Location: Frankfort, IL

Salary: Contractors are compensated through a generous tax-free stipend

Trinity Services, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides the highest quality, person-centered services and supports to people with disabilities and mental illness so that they may flourish and live full and abundant lives. Founded in 1956, Trinity Services proudly serves more than 2,000 people with disabilities.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life, this may be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Position Overview:

Trinity Services, Inc. is hiring home-based, entry-level Shared Living Contractors for an opportunity to live in a Trinity home while supporting two people with intellectual disabilities.

This contract position is perfect for small families or individuals seeking a meaningful career assisting other people achieve their goals. Based on lifestyle preferences of the parties involved, the Shared Living Program matches each Contractor with two people who have a developmental disability. The Contractor balances providing direct support and care, while considering the individuals equal, contributing members of the household.

Contractors receive on-going support from Trinity Services in the form of training, regularly scheduled check-ins, guidance to both the Shared Living Contractor and persons served to help ensure positive relationships are fostered and maintained, and assistance from the Shared Living Director.

Responsibilities:

Shared Living Contractors provide services based on the level and type of assistance required by those supported. Responsibilities may include:

• Assisting the people in progress towards their life priorities and goals
• Building a strong, supportive relationship with the residents
• Transporting the people to their job, community day service, medical appointments, and other places as requested
• Assuring the provision of all necessary medical and dental care
• Assisting the residents in self-administering their medications
• Providing nutritious meals
• Providing 24-hour supervision – depending on the level of support needed
• Maintaining necessary documentation
• Assisting with personal hygiene, as necessary
• Providing opportunities for indoor and outdoor recreation
• Shopping for clothing, personal items, etc. as desired
• Assisting the person with their finances
• Maintaining a clean and safe home that follows regulatory requirements as specified by the State of Illinois, and participating in the survey process
• Supporting individual religious and cultural beliefs and practices
• Participating in monthly monitoring visits at the home, as well as periodic team meetings

Benefits:

• Free Rent
• Your own bedroom
• Tax-free compensation
• 20 hours of relief each month
• Subsidized Internet
• Paid training

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Must be 21 or older
• Pass background and fingerprinting checks
• Valid Illinois driver’s license, with clean driving record
• Own a vehicle that is sufficiently insured
• Complete required trainings upon hire
• Additional qualifications may include: balancing, pulling, pushing, standing, climbing, grasping, stooping, crouching, crawling, kneeling, reaching, lifting, repetitive motion, pushing wheelchairs, and lifting up to 40 pounds.

Contact: Interested candidates email your resume to Justina Nava at jobs@trinityservices.org