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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, accountability, 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 services to adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Assist individuals 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.
- Mentor and train Direct Support Professionals.
- Provide Residential Habilitation and Day Habilitation services in homes and the community.
- Adhere to the NADSP code of ethics and NYS DSP Core Competencies.
- Ensure the health and safety of individuals by providing continuous coverage and maintaining staffing ratios.
- Demonstrate flexibility to work between shifts, programs, and sites.
- Assist individuals with achieving desired personal outcomes.
- Support individuals in achieving optimal health, including medical appointments and meal planning.
- Ensure overall safety for individuals, colleagues, and self.
- Complete routine household maintenance, including meal preparation, cleaning, and laundry.
- Provide hands-on assistance with personal care needs.
- 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 to identify, report, and resolve safety/medical concerns.
- 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.
- 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 primary site and assigned cluster of sites.
- 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.
- Bilingual English and Spanish speaking is a plus.
- Fluent in American Sign Language is a plus.
- 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 Intervention
- Problem Solving
- Money Management
- Basic Math
- Banking Transactions
- Medication Administration (AMAP Certified)
- Person-Centered Care
- Cultural Competency
- Leadership
- Mentorship
- Training
- SCIP Interventions
- Physical Assistance
- Household Cleaning
- Lifting
- Pushing/Pulling
- Reaching
- Bending
- Stair Climbing
- Physical Activity Participation
- Electronic Device Utilization
- Driving (Sedans to Large Passenger Vans)
Location
- Newburgh, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years experience (Associate's degree)
- 4+ years experience
- 2+ years experience and demonstrated capacity for increased responsibility (Internal Candidates)
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 making sure our staff can do the same.
Equal Opportunity
- An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and Veterans.