CTS-Res-Relief

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Special Education Social Work, or related field and/or H.S. diploma and related experience.

Possession of a valid Massachusetts Driver’s License and safe driving record in accordance with WORK INC policy.

An acceptable CORI and SDIP.

Essential Functions

• Helps people grow through their life experiences.
• Creates opportunities for people to form relationships with non-disabled individuals.
• Affords assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and proper hygiene.
• Affords assistance and engagement in meal preparation.
• Affords engagement in meaningful social activities in their home environment.
• Taught independent living skills.
• Provides resources and opportunities for people to express their ethnic and cultural background.
• Fulfills medical recommendations to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
• Fulfills existing treatment programs.
• Fulfills emergency protocols including conducting fire drills as directed.
• Ensures the health and safety of each individual.
• Affords help in crisis situations.
• Affords social integration into the community.
• Affords encouragement for people to express their wishes, dreams, and desires.
• Affords support in achieving personal goals.
• Collects necessary data to demonstrate the effectiveness of training programs.
• Affords assistance in accessing community resources.
• Affords participation in the development of individual service plans.
• Affords attendance at in-service training sessions and staff meetings.
• Affords regular supervision.
• Affords cleaning and maintenance of the facility and grounds as assigned, including necessary snow removal.
• Affords transportation to and from day programs and other destinations, as needed.
• Affords administration of medication according to the DPH regulations (MAP) and maintains certification to administer First Aid and CPR when indicated, and to maintain certifications.

Mathematical Skills

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Create and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical data in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Communication Demands

• The ability to read, analyze, and interpret journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• The ability to respond to common inquiries and complaints.
• The ability to effectively present information to the Board of Directors, employees, program participants, and members of the business community.
• The ability to effectively communicate with families/guardians and funding agencies and ancillary services.

Environmental Demands

• The work is performed in a non-smoking environment.
• The work is normally performed in a temperature controlled zone, however, there are exceptions.

Physical Demands

• Continuous: Sitting, talking, standing, hearing.
• Frequent: Reaching, walking, climbing stairs, pushing, pulling, lifting.
• Occasional: Bending, stooping.

General Requirements

• Good standing balance, defined as the ability to stand and walk without a loss of balance.
• Full upper extremity range of motion, defined as the ability to obtain: Full shoulder flexion, extension, abduction, and rotation; Full elbow flexion, extension, supination and pronation; Full wrist flexion, extension, radial and ulnar deviation.
• Normal upper extremity strength, defined as the ability to move the specified body part through a full range of motion against maximum resistance.
• Full lower extremity range of motion, defined as the ability to obtain: Full hip flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation; Full knee flexion and extension; Full ankle flexion and extension.
• Normal lower extremity strength, defined as the ability to move the specified body part through a full range of motion against maximum resistance.
• Full trunk range of motion as defined by the ability to obtain full flexion and extension, rotation and side bending.
• Full cervical range of motion as defined by the ability to obtain full flexion and extension, lateral flexion and rotation.