Direct Care Staff - Various Schedules and Locations

 CORE
VALUES: 

Every employee at Home of Hope represents the organization’s values
internally and to the public. As such, all employees’ actions and
decisions are expected to be consistent with the organization’s core values at
all times. Home of Hope’s Core Values are: 

Client
Centered Care: We are
committed to making all decisions and performing all actions with the
well-being of our clients as our primary focus, and to always putting our
clients’ interests ahead of our own. 

Accountability:
We take personal
responsibility, as an organization and as individuals, for our actions, hold
each other accountable, and expect to be held accountable at any point
throughout the year for our decisions and actions. 

Respect:
While keeping the focus on
the needs of our clients, we also commit to demonstrating mutual respect in
communication and actions so that a positive environment for everyone is
maintained. 

Excellence:
We are committed to using
established best practices, to evaluating effectiveness of our efforts, and to
demonstrating a willingness to change current practices at any point based on
evidence that change is needed. 

JOB SUMMARY:  

Responsible to serve as a support person to all individuals
receiving services by Home Of Hope Inc. This support is given in a variety of
areas; daily living skills, leisure activities, personal hygiene skills,
vocational skills, individual rights and responsibility training, social
skills, human relations, transportation, etc.  

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

1. Train, guide or assist the individual(s) with
personal needs 

2. Assist the individual(s) in achieving maximum
potential toward self-determination. Advocate on behalf of the individual(s) 

3. Work cooperatively with all employees, service
providers, guardians and families 

4. Flexibility to work any shift (day, night, evening,
weekends, holidays) or any location. 

5. Coordinate or provide instruction in vocational
skills 

JOB DUTIES: 

1. Provide training and guidance to the individual(s).
Assist the individual(s) you support with integration into the community by
accompanying them to various recreational and social activities Assist
individual(s) with the learning experience needed to reach their goals. 

2. Report to your direct Supervisor and document all
incidents or accidents. Report all changes of individual(s) status (medical,
household, problems, policy issues, etc.) to your Direct Supervisor. 

3. Responsible for fire and tornado evacuation
protocol as outlined in policy 

4. Assist individual(s) in dressing and grooming and
daily hygiene. Prepare meals and assist individual(s) with eating if necessary.
Assist individual(s) with housekeeping. Transport individual(s) when needed. 

5. Utilize approved behavior intervention techniques
in appropriate situations. 

6. Work cooperatively with employees, service
providers, guardians, families and individual(s) you serve. Maintain total
confidentiality. Report accurate information about individual(s) to on-coming
shift employees 

7. Assist in the annual IHP (individual plan) and any
IHP addendum meeting. Assist in arranging family visits for your individual(s). 

8. Attend all in-services scheduled by your Direct Supervisor.
Attend all classes to maintain current training requirements. Maintain current
valid driver’s license and insurance. 

9. Report and document any injury that you sustain
while on the job to your supervisor, and Consult Care or Human Resource
Director immediately. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

§ High School Diploma or equivalency; minimum age 18 

§ No experience necessary. 

§ Working home phone or cell phone 

§ Valid OK drivers license; current automotive
insurance; dependable transportation; availability to operate vehicle during day/night

§ Criminal Background free of encumbrances identified
by the State of Oklahoma Health Department. 

§ First Aid/CPR Training (Required). This will include all aspects of completion
with compressions on the floor or ground. 

§ Required pre-employment, random, post accident and
reasonable cause drug screens. 

§ Willing to work schedules based on individual
client needs. 

§ Expected to learn and follow the Individual Plan
(IP) of clients. 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL: 

1. Ability to lift 50-70 pounds with and/or without
accommodation. 

2. Ability to push/pull 50 pounds. 

3. Ability to walk at an efficient rate of speed. 

4. Vision sufficient to read or assist individuals in
normal or semi-darkened environments.  

5. Ability to understand oral and written
instructions. 

6. Reliable motor skills-use of hands and feet 

7. Ability to sit, stoop, or stand for prolonged
periods of time. 

8. Must be mentally and physically capable to perform
the duties of the position. 

**Level I- Direct
Care Staff that has received additional advanced training may advance to DCS II.
Direct Care Staff who are cross trained to work in other programs may be
classified as Direct Care Staff II.