DIRECT CARE 2 - L. Knife

Job Details

Job Location: Marshfield, Ma - Marshfield, MA 02050, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $20.00 - $20.00 Hourly, RTR is offering a $2,500 Sign on Bonus to all New Full Time Hires!

Provide direct job support training to individuals with disabilities at our L. Knife & Sons community-based employment setting. Responsibilities also include working in the vocational centers, other supported employment sites and with individual job placements as needed. This position works in conjunction with the Program Director, Case Management and Marketing Department to promote an individual’s readiness for community-based employment and performs related activities relative to vocational rehabilitation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Possess strong supervisory skills and experience in fast paced manufacturing settings while meeting all of RTR and host company training requirements and safety standards.
• Provide on-the-job training and supervision to individuals in a 1:1 or group format at the L. Knife & Sons community-based business, other supportive employment sites and RTR vocational centers. Any of these sites, including SEP community sites businesses, may be equipped with surveillance cameras and you may be videotaped during your time there.
• Provide written job assessments, task analysis and daily completion of L. Knife & Sons invoice form. When applicable perform daily completion of vocational center payroll sheets.
• Prepare reports in accordance with state and agency requirements.
• Work in cooperation with the Program Director and Case Worker/Manager to establish and implement vocational and behavioral objectives.
• Communicate all related worker issues to Program Director and Case Worker/Managers.
• Serve as a liaison between RTR, families, referral agencies and host companies representing a positive and pro-active attitude at all times while meeting the workflow requirements set by the company.
• Serve as an appropriate role model for individuals under supervision establishing behavioral limits in a positive consistent manner and in accordance with behavioral plans.
• Implement all behavior plan interventions as assigned. These behavioral interventions may include physical restraint.
• Provide transportation to host companies as needed.
• Adhere to all applicable procedures for each host company.
• Assist and support individuals as needed with physical direct care. May include: physical or mechanical transfer to a van, chair, toileting, etc.
• Attend all required meetings.
• Adhere to all program routines and schedules.
• Participate in on-the-job training and provide coaching to new co-workers as directed.
• Adhere to the schedules and needs of RTR, the schedules and needs of individuals under supervision and the schedules and needs of customers/host companies.
• Dress in a manner that reflects the corporate culture of the specific business in which the individual or individuals are placed.
• Adhere to agency safety standards.
• Perform additional duties, or substitute for others as required. Additional duties may include but are not limited to clearing snow and ice from walkways, vehicles, parking lots, and roads using equipment like shovels and snow blowers while applying deicing agents to ensure safety.
• Adhere to all RTR policies and procedures.
• Develop and provide all services in accordance with RTR’s philosophies including staff and Board beliefs.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Successful completion of all state and agency mandated trainings.
• Must be willing 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, and other agencies.
• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Must be fluent in English and have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 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 essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. Ability to perform in a diverse working environment in temperature, sound and smell. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job 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.