Benefits:

• 403 (b) matching
• 403 (b)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Summary
Work with individuals with disabilities in a respectful, sensitive manner, promoting a participant-friendly, safe, and professional environment. Provide training to participants in personal, social, communication, vocational, and leisure/recreational areas as related to their individual goals, using methods and activities that will assist them in working towards their maximum level of independence.
Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma or GED
Experience:
A minimum of one year’s experience working with individuals with disabilities is preferred.
Position Requirements
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Competency in interpersonal relations and customer service
Responsibilities
Guide consumers in activities that facilitate daily living skills, appropriate social behavior, recreational and leisure skills, and development of peer relationships.
Attend to personal care needs of consumers as required.
Monitor and maintain program area environment cleanliness, equipment, and supplies to ensure the safety of consumers and staff.
Ensure client attendance is taken daily in the morning and afternoon.
All MedPass-trained employees will distribute needed medications and administer tube feedings (if trained) by Agency for Persons with Disabilities and Easter Seals Southwest Florida standards.
Complete daily participant progress documentation or any related relevant documentation.
Complete all mandated training as required by Easter Seals Southwest Florida.
Maintain required annual training hours for the position.
Drive assigned routes for picking up and taking home consumers in a safe and timely manner.
Comply with Easter Seals policies and procedures utilizing the highest standards of personal and professional ethics and behavior.
Demonstrate good judgment, diplomacy, courtesy, and effective communication while working at Easter Seals or when representing the organization.
Other duties as assigned.
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 essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.