Supportive Living Companion - Vilonia

general description of position

the supportive living companion works under immediate supervision, provides individually tailored services and activities within the consumer's home and community; ensures services are delivered as designed to assist in acquiring, retaining, and improving the consumer's self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills and activities that relate directly to active treatment, goals, and objectives; reports incidents to appropriate contact(s); completes activity logs that occur during the work time frame as linked to the person centered plan objectives;

provides other documents as required; and maintains compliance with required personnel documents.

• 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 individual 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.
• for any change affecting the individual, reports, as applicable, any change affecting the individual receiving services.
• if necessary, ensures the consumer is reminded when it is necessary to take and/or refill medication.
• completes and provides documents as required.
• meets initial and on-going annual training requirements.
• maintains compliance with required personnel documents.
• perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

the supportive living companion works under immediate supervision, provides individually tailored services and activities within the consumer's home and community; ensures services are delivered as designed to assist in acquiring, retaining, and improving the consumer's self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills and activities that relate directly to active treatment, goals, and objectives; reports incidents to appropriate contact(s); completes activity logs that occur during the work time frame as linked to the person centered plan objectives;

provides other documents as required; and maintains compliance with required personnel documents.

• 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 individual 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.
• for any change affecting the individual, reports, as applicable, any change affecting the individual receiving services.
• if necessary, ensures the consumer is reminded when it is necessary to take and/or refill medication.
• completes and provides documents as required.
• meets initial and on-going annual training requirements.
• maintains compliance with required personnel documents.
• perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

• 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 individual 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.
• for any change affecting the individual, reports, as applicable, any change affecting the individual receiving services.
• if necessary, ensures the consumer is reminded when it is necessary to take and/or refill medication.
• completes and provides documents as required.
• meets initial and on-going annual training requirements.
• maintains compliance with required personnel documents.
• perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

• 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.

additionally, all supported living companions hired after 11/01/07 must…