URBAN YOUTH

Responsibilities

• Provide on-the-job training, life skills training, and supervision to individuals with disabilities.
• Write reports, including daily logs, utilizing professional and appropriate documentation skills.
• Serve as a liaison between RTR and the community, representing a positive and proactive attitude.
• Work in cooperation with the Case Manager to implement ISP objectives.
• Communicate all related issues to the designated Case Manager.
• Maintain area in a clean, orderly condition as outlined by the Program Manager.
• Provide support in a variety of community activities.
• Serve as an appropriate role model.
• Implement all behavior plan interventions as assigned.
• Adhere to all established lines of communication, dress professionally, and maintain a positive attitude with coworkers, families, and referral agencies.
• Adhere to the schedules and routines of the individuals and the program, including the Urban Youth Collaborative Program.
• Attend weekly professional development trainings/coaching sessions.
• Attend and complete assigned college courses at Massasoit Community College, if applicable.
• Adhere to agency safety standards.
• Perform additional duties or substitute for others as required.
• Adhere to all RTR policies and procedures.
• Develop and provide all services in accordance with RTR’s philosophies, including staff and Board beliefs.

Requirements

• Successful completion and maintenance of all state and agency-mandated trainings.
• Willingness to authorize a Criminal History Background Check (CORI) and release of information concerning allegations from Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC), Department of Developmental Services (DDS), and other agencies.
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Qualifications

Language Skills

• Fluent in English with the ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals under supervision, employees of the organization, families, and members of the community.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and sit; use fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to taste or smell.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.