Direct Support Professional FLOAT

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Creighton Road - Malone, NY/div divstrongPosition Type/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Full-Time/Part-Time/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$18.00 - $22.00 Hourly/div divstrongTravel Percentage/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Local Travel/div divstrongJob Shift/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Any/div /div h4Description/h4p style="margin-left:23px; margin-right:44px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"A Direct Support Professional ensures individuals#39; health, safety and welfare, enhances the quality of individuals#39; lives, and supports community inclusion.nbsp; /span/span/span/p h1 style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"nbsp;Essential Functions (Job Duties)/span/span/span/h1 h1 style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Ultimate responsibility for client programming and care:/span/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Ensure adequate food, shelter and clothing is available for each resident./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Provide first aid and nursing assistance as necessary or as requested by nurse or supervisor, reporting nursing and medical needs to a supervisor as needed. /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Provide individual assessment and instruction to residents in daily living skills./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Lift, transfer and position as prescribed./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Prepare meals, involving residents in preparation. /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Intervene and assist in crisis situations, accessing appropriate resources as needed. /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Provide support for community outings.nbsp; /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Monitor and dispense medications and adhere to physicianrsquo;s orders. /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Provide programming as written by Program Coordinator./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Communicate programming information to Program Coordinator and Manager as needed./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Ensure staffing ratios are met at all times. /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Demonstrate cultural beliefs in daily interactions. /span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Utilize the least restrictive prompting at all times./span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Follow behaviors plans and crisis management plans as written. /span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Participate in staff, team, and residence meetings. /span/span/span/li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Attend appropriate training in accordance with the agency#39;s personnel policies and maintain required certifications. /span/span/span/li /ul ul li style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Perform any related duties as assigned. /span/span/span/li /ul h1 style="margin-left:48px; text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Complete timely and accurate documentation as required./span/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Contemporaneously and accurately document programming as per policy and procedure manual./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Accurately document client care and medical information as prescribed./span/span/span/li /ul h1 style="margin-left:48px; text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Miscellaneous/span/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Assist with residence cleanliness and upkeep as instructed./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Follow universal precautions protocols./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Demonstrate flexibility with scheduling./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Protect client confidentiality./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Participate in required trainings./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Professionally represent Citizen Advocates, Inc. with families, other organizations and the community./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Follow program policy and procedure manual as written./span/span/span/li /ul p style="margin-left:96px"nbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:23px; text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Competenciesnbsp; /span/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Confidentiality /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Putting individuals first/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Building and maintaining positive relationships/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Professionalism/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Ethical conduct /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Organization/span/span/span/li /ul h4Qualifications/h4brh1 style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Position Type/Expected Hours of Work/span/span/span/h1 p style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Workweek schedule: Community Living is a 24-hour operation 7 days per week.nbsp; Schedule determined by supervisor to meet location/departmental needs.nbsp; /span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:23px"nbsp;/p p style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"emspan style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Hours and schedules may vary depending on Company need and workload. Employees will be given as much advance notice as possible when such changes occur./span/em/span/span/p p style="margin-left:23px"nbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:23px"nbsp;/h1 h1 style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Travel/span/span/span/h1 pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Travel as needed; mostly for resident hospital visits.nbsp; Travel as far as Albany, NY./span/span/span/p pnbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Required Education and Experience/span/span/spanbr / nbsp;/h1 ol lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"High school diploma or /span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"GED with one year experience working with people with developmental disabilities/mental health needs. /span/span/span/span/span/li /ol pnbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:23px"nbsp;/h1 h1 style="margin-left:23px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Other Duties/span/span/span/h1 pnbsp;/p p style="margin-left:23px; margin-right:7px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"emspan style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice./span/em/span/span/p p style="margin-left:23px; margin-right:7px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"strongspan style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"Employment at Citizen Advocates is ldquo;at willrdquo;. You are free to resign at any time and for any reason sufficient to you, just as Citizen Advocates is free to terminate your employment at any time and for any reason. We do not guarantee continued or permanent employment. nbsp;/span/strong/span/span/p p style="margin-left:23px; margin-right:7px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"strongCitizen Advocates is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer./strong/span/span/p