Community Partner

About the role

Community Living and Support Services (CLASS) is a leader in providing high-quality, person-centered care and support to people with disabilities and seniors throughout Allegheny County. If you are passionate about building stronger communities and ensuring all people, regardless of ability, can live, work, and play in the communities of their choice, this role is for you.

CLASS is offering a $1,300 sign-on bonus earned through one year of employment.

Employees describe CLASS as a supportive, professional, and community-focused organization that values both clients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Support participants to develop and maintain safe and healthy relationships with family, friends, and community members—as desired.
• Provide life skills training and ongoing support in areas such as managing attendants, finances and budgeting, meal planning, shopping, home management, scheduling and following up on appointments, and arranging transportation.
• Support participants with judgment and decision-making skills.
• Encourage participants to advocate for themselves and their needs.
• Assist participants with identifying and prioritizing their needs and goals.
• Create a Plan of Action guided by each participant's identified goals and priorities, when applicable.
• Work together with the participant to complete applications, research, and connect with community programs and other resources as needed.
• Become well-acquainted with and maintain ongoing involvement with participants.
• Become familiar with CLASS' Mission Statement and Guiding Principles and apply them daily in all interactions and activities.
• Maintain required documentation, records, schedules, billing information, and procedures in a timely manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma and 2 years of experience working directly with people with disabilities OR Bachelor's degree in human services (or related field).
• Dependability, flexibility, and self-direction.
• Valid driver's license, own vehicle, valid insurance and registration, and the ability to travel throughout Allegheny County with participants in your own vehicle.

Skills

This role is ideal for someone who is:

• Dependable—more reliable than spontaneous.
• People-oriented—enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects.
• Autonomous/Independent—enjoys working with little direction.

The company culture is described as:

• Detail-oriented—quality and precision-focused.
• Aggressive—competitive and growth-oriented.
• Outcome-oriented—results-focused with a strong performance culture.
• Stable—traditional, stable, strong processes.
• People-oriented—supportive and fairness-focused, with employee opinions respected and considered.
• Team-oriented—cooperative and collaborative.

Pay

$18/hour

Schedule

• Day shift.
• Flexible hours available for part-time positions.

Benefits

Only full-time (30 hours or more) employees are eligible for:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Life, long-term disability (LTD), and long-term care (LTC) insurance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401K retirement plan.
• Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Employee Referral Program.