Minimum educational requirements:
- high school diploma or GED required
- bachelors degree - preferred
Minimum experience required:
- one year- residential setting preferred
- other - working with developmentally disabled or elderly preferred.
Other knowledge, skills, and certifications required :
- Valid drivers license, clean driving record
- CPR, FA, must complete DDD Pre Service training within 90 days of hire.
The number of employees supervised by this position :
None
The usual internal and external contacts:
- Internal - all group home staff, assistant and group home manager, program director
- External - doctors, other human service agencies, parents, community in general
The percent of time spent on physical activity while performing the job functions :
a) Sitting 35%
b) Standing 35%
c) Other (i.e. - bending) 30%
Total 100%
The percent of time spent on physical effort while performing the job functions:
a) Lifting 30%
b) Carrying 30%
c) Pushing / pulling 30%
d) Other (i.e. - reaching) 10%
Total 100%
The percent of time spent on sensory effort while performing the job functions:
a) Visual 25%
b) Hearing 25%
c) Speaking 25%
d) Other (i.e. - touching) 25%
Total 100%
The percent of travel involved with the position:
Varies - Employees help consumers with every aspect of daily living. Travel may include doctors appointments, shopping, workshops, occasional trips, etc.
Machines or equipment used:
(*) typewriter (*) telephone
(*) computer (*) photocopier
(*) fax (*) other - Normal household equipment/appliances
The working conditions (heat, cold, dust, fumes, etc.) that apply to this position are:
Normal house environment
Any safety conditions or hazards associated with this position:
Normal household hazards, consumers may at times become verbally or physically abusive, driving hazards.
Additional comments:
Employees, based on the individual consumers IHP, are responsible for assisting consumers in walking, wheelchair handling and bathing.
