Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible to serve as a support person to all individuals receiving services by New Heights Day Program. 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 staff at New Heights Day Program.

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. Ensure compliance with the Adult Day Care Act and rules and regulations.

JOB DUTIES:

1. Provide training and guidance to the staff.

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

3. Utilize approved certified non-violent crisis intervention techniques in appropriate situations.

4. Work cooperatively with employees, service providers, guardians, families and individual(s) you serve. Maintain total confidentiality.

5. Assist in the annual IHP (individual health plan) and any IHP addendum meeting.

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

7. Utilize Home of Hopes' electronic medical records systems as directed.

8. Implement the programs and services of the New Heights Day Program.

9. Complete New Heights Day Program's orientation program.

10. Builds within the organization a sense of community and a warm social atmosphere in which the participants can identify a support system.

11. Plans, prepares, and leads group and one-on-one activities as assigned, independent of direct supervision. Such activities include, but are not limited to, Special Olympics, crafts, music, active games, team sports, cultural groups, hobby development, special events, sensory stimulation, cognitive groups, and discussion groups.

12. Assists in the planning, preparation and leadership of special parties and holiday celebrations.

13. Plans, organizes, and supervises various community outings.

14. Collaborates with the Administrators, Program Coordinators, Nursing, QIDP's and direct care staff regarding therapeutic modifications for physically, cognitively, visually, and hearing-impaired clients.

15. Assists with determining equipment/supply needs and participates in budget planning and purchasing of supplies.

16. Encourages and participates in actions that promote good public relations with clients, their families and friends, visitors, all HOH staff, and the communities served.

17. Works as a liaison between staff and merchants to afford clients opportunities for community activities.

18. Practices excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

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:

• C lient 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.
• A ccountability: 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.
• R espect: 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.
• E xcellence: 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A bachelor's degree and one-year supervisory experience in a social or health services setting, or a minimum of a high school diploma plus five consecutive years supervisory work experience in a long-term care or geriatric setting.

Working home phone or cell phone.

Valid driver's 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 drug screen and subject to random, post-accident and reasonable cause drug screens.

Willing to work schedules based on individual client needs and overtime as required.

Expected to learn and follow the Individual Health Plan (IHP) of clients.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL:

1. Ability to lift 50 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.

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