Residential Habilitation Aide

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for fun, reliable, compassionate individuals to assist in caring for individuals with disabilities!

At Phoenix Management we strive to provide the best care for the individuals within our company. As a DSP you would be in charge of helping individuals better themselves by learning basic living skills. Below is a list of basic job duties.

• Assist with Daily hygiene including : Grooming, bathing, shaving, tooth brushing, hair care, toileting, and maintaining hygiene. This includes making sure individuals are dressed appropriately
• Eating, serving meals, preparation of meals, appropriate table manners, and cleanup.
• Reporting individual changes to appropriate staff.
• Assures individuals are provided with appropriate transportation.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and sanitary environment, including : Protecting individuals from physical, verbal, or mental abuse. Awareness of individuals’ whereabouts at all times. Notifying appropriate staff of safety hazards.
• Being familiar with emergency evacuation procedures, as well as, being familiar with emergency first aid procedures and assists medical staff as necessary.
• Completes training to include orientation training and ongoing training as outlined in state and federal rule and Phoenix Management policies.
• Maintains training certification as outlined in the training policy, including : Attendance at required in-services training and staff meetings. It is required to attend and take part in all staff meetings and other meetings assigned by the Program Coordinator or the Administrator / Administrative Designee.
• Obtains and maintains a working knowledge of the Residential Habilitation regulations.
• Models appropriate behavior to other staff and individuals.
• Receives and maintains training in SAMS, to include making consistent and accurate medication passes.
• Follow policy and procedure on infection control.
• Communicates daily at change of shift to assure communication concerning individual’s moods, behaviors, appointments, health, or any other significant information.
• Completion of Individual Activity logs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Responsible for notifying supervisors of behaviors, unknown injury (Administrator notification), individual to individual contact (Administrator notification), abuse, mistreatment, and neglect (Administrator notification).
• Communicates professionally and effectively with all community, state, and federal organizations or business contacts involved with the Residential Habilitation.
• Ensures all individuals attend scheduled meetings within the community.
• Treats all employees and individuals with dignity and respect.
• Any other reasonable duty assigned to you either verbally or in writing by the Program Coordinator, Administrator, or Phoenix Management.

Job Types : Full-time, Part-time

Pay : From $14.00 DOE

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