Community Aide - 30 Hrs/wk (LO)
Roosevelt, NY
Shift: Monday – Friday, 8:30A – 3:30P
Salary: $20.01/hr
Why You Should Apply:
- No evenings or weekends!
- No High School Diploma required!
- Off and Paid for all Major Holidays
- Additional hours available, if desired.
Offered Benefits:
- Paid Vacations, Personal and Sick Time
- Free Health Insurance
- Free Dental Insurance
- Free Employee Basic Life Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Holidays
Qualifications:
- Clean and valid NYS Driver’s License required
- High School Diploma/GED preferred, but not required
- AMAP Certification preferred
- HHA experience preferred
Responsibilities:
- Drive program participants to and from community outings and other places as needed.
- Assist the Community Coach in facilitating dialogue with program participants at site consistent with the integration of activities and learning modules.
- Ability to assume responsibility at site to include, but not limited to, supervision of program participants and the collection of data for documentation in absence of Community Coach
- Assist with implementation and recording of data consistent with identified valued outcomes and informal outcomes.
- Report situations/issues involving consumers to proper authorities.
- Assist program participants with all ADL needs including, but not limited to, feeding, transferring, lifting, toileting, dressing (coats), etc. as per person’s protocols.
- Ensure the needs of program participants are met including but not limited to their safety and well-being.
- Ensure program participants appointments and schedules are adhered to.
Join our Team and Make a Difference!
Location: 380 Washington Ave, Roosevelt, NY 11575
Visit our website: www.cpnassau.org
Contact us:
Fax: 516-377-2116
Email: [email protected]
Department Details:
Life Options (LO), an innovative consumer-driven program, offers adults the opportunity to find achievement and satisfaction through participation in learning modules where consumers choose activities of interest. Community inclusion activities augment the learning modules and prevocational (paid) work activities.
Key Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Provide transportation assistance to consumers according to their schedules within the learning module classroom days.
- Assist consumer with all ADL needs including, but not limited to, feeding, transferring, lifting, toileting, dressing (coats), etc. as per consumer’s protocols.
- Ensure needs of consumers are met including but not limited to their safety and well-being.
- Ensure consumer appointments and schedules are adhered too.
- Ensure compliance with all OPWDD/OPTS regulations and Life Options’ Policies & Procedures, to include but not limited to training on behavioral plans/strategies & protocols.
- Contact families as needed.
- Responsible for doing bus duty.
- Report situations/issues involving consumers to proper authorities.
- Incorporate Code of Ethics, Core Competencies and Empowerment Strategies in their daily professional responsibilities.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to bend, lift and push more than 100 pounds.
- Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
- Provide hand-over-hand assistance in classroom when necessary.
Reach your potential as we help our consumers reach theirs – with a career at CP Nassau. Our positions are competitively compensated, with comprehensive benefits. We look forward to meeting you! Qualified candidates, please forward your resume which MUST include salary requirements to Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County, 380 Washington Avenue, Roosevelt, NY 11575. Fax: 516-377-2116. Email to: [email protected] or visit our website at www.cpnassau.org
Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County
“Making a Difference for Individuals with disabilities since 1948”
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.01 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
Work Location: In person
