Supportive Living Companion

About the role

The Supportive Living Companion works under immediate supervision, providing individually tailored services and activities within the consumer's home and community. They ensure these services are delivered as designed to assist in acquiring, retaining, and improving the consumer's self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills, aligning with active treatment, goals, and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provides services and activities to the consumer within their home and community as determined by goals and objectives in a person-centered plan.
• Trains and supports individuals in independent living skills, home management skills, cooking, cleaning, socialization, including supported employment in the community, and other identified skills needed to foster independence.
• Follows procedures within 24 hours for incidents identified according to Department of Human Services policy.
• Completes activity logs that occur during the work time frame as identified within the person-centered plan objectives.
• If necessary, ensures the consumer is reminded when it is necessary to take and/or refill medication.
• Completes and provides documents as required.
• Maintains compliance with required personnel documents.
• Meets initial and ongoing annual training requirements.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• One (1) year of relevant, supervised work experience with public health, human services, or other community service agency; or two (2) years' verifiable successful experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
• CNA Certification or Medical Assistant certification will qualify for a special entry rate.
• All Supported Living Companions hired after 11/01/07 must have:
• The ability to understand written activity plans, execute instructions, and document services delivered.
• The ability to communicate effectively with consumers.
• The ability to access emergency service systems.
• The ability to access transportation services required as appropriate.
• To have satisfactorily passed a criminal background check, and adult and child maltreatment registry checks.
• Criminal background and adult maltreatment checks must be repeated every five (5) years, and child maltreatment checks must be repeated every two (2) years.
• To have completed a drug screen prior to employment in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• MUST BE ABLE TO PASS APPLICABLE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DRUG SCREEN.

Skills

• The ability to understand written activity plans, execute instructions, and document services delivered.
• The ability to communicate effectively with consumers.
• The ability to access emergency service systems.
• The ability to access transportation services required as appropriate.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$12.66 - $13.16 per hour

Schedule

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 8:00PM-4:00PM