Residential Assistant - Keystone (Weekend)

Job Summary

Residential Assistant - Keystone (Weekend)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend to the personal needs of residents in a respectful and caring manner.
• Assist with residents’ personal hygiene needs including, but not limited to toileting, bathing, dressing, incidents of incontinence, and changing bedding if necessary.
• Ensure residents are appropriately groomed by following individual service plan (ISP) goals and recommended prompting levels.
• Assist and support residents with daily chores including changing sheets and doing laundry.
• Be familiar with the residents’ Individual Program Plan (IPP) objectives and ensure the plan is followed, participating with prompts/actions when required. Write progress reports on ISP objectives on a daily basis.
• Administer medications to residents, following the medication administration policy. Report discrepancies to the Registered Nurse (RN) and Residential Programs Manager immediately.
• Report all pertinent information regarding client care to the RN and Residential Programs Manager as appropriate. Document all pertinent information using the client data collection book and staff communication log.
• Interact with the residents when on the premises or during community outings (medical appointments or social outings).
• Follow staff assignment schedule, ensure you complete all tasks for your assigned clients.
• Follow posted cleaning schedule to ensure that all common areas of the home are clean and well-maintained.
• Perform household tasks as assigned, including but not limited to: completing food service tasks, laundry, etc.
• Transport residents in a 12-15 passenger van to social activities and medical appointments.
• Attend all in-service trainings as required by the licensing and the Residential Programs Manager.

Qualifications

• N/A
• Two years’ direct service with special needs population or experience working in a Long-Term Care facility. May substitute CNA or EMT certification in lieu of experience.
• Successfully pass a reading, writing, and English comprehension test.
• Basic knowledge of residential home operations.
• Ability to recognize and respond to Universal Safety signs.
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to comprehend directions regarding work to be performed and safety guidelines to be followed.
• Maintain a professional image while on duty by following ECF’s dress code.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information.

Requirements

• To encourage family style dining, all staff must eat with the clients during regular mealtimes. Additionally, staff must eat the same food as the clients (except for medical reasons, allergies, etc.).
• Staff may only eat at scheduled mealtimes and may not prepare snacks, etc., for personal consumption outside of their mealtime.
• When a field trip/outing falls at mealtime, staff will be given $7.00 for the cost of food; any additional cost must be paid by the staff. Staff also have the choice of preparing and taking food from the facility for consumption during a field trip/outing.
• When the field trip/outing falls outside of the mealtime, staff may not use the facility money to purchase snacks/drinks. They may take a personal drink from the facility.
• This is a 24-hour licensed residential home and as such does not allow for closure during various holidays. Therefore, employees who cannot be excused from their duties on a fixed holiday will be granted another day off during the same or following work week, at a mutually convenient time arranged between the employee and the supervisor OR the employee will be paid their straight-time rate of pay for hours actually worked on the holiday plus the regular holiday pay for the day. Employees are expected to work their regular shift during the holidays unless other arrangements have been made.
• Licensing regulations do not allow unauthorized persons on the premises. Accordingly, staff may not have visitors/guests; this includes overnight visitors/guests.
• On-duty staff must stay on the premises and be available in the event a consumer(s) requires assistance.
• Personal phone calls should not be made during regular work hours. In the event a personal emergency arises, and a personal call needs to be made, the call-waiting feature on the telephone must be utilized. Additionally, ECF must be reimbursed for all personal toll calls.
• Obtain and maintain First Aid, CPR, and NCI certifications.
• Obtain and maintain medication administration certification.
• Driving is an essential function of this position. Proof of valid California driver’s license, reliable transportation, evidence of state-mandated car insurance, and insurable driving record are required. While driving for work, should a need arise, the employee’s insurance is deemed primary and ECF’s coverage is secondary.
• Pre-employment physical, initially and annually thereafter.
• Provide evidence of a negative TB test, initially and every three years thereafter.

Work Environment

ICF/DDH and ICF/DDN licensed group homes for adults with varying degrees of developmental and physical disabilities. Employee may encounter consumers who are in crisis, exhibiting emotional/psychological distress or behaving in an aggressive manner. Environment may include frequent interruptions, loud noise, varying indoor temperature, and drafts. Exposure to varying weather conditions when driving to meetings, appointments, etc.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to implement NCI, First Aid, and CPR.
• Capable of moving and transferring a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Ability to assist with transferring a resident to and from wheelchair (pushing, pulling, lifting up to 50lbs. with assistance).
• Sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, kneeling, crouching, reaching, lifting, carrying, use of both hands and repetitive motion will be required in performance of the job duties.
• Reach with hands and arms and use hands and fingers to handle objects, tools, operate a copy machine, fax machine, printer, computers, and/or other devices.
• Safely operate a 12-15-passenger van to transport residents to various appointments, purchase groceries etc.

Pay Range

$20.00 Hourly to $20.00 Hourly