Client Support Worker

At McIntosh Trail Community Service Board, we offer individuals experiencing symptoms associated with mental illness, addictive disease and/or developmental disability the hope for optimal functioning and recovery by providing quality behavioral health services and supports.

Under direct supervision, assists with daily living activities at the person's home, in a daytime non- residential facility or a residential facility. Provides training of basic personal and social skills, simple academics, or work skills to consumers/students in a state school, hospital, juvenile detention facility, residence, group home, workshop, or supported employment environment.

• Assist clients with activities of daily living (ADLs) including personal hygiene, grooming, dressing, feeding, and mobility.
• Arranges for needed medical care and provides needed services to assure that medical care is obtained.
• Cares for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, and help in adjusting to new lifestyles.
• Instructs clients/residents on daily living skills in one-on-one or group instruction. May advise clients on behavioral problems, daily decision-making, and the resolution of minor problems.
• Prepares and maintains records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor.
• Provides transportation for clients/residents to appointments and activities.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

• High school diploma or GED AND any combination of training and experience, which would have enabled the applicant to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Note:
  
  Some positions require a valid Georgia's Driver's License.

• Ability to lift and transfer individuals in a safe manner. This includes proper positioning and assisting with ambulation. (manually and /or utilizing a Hoyer lift.)
• Loading and unloading individuals in a wheelchair van. Pushing individuals in wheelchairs at the center or in the community
• Sitting, standing and/or walking, pushing/pulling, handling, reaching, bending, twisting, crawling, kneeling, squatting,

climbing (ladders or stairs), overhead reaching.