Job Details

Group Home Supported Community Living Specialist

The Supported Community Living Specialist (SCLS) is directly responsible to the Team Leader to which they are assigned and the Director of Residential Services.

This is a full-time position in Malvern, IA. Hours for this position are Thursday/Friday 3pm-10pm, and every other weekend 8-10 plus activities, shopping, appointments, on weekends for full time status.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• The SCLS will teach, train, and assist individuals in developing the skills necessary to be as independent as possible when performing activities of daily living.
• Coordinating health and medical needs.
• Training individuals to take care of their own health and medical needs.
• Developing or maintaining skills allowing for better participation in the community.
• Assist individuals served in becoming independent in accessing community services.
• Assist the individuals with participation in at least one community activity each week if shift is during day/evening/weekend hours.
• Assisting individuals in advocacy procedures to ensure his/her rights and to meet his/her needs, interests, and choices.
• Assisting in preparing an individualized diet plan to meet nutritional needs as needed.
• Writing Individualized Intervention Plans for each individual served.
• Provide emergency/safety skills training.
• Provide training in skills necessary to manage their personal business and property.
• Provide training in budgeting.
• Provide transportation (doctor's appointments, church, etc.)
• Provide training in daily living skills.
• Orient new individuals in their home, assessing their skills, and providing appropriate input to the individual's subsequent progress reports and Person-Centered Plan (PCP).
• Supervise the individual's goals and complete data collection related to running those goals.
• Supervise, as necessary, the individual's finances to give guidance in budgeting for personal needs and desires.
• Provide a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere.
• Supervise the individual's care and use of personal property and assist with purchases, as necessary.
• As assigned, train new staff relative to duties, work schedules, agency policies, and state and/or federal regulatory policies and procedures in coordination with the Team Leader and Director of Residential Services.
• Follow the assigned work schedule.
• Never leave individuals receiving twenty-four-hour care unsupervised.
• Complete all records and documentation using the proper forms as they relate to established procedures.
• Attend staff meetings and scheduled in-service training sessions.
• Ensure that the individual's residence meets cleanliness, safety, and health standards.
• Keeping informed of all programming and administrative information, changes, and additions by checking email each shift worked the daily logbook or other messages.
• Keep all written and verbal information on each individual strictly confidential.
• Complete documentation of behaviors or provide information for writing staff intervention plans.
• Handle any other duties as assigned by the Team Leader, Lead Staff, and Director of Residential Services.
• Monitor and document an individual's physician ordered diet as needed.
• Assist individuals receiving services with their activities of daily living, such as, but not limited to, meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, toileting, and bathing.
• Ensure the clients are safe from all environmental hazards.

Essential Functions

• Provide quality care.
• Transport individuals.
• Provide training in daily living skills, (i.e. meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, and personal hygiene.)
• Ensure that housekeeping standards are maintained.
• Employees must be willing to work with individuals who have behavioral problems.
• Provide a supportive and therapeutic atmosphere.
• Administer medication and maintain accurate medication documentation, as needed, after being trained.
• Exercise sound judgment when the situation requires immediate decision-making.
• Work according to assigned work schedule.
• Complete written and electronic documentation and record keeping according to agency requirements.
• Must be able to work independently and ensure the welfare and safety of persons served in a residential setting.
• Comply with state and federal regulations regarding HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
• Assist individuals receiving services with their activities of daily living, such as, but not limited to, meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, toileting, and bathing.

Requirements

• Individuals "must not have or be a carrier" of serious infectious or communicable disease.
• 18 years of age.
• Require high school diploma or GED.
• Prefer previous similar job experience in teaching skills of cooking, cleaning, and personal hygiene.
• Exercise sound judgment when the situation requires immediate decision-making.
• Obtain and maintain a valid Iowa Chauffeur's license.
• Successful completion of pre-employment physical, TB Tine, and drug screenings prior to employment.
• Must be willing to work with individuals who have a behavioral disorder, which may result in the display of aggressive outbursts of a physical nature.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Must not have been legally convicted of any type of assault, abuse, or bodily injury.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to travel from place to place, up to 70 miles.
• Must be able to enter and exit resident homes that may or may not be accessible to everyone.
• Must be able to walk up and down stairs with hands full to perform laundry duties, etc.
• Must be able to work a full scheduled shift as assigned.
• Must be able to carry necessary supplies up to 50 pounds perform job duties.
• Must be able to provide physical care necessary to residents when performing direct care duties.