Job Information

LOCATION OF (5) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, WEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY HOMES DIVISION, SHELBY COUNTY

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from a standard high school.

Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator's license may be required for employment in some position.

Examination Method: Education and Experience,100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Summary

Summary: Under immediate supervision, performs vocational, habilitation therapy technical work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: This is the technical level therapist class in the habilitation therapy sub-series. An employee in this class works at a developmental center or community home providing vocational, habilitation training, therapy and supervision for intellectually and developmentally disabled clients. This class differs from Habilitation Therapist in that an incumbent of the latter is a professional therapist.

Responsibilities

Getting Information:

• Looks at assignment sheets and schedules daily.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:

• Inventories, monitors, and shops for supplies for residential/community home and for persons served and maintains financial documentation to provide for the needs of persons served.
• Teaches and trains others to count, weigh, and label packages to foster independence, self-help, and vocational skills.
• Counts, weighs, and labels vocational materials for quality control purposes.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events:

• Checks individual support plans to meet the needs of the individual to ensure quality of life.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material:

• Performs environment inspections and safety inspections of personal/home equipment to maintain its optimal function and safety of persons served and compliance with laws, regulations, and standards, and requests repairs as necessary.
• Inspects all vehicles to ensure safety of individuals.

Processing Information:

• Tracks and analyzes data sheets daily to compile and record data.
• Calculates invoice and production sheets to verify the amount of work completed to determine pay rate for each individual and to track production.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:

• Follows policies and procedures as established by laws, regulations, and standards.

Analyzing Data or Information:

• Analyzes medical treatment and training data to detect changes in needs, behavior, and abilities.
• Analyzes environmental data to ensure the safety and appropriate environment for persons served.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:

• Attends required training classes to gain a new knowledge and to comply with regulations.

Scheduling Work and Activities:

• Creates work schedules and task assignments for staff and for persons served.
• Creates a monthly schedule of community and home activities to ensure that active treatment and vocational requirements are met.

Performing General Physical Activities:

• Lifts, transfers, and positions persons served in accordance with their individual support plans to ensure safety and comfort.
• Lifts and moves supplies for usage and storage.

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment:

• Operates vehicles, mechanical lifts, home appliances, and other specialized equipment to assist persons served in accomplishing their daily activities, training, and to ensure mobility and safety.

Interacting With Computers:

• Uses computers for data collection and data entry, college of direct support training, Edison, and email communications.

Documenting/Recording Information:

• Documents learning log, data and direct support person notes, and progress of support of persons being served.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:

• Communicates with supervisors and peers to share information and resolve problems.
• Communicates with co-workers to share information and ensure that work assignments are completed.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:

• Communicates with families, conservators, and employers of persons served and the public to share information and meet active treatment requirements.

Assisting and Caring for Others:

• Follows the individual support plan to ensure that the needs and the active treatment requirements of persons served are met.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public:

• Communicates and presents information in a professional manner to the public and the community.

Developing and Building Teams:

• Promotes team work and working together.

Training and Teaching Others:

• Trains other staff on active treatment interventions to meet the requirements of individual support plans of persons served.
• Instructs staff on policies, procedures, and job requirements to ensure that the job requirements are met.

Competencies

Competencies:

• Problem Solving
• Functional/Technical Competency
• Priority Setting
• Time Management
• Command Skills
• Conflict Management
• Perseverance
• Written Communications
• Compassion
• Patience

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services
• Knowledge of principles and methods for training, teaching, and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects
• Knowledge of the structure and content of language including the meaning and spelling of words

Skills:

• Skill of understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
• Skill of giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Skill of using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Skill of selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things
• Skill of understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
• Skill of talking to others to convey information effectively
• Skill of communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience
• Skill of adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
• Skill of teaching others how to do something
• Skill of bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences
• Skill of actively looking for ways to help people
• Skill of being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do

Abilities:

• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
• The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted
• The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you
• The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources)
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand
• The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position
• The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions
• The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects
• The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
• The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down
• The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene
• The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears
• The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part
• The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists
• The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs
• The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue
• The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself
• The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs
• The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion
• The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position
• The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you