Supported Living Coach

Supported Living Coach

Job Description

Department: Supported Living
Reports To: Supported Living Service Director

Exempt Status: Non-Exempt

FUNCTIONS: Under the direct supervision of the Supported Living Services Director, the employee in this position is responsible for the completion of various trainings that will ultimately result in the independence of individuals served in their living situations. This position requires the employee to work without close supervision, while keeping good communication with the Supported Living Service Director. Responsible for quality assurance of client money accounts via paper and electronic ledgers. Responsible in assuring staff meet regulatory compliance, following all rules, laws, and policies related to client expenditures and maintenance of funds.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Qualifications:
Pass a level II DCF background check
Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
Freedom from illegal use of drugs.
Freedom from use and effects of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.

Education and/or Experience:
Bachelors in Human Services or related field, (Education, Social Services, Psychology, etc.) is required
Employment experience can substitute for the required education on a year to year basis.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Demonstrates willingness to try new tasks; generates new ideas for change; evaluates and recognizes priorities; selects effective team members, challenges others to learn, keeps current and integrates new information, communicates and models organization values, fosters high performance; recognizes need for and provides adequate resources.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Care and Services:
Establishes a general responsibility for Residents
Verbal and non-verbal interactions with Residents reflect caring and respect
Promotes individual rights
Communicates with consultants as needed in effort to provide care for residents
Communicates closely with service providers.
Establishes and Monitors recreation activities per IPP goals
Conducts and oversees assessments to implement and revise goals for residents
Supervises collection of baselines for programming efforts
Maintains program modifications as needed
Oversees teaching and training of staff and residents
Provides 1:1 and group teaching and training as needed
Creates the implementation programming
Creates schedule formedical care provided to those assigned to their caseload
Conducts ongoing training of Operation Managers
Trains Operation Managers on program modifications
Attends required meetings such as Admission, Discharge Planning and IDT meetings
Writes and prepares necessary correspondence, reports, assessments and summaries as required by regulatory standards (e.g., Delmarva, APD, AHCA)

Available by phone, or other facility approved means, with a reasonable response time
Reports to immediate supervisor as needed
Additional duties as assigned by immediate supervisor
Participates in the department budget process (monitoring time-worked)
Documents duties provided


CONTINUING EDUCATION: Attends in-service and education programs; attends continuing education required for maintenance of professional certification or licensure.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk: use hands or fingers; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance and stoop or kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision. Pushing, pulling, and lifting boxes up to 15 lbs will occasionally be required. On occasion, may need to assist in pushing wheelchair and assist with transfers of clients

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.