Community Support Professional

Responsibilities

• Instructs, demonstrates and interacts with people receiving supports to achieve a variety of goals in accordance with the PCP.
• Uses sound judgment and abides by supervisor’s instructions and applicable regulatory standards in order to foster self-sufficiency and independence.
• Converses with and listens to people receiving services regarding personal needs, responsibilities, expectations, aspirations, privileges and personal/behavioral problems in a supportive and understanding manner.
• Participates with the team in developing, modifying and adapting instruction and training to meet individual needs.
• Interacts often and appropriately with people receiving services using both verbal and nonverbal methods (gestures, modeling, sign language, etc.) to provide information about expected behavior, duties and activities.
• Collections data as indicated in the PCP for programs such as behavior management, speech, token reinforcement, vocational and social in order to assess people’s progress.
• Serve as a role model to people supported by adhering to all Connections Handbook guidelines and encourage their familiarity and to follow these guidelines.
• Serve as a link to community inclusion.
• Aid in the planning and implementation of daily activities; including those that promote social inclusion and building social capital for peoples receiving services.
• Make immediate verbal reports of health concerns to supervisor.
• Make immediate verbal reports of accidents or incidents to supervisor in compliance with agency policy.
• Prepare and submit written assessments and performance appraisals of people served to identify areas of strength and opportunities for development.
• Cooperate with Division Coordinator to assure coverage and daily assignments of Instructional assignments with regards to coverage for community outings and facility-based coverage.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform arithmetic operations accurately.
• Work may require lifting heavy objects a minimum of 30 pounds.
• This position has driving responsibilities, therefore must be at least 23 years of age; have a valid Alabama driver’s license; and proof of current liability insurance.

Qualifications

• Within six (6) months of employment, effectively demonstrate the application of population specific competencies.
• Ability to interpret and implement support plans and to motivate, instruct, and supervise persons with intellectual disabilities in a prevocational day program.
• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and intellectual disabilities in the adult population.
• Knowledge of cultural diversity.
• Knowledge of available community resources.
• Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and interventions common to individuals with intellectual disabilities, as well as, to non-violent crisis intervention practice.
• Knowledge of all applicable standards (DMH, Joint Commission, Medicaid).
• Knowledge of Person Center Planning, natural supports, and the philosophy of self-determination.
• Knowledge of utilizing electronic incident reporting.