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About the Role

Be part of a team that values connection, accountability, and real impact. Access's Culture Playbook guides how we show up for each other and the people we support, ensuring clear expectations, support, and a focus on outcomes that matter. We are committed to helping people live the healthiest and fullest lives possible, while ensuring our staff can do the same.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance with activities of daily living, including personal care, meal preparation, medication administration, and health maintenance.
• Support individuals in developing independent living skills, such as money management, community integration, and social skills.
• Encourage and provide advocacy for individuals.
• Support the Direct Support Professional Supervisor with mentoring and training Direct Support Professionals.
• Provide Residential Habilitation and Day Habilitation services in homes and the community.
• Ensure the health and safety of individuals, maintaining staffing ratios and providing flexible coverage across shifts, programs, and sites.
• Assist individuals with achieving desired personal outcomes.
• Support individuals in achieving optimal health, including medical appointments, medication administration, and meal planning.
• Ensure routine household maintenance, including meal preparation, cleaning, and laundry.
• Support individuals with all personal care needs, including hands-on assistance.
• Help individuals develop skills to increase independence.
• Serve as a role model, demonstrating appropriate social interactions and implementing crisis intervention techniques.
• Complete documentation and safety checks, utilizing computer applications and paper documentation.
• Assist with scheduling of direct care staff.
• Provide transportation for individuals to various community sites using an agency vehicle.
• Provide mentoring, training, oversight, and feedback to Direct Support Professionals.
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

Requirements

• Demonstrate all skills and attributes outlined in the NYS DSP Core Competencies.
• Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment with individuals of various abilities.
• Complete all mandatory trainings within the first 90 days and maintain ongoing recertifications.
• Professionally and effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Understand regulations and document services in real-time using electronic technology.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize job responsibilities.
• Respond timely and effectively to emergency and crisis situations.
• Be proactive in identifying, reporting, and resolving safety/medical concerns.
• Ability to accurately count money and complete basic math and banking transactions.
• Complete training to become an approved medication administration professional (AMAP) certified and accurately administer medications.
• Participate in team meetings and service plan meetings as necessary.
• Ensure service plans are written in a timely and accurate manner following life plan meetings.
• Provide person-centered, culturally competent services.
• Provide continuous care and maintain approved staffing ratios at all times, including weekends and holidays.
• Provide on-call coverage for the primary site and a cluster of sites as assigned.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to a team of DSPs working in a residential setting.
• Ability to access reliable transportation.
• Maintain a valid, unrestricted, insurable driver's license.
• Must be capable of performing all SCIP Interventions.
• Able to provide hands-on care to individuals with various physical disabilities.
• Ability to perform various household cleaning tasks.
• Occasional lifting of 25+ pounds, occasional pushing/pulling of 25+ pounds, and occasional reaching and bending.
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs.
• Ability to participate in light to moderate physical activities.
• Ability to utilize various electronic devices.
• Provide transportation utilizing vehicles ranging in size from sedans to large passenger vans.
• Exposure to pets may be required at certain sites.

Skills

• Communication (Verbal and Written)
• Documentation
• Electronic Technology Utilization
• Multi-tasking
• Prioritization
• Emergency Response
• Crisis Management
• Problem Solving
• Money Handling
• Basic Math
• Banking Transactions
• Medication Administration
• Teamwork
• Cultural Competence
• Leadership
• Mentorship
• SCIP Interventions
• Hands-on Care
• Household Cleaning
• Lifting
• Pushing/Pulling
• Reaching
• Bending
• Stair Climbing
• Physical Activity
• Electronic Device Utilization
• Driving (Agency Vehicles)
• Bilingual English and Spanish (Plus)
• American Sign Language (Plus)

Location

• Middletown, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Sunday - Thursday 3 PM- 11PM (40hrs)

Experience Level

• 2-years’ experience (with Associate's degree)
• 4-years’ experience
• Internal candidate with at least 2 years’ experience and demonstrated capacity for increased responsibility

Education Level

• Bachelor's in a related field
• Associate's in any field

Salary/Compensations

• $22.50 per hour

About the Company

• Access is an organization where how we work matters just as much as what we do.
• Our Culture Playbook is how we show up for each other and for the people we support.
• We are committed to helping people live the healthiest and fullest lives possible, while ensuring our staff can do the same.

Equal Opportunity

• An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and Veterans