Direct Care Worker I - Berkshires MA Area - Full and Part Time Positions - Continuous Posting

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for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to extract content. Let's parse posting. Key info: - Title: DIRECT CARE WORKER I (but we don't repeat as heading) - Location: Berkshire MA Area cities: Lee, Pittsfield, Stockbridge. - About the role: description: caring and compassionate applicants, provide programmatic direct care services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, environment consistent with participants' needs in daily living and skills necessary for community life. - Duties and Responsibilities: list bullet points (provided). Need to preserve all substantive info. - Preferred Qualifications: bullet list. - Agency Requirements: bullet list (license, MAP certification, CPR/FA). - Additional notes: pay differentials, continuous posting, shifts, weekend work, mandatory overtime, emergency position, bi-weekly pay, direct deposit. - About The Department Of Developmental Services: mission description. - Pre-Hire Process: details about screening, etc. - Minimum Entrance Requirements: None. Special Requirements: None. - Salary placement: determined by factors, collective bargaining agreement. - Comprehensive Benefits: mention benefits suite, link. - Vaccination requirement: Title 101 CMR 23.00 requires COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination or mitigation. - Equal Opportunity statement. - Official Title: Developmental Services Wrk I - Primary Location: United States-Massachusetts-Pittsfield-333 East Street - Schedule: Full-time Shift Multiple - Job Posting date: Aug 24, 2026, 12:03:22 PM - Salary: 47,798.66 (likely annual?) - Bargaining Unit: 02-AFSCME - Service/Institutional We need to decide which sections to include. We have content for: - About the role (mission description? Actually "About the role" could be the introductory paragraph about role). We'll use that. - Responsibilities: the Duties and Responsibilities list. - Requirements: Agency Requirements (license, MAP, CPR/FA) plus maybe Preferred Qualifications? Could separate Qualifications and Skills. But we have Preferred Qualifications and Agency Requirements. Could combine into Requirements section? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have multiple sections. We need to decide which sections have real specific content. - About the role: we have introductory paragraph describing role and mission. Yes. - Responsibilities: we have list of duties. - Requirements: we have Agency Requirements (license, MAP, CPR/FA). Also maybe Minimum Entrance Requirements: None (but we shouldn't include if none). So we can include Requirements with those. - Qualifications: we have Preferred Qualifications list. - Skills: maybe we could extract skills from Preferred Qualifications? But we could also have Skills section if we have specific skill statements. The Preferred Qualifications includes abilities: develop relationships, assist/lift, transcribe/read/comprehend English. Those could be considered skills. But we already have Qualifications. Might be okay to have Qualifications and Skills separate but we need real content for each. Could put the abilities under Skills. However the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Qualifications and Skills into one section? But headings are predefined; we can choose to omit sections if not substantive. Let's think: we have Preferred Qualifications (list). That's substantive. We could put that under Qualifications. For Skills, we might not have explicit separate skill list beyond those qualifications. Could omit Skills section. - Benefits: we have Comprehensive Benefits description (mention outstanding suite, link). Also mention bi-weekly pay, direct deposit, vaccination requirement? Vaccination is more requirement. Benefits section: we have description of benefits suite, link. That's substantive enough. - Pay: we have salary figure 47,798.66 and mention pay differentials, placement based on experience, collective bargaining. That's substantive. So we can include Pay. - Schedule: we have Full-time Shift Multiple, various shifts, weekend work, mandatory overtime, emergency position, 24/7, bi-weekly pay. That's schedule info. So include Schedule. We also have location info (cities). Could be part of About the role or maybe not needed as heading. Could include in About the role paragraph. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, navigation, legal, etc. Remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to strip out the Equal Opportunity statement, the ADA accommodation contact, the pre-hire process details about screening? That might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The pre-hire process includes Commission for the Protection of Persons with Disabilities Abuse Registry Search, criminal background check, etc. That's not exactly EEO but it's part of hiring process. Might be considered legal/boilerplate? Not sure. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The pre-hire process is not EEO; it's about background checks. Might be considered legal but not explicitly excluded. However it's somewhat boilerplate. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So legal boilerplate should be removed. The pre-hire process includes legal requirements (background checks). Likely considered legal boilerplate, so remove. Also the ADA accommodation request line is legal. Remove. Also the Equal Opportunity statement remove. Also the "Please be advised that you have applied to a 'Continuous Posting.'" maybe considered application instructions? Might be considered boilerplate but it's about the posting nature. Might be okay to keep? It's not application instructions per se, but it's about the posting. The instruction says remove application instructions. That line is not instructions to apply but description of posting. Might keep? However it's somewhat generic. I'd consider removing it as it's not substantive about the job. Also the "For more information on the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLyCHl8CEwI" is a link; maybe keep as part of About the role? It's a link to a video; could be considered boilerplate? Not sure. Might keep as part of About the role. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the duty list, qualifications, agency requirements, benefits description, pay, schedule, location, etc. We must not repeat the job title as a heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft sections:

About the role

... include introductory paragraph, location cities, link to DDS YouTube maybe, mission description? Actually mission description is under "About The Department Of Developmental Services". That could be part of About the role or separate? We could put mission under About the role as well. But we have separate heading for About the role only. We could include both the role description and the department mission in that section. That's okay. But we also have a separate "About The Department Of Developmental Services" paragraph. That's substantive. Could we make a separate section? Not in allowed headings list. Could incorporate into About the role. Thus About the role paragraph will contain: - The posting seeks caring and compassionate applicants for DIRECT CARE WORKER I. - Provide programmatic direct care services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Environment consistent with participants' needs in daily living and skills necessary for community life. - Locations: Lee, Pittsfield, Stockbridge in Berkshire MA Area. - Link to DDS YouTube video (optional). - Mission of DDS: create innovative opportunities, serve over 43,000 individuals, oversees $3B, etc. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can include that. Next, Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

with each duty. List duties: - Provide support to individuals by assisting in the development and implementation of habilitative, behavioral and recreational programs in accordance with the Individual Service Plan (ISP) objectives - Coordinate with direct supervisor(s) to ensure successful implementation of ISP's, use of appropriate methods, coordination of services and crisis intervention - Assist and facilitate activities of daily living, such as household maintenance, self-care and hygiene, food shopping and preparation, budgeting, leisure activities and socialization skill development - Attend individuals' review meetings and accompany them to various appointments; Transport individuals to work, recreational activities and other engagements as needed - Maintain individuals' confidentiality and records; preserve individuals' human rights by complying with applicable laws and regulations We need to keep exactly as given. Next, Qualifications:

Qualifications

with Preferred Qualifications: - Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain a respectful, caring, tolerant, ethical, and empowering relationship with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; - Capacity to assist/lift individuals with physical disabilities and/or limited mobility; - Aptitude to transcribe, read and comprehend the English language We could also include Agency Requirements under Requirements. Next, Requirements:

Requirements

with: - Possess current and valid Class D Motor Vehicle Operator's License - Upon successful completion of the Medication Administration Program (MAP) training, incumbents must obtain and maintain their MAP Certification - Upon successful completion of a training program, incumbents must obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid (FA) certification We could also mention that Minimum Entrance Requirements: None, Special Requirements: None but we shouldn't include if none. Next, Benefits:

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits description: "When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future. Want the specifics? Explore our Employee Benefits and Rewards!" plus maybe link? Not given. Also mention vaccination requirement? That's more requirement. But we could include note about vaccination requirement under Requirements? Actually it's a requirement: Title 101 CMR 23.00 requires certain agency staff to have received the COVID-19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or have taken required mitigation measures. That's a condition of employment. Could be under Requirements. But we already have Requirements; we could add a bullet about vaccination requirement. However the instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination requirement is not EEO. It's a health requirement. Might be considered substantive. We'll include under Requirements. Also mention bi-weekly pay and direct deposit under Pay or Schedule? Pay section. Pay:

Pay

Salary placement is determined by a combination of factors, including the candidate’s years of directly related experience and education, and alignment with our internal compensation structure as set forth by the Human Resources Division’s Hiring Guidelines. For all bargaining unit positions (non-management), compensation is subject to the salary provisions outlined in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and will apply to placement within the appropriate salary range. The posted salary for this position is $47,798.66 (annual). Based on assignment, candidates may be eligible for various pay differentials.

Schedule:

Schedule

This is a full-time position with multiple shifts throughout the Berkshire MA Area. Many positions require working every weekend with two days off in the middle of the week