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About the Role

Be part of a team that values connection, accountability, and real impact. Access's Culture Playbook is how we show up for each other and for the people we support, helping individuals live the healthiest and fullest lives possible while ensuring 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 with developing independent living skills, including money management, community integration, and appropriate social skills.
• Encourage and provide advocacy for the individuals supported.
• Support the Direct Support Professional Supervisor with mentoring and training Direct Support Professionals.
• Provide Residential Habilitation and Day Habilitation services in person's home and in the community.
• Ensure the health and safety of the people supported through continuous coverage to maintain staffing ratios.
• Assist individuals with achieving desired personal outcomes.
• Support individuals in achieving optimal health, which may include medical appointments, medication administration, and healthy meal planning and preparation.
• Ensure for the overall safety of individuals, colleagues, and self.
• Ensure routine household maintenance is completed, which may include meal preparation, cleaning, and laundry.
• Support individuals with all personal care needs, which may include providing hands-on assistance.
• Help individuals develop skills to increase independence.
• Serve as a role model, demonstrating appropriate social interactions and implementing approved crisis intervention techniques and strategies.
• Complete documentation and safety checks in accordance with regulations and policies, utilizing appropriate computer applications and paper documentation.
• Assist with scheduling of direct care staff.
• Provide transportation for individuals to various sites in the community utilizing 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 recertifications ongoing.
• Professionally and effectively communicate both in verbal and written forms.
• Understand regulations and document services in real-time utilizing electronic technology.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize job responsibilities.
• Respond timely and effectively to emergency and crisis situations.
• Be proactive to identify, report, and resolve safety/medical concerns as they arise.
• Ability to accurately count money and complete basic math and banking transactions.
• Complete training to become approved medication administration professional (AMAP) certified and accurately administer medications and maintain certification up-to-date without lapse.
• Participate in team meetings and service plan meetings as necessary.
• Ensure service plans are written in a timely, accurate manner following life plan meetings.
• Provide person-centered, culturally competent services, which may include celebration of holidays and attendance at religious services.
• Provide continuous care and maintain approved staffing ratios at all times, which may include weekends and holidays.
• Provide on-call coverage for primary site, as well as for 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.
• Maintains 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, which may include showering, feeding, and physical assistance.
• Ability to perform various household cleaning tasks utilizing cleaning supplies.
• Occasional lifting of 25+ pounds, occasional pushing/pulling of 25+ pounds and occasional reaching and bending to perform necessary duties.
• 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)
• Multi-tasking
• Prioritization
• Problem-Solving
• Crisis Intervention
• Medication Administration
• Basic Math
• Banking Transactions
• Electronic Documentation
• Mentoring
• Training
• Supervision
• Advocacy
• Personal Care
• Meal Preparation
• Health Maintenance
• Household Maintenance
• Independent Living Skills Development
• SCIP Interventions
• American Sign Language (ASL)

Location

• Middletown, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Sunday- Wednesday 12pm - 8pm
• Thursday from 3pm - 11pm

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

• $21.00 per hour

About the Company

• Access values connection, accountability, and real impact.
• Our Culture Playbook is how we show up for each other and for the people we support.
• Our mission is to help individuals live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives – while making sure our staff can do the same.

Equal Opportunity

• An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and Veterans.