental health issues.

Hourly position- Experience Necessary; intensive training provided!

CIS is looking for energetic, motivated and compassionate employees with experience working with highly challenging adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. Our programs assist them with stability, learning new ways to communicate, life skill development, maximizing independence and community integration. Staff will attend weekly meetings and training with a behavioral specialist to develop, modify and implement plans and measure success.

 $22.20 -$24.00 hourly, depending on training, location and experience

Job duties include (but are not limited to):

• Provides support to the individual to ensure objectives are met in accordance with their individual treatment plans.

• Provides training, assistance and/or supervision to individuals in the areas of daily living, safe behavior, personal care, financial management, community and social integration and/or job skills development.

• Provide companionship and personalized care while encouraging independence and self-care. •Assist clients with activities of daily living, including dressing, bathing, grooming, toileting, and eating.

• Observe and record client behavior throughout each day in accordance with CIS policy, program standards or other regulatory policies.

• Ability to create, follow and communicate consistent schedules and routines for the client and the household.

• Able to recognize functional behaviors as outlined in individual plans and provide positive reinforcement for these behaviors.

• May be required to coordinate, organize and/or assist with household activities such as light housekeeping and meal preparation, yard maintenance, packing, and moving the furniture of individuals receiving services.

• Monitors the administration of medication.

• Advocate for client’s needs for all medical, dental and/or psychological/psychiatric appointments.

This includes supporting the clients to communicate needs and desires to the providers and collecting adequate documentation - including after visit summaries, prescriptions, additional service referrals and required follow-up of the encounter.

• Must provide transportation and accompany individuals receiving services to planned and/or necessary activities and appointments – via personal vehicle, bus, etc.

• Maintains daily progress notes and any other appropriate documentation in accordance with CIS policy, program standards, or other regulatory policies.

Benefits:

1. Paid Community Residential Services Training (1163)

2. Generous medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits

3. Supplemental Colonial insurance options

4. Free Employee Assistance Program with access to financial services, legal assistance, family care giving resources and referrals, mental health counseling services, live-connect online help, monthly wellness and informational webinars, etc.

5. Hard-working employees are also provided additional incentives on a regular basis

6. Employee Referral Bonus program

7. Monthly mileage reimbursement

8. 401k retirement plan for eligible full-time employees

9. FREE Long Term Disability plan for employees

10. Generous PTO .025 hours for every hour worked and matures with length of service.

Employment Service Length Part-time Annual Bonus Full-time Annual Bonus

1st Anniversary $100.00 $200.00

2nd Anniversary $200.00 $400.00

3rd Anniversary $300.00 $600.00

4th Anniversary $400.00 $800.00

5th and beyond $500.00 $1,000.00

$22.20 -$24.00 hourly, depending on training, location and experience

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, On-Call, nights, weekends, flexible

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Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred with a minimum of two years human service-delivery or comparable experience

• Nursing Assistant – Registered (NAR) Certificate preferred

• Reliable transportation (since driving clients is required)

• Valid Washington State Driver’s License

• Current auto insurance and registration

• Ability to pass a background check

• Good verbal and written communication skills