Direct Support Professional (Day Hab)

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures safety of program volunteers while at program site, agency locations, community volunteer jobs, and all other hubs sites
• Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities at primary agency, community volunteer jobs and other hub sites
• Acts as a second staff support transporting volunteers to and from primary site and all other agency, community volunteer jobs and additional hub site locations
• Acts as liaison between the volunteer’s job site staff and program volunteers
• Prompts volunteers to interact appropriately with peers, and with all persons at primary site, and all other agencies, community volunteer jobs, and all other hub sites
• Reports volunteers’ success/satisfaction and/or problems/concerns encountered during day activities to volunteer’s Site Manager
• Appropriately completes all required documentation
• Promotes and enforces all agency philosophies, including the guiding principles/POM and CQL at primary site and all other agency, community volunteer jobs, and all other hub sites
• Safeguards program volunteers at all times and reports incidents to volunteer’s Site Manager, and/or AHRC management and/or the NYS Justice Center
• Makes sure mandatory training is attended and accompanying certifications (CPR; SCIP; AMAP) are sustained and scheduled as per required timeframes
• Performs additional related duties as requested by supervisor

Personal Outcome Measures’ Training

Required prior to completion of evaluations and assessments

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Good oral and written communication skills
• AMAP/First Aid/CPR/SCIP-R Training preferred
• Valid NYS Driver License
• Minimum one (1) year experience working with people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities preferred