Skills Instructor (evergreen)

Job Title: Skills Instructor

Department: Family Support

MISSION

Advocacy

• Empowerment
• Opportunity
  
  

Summary

To provide specialized services and supports to program participants to help acquire skills and promote

independence. Complies with all principles of Human Rights, D.P.P.C., Department of Developmental

Services, the Division of Medical Assistance and all other applicable funding regulations as adhered to by

Lifeworks.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may

be assigned.

• To empower people with developmental disabilities and their families to speak out for themselves and others, initiate ideas, have choices and make decisions about needed services.
• To provide support services to families in a way that recognizes and respects their ethnic and cultural diversity.
• Protects and enhances the rights of participants. Promotes the perception of individuals as capable, valued and accepted members of the community through the promotion of physical and social integration.
• To attend training as prescribed by Director (varies according to experience and background).
• To report suspicions of neglect or abuse to program management staff and Department of Children and Families or Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
• Be knowledgeable about what to do in an emergency and to file incident reports when needed.
  
  

Skills Instruction

• Teaching and fostering acquisition, retention or improvement of skills including but not limited to:
• health and nutrition, shopping, personal finance,
• use of community resources,
• community and personal safety skills and
• other adaptive and social skills to live in the community.
• Implementation of goals as outlined in Plan of Care/Family Support Plan/Behavioral Support Plan
• Service delivery may take place in a personal home, one’s own home, in a family home or in the
  
  

community.

• Provide written progress notes as needed or requested by Family Support Staff
• Implementation of behavioral strategies and protocols
• Assistance with personal care as needed
  
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES

None

Qualifications

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 Experience

High School Diploma or GED. Direct experience working with individuals diagnosed with intellectual and

developmental disabilities. Specific Competencies required to meet the support needs of the participant as

delineated in the Support Plan or Behavioral Intervention Plan.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write

simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations

to staff, Individuals, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to

perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to

deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Must obtain and maintain CPR and First Aid certifications. If working with children and /or infants, will

need to be certified in child and infant CRP and First Aid. Valid and current driver’s license from the state

of residency.

VEHICLE/TRAVEL

Requires a legally insured and inspected automobile for use to be presented at work and available for use

during working hours. If the program has an agency vehicle, staff are expected to drive it as needed.

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 The Essential Functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to

finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required

to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to taste or

smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required

by this job include peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters

while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable

Individuals With Disabilities To Perform The Essential Functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions

and driving up to two hundred miles per month. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The

noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Disclaimer

This job profile identifies the general duties and minimum level of skills required to perform this job. It is

not intended to represent a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications

required of employees assigned. The employee can be responsible for all other duties as assigned by

supervisor. Employment at Lifeworks is on an at-will basis. This means that the employee or employer

may terminate employment at any time, for any reason or for no reason and with or without prior notice.

Nothing in this job description or employee handbook creates an employment agreement, express or

implied, or any other agreement between an employee and Lifeworks