SLS Direct Support Professional

Job Details

Job Location:

Eagle Lake Co Enrichment Services – Minturn, CO 81645

Position Type:
Part‑Time

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent experience.
• Successful completion of Certified Nursing Assistant/Aide training preferred.

• Previous experience in health care, human services, or nursing home setting preferred.

• A criminal and Motor Vehicle record which meets company standards.
• A valid Colorado Driver’s license.
• Verified legal status to work in the United States.
• Basic computer ability.

Requires concentrated visual and auditory attention; requires frequent standing and walking; lifting and transferring clients as needed, carrying, reaching, pushing, and pulling; ability to work in environments that could include changes in temperature/humidity, dust, odors, noise, etc.; ability to work with individuals with cognitive disabilities, a variety of illnesses, and medical conditions; working indoors, outdoors, and in vehicles; works around and with others, and alone;

may have to walk on slippery and/or uneven walking surfaces; expected to assist individuals receiving services with entering and exiting the vehicle, toileting, cleaning, bathing, cooking and other basic life skills.

• Respect each resident’s rights, within the program, and treat all clients with dignity and respect, at all times.
• Respond as a mandatory reporter. Report all incidents of suspected client rights violations, mistreatment, abuse, neglect or exploitation immediately according to Colorado state law and MVDS policies and procedures.
• Respect the values, opinions, preferences and choices of individuals.
• Comply immediately with all requests for information and/or face‑to‑face interviews during investigations of mistreatment, abuse, neglect or exploitation (MANE).

• Educate and encourage all individuals to make informed choices regarding their lives.
• Provide opportunities and choices for growth and development based on client interests, preferences and input.
• Ensure access to community resources based on client interests, preferences and input.
• Encourage residents to take ownership in maintaining their environment.
• Provide emotional support, social guidance and positive role modeling.

• Assist clients to maintain a safe and clean living environment.
• Provide safe transportation of persons receiving services, drive defensively and follow all traffic laws at all times.
• Follow all safety guidelines including, but not limited to, healthy lifting, transferring, and back care at all times.
• Identify and solve potential safety hazards, repair or maintenance needs or immediately report them to the In Home Services Manager.
• In case of emergency, follow the emergency plan identified for the facility; notify appropriate authorities and Mountain Valley staff as soon as possible.
• Ensure the vehicles are well‑maintained and cared for.

• Participate in the development of the Individualized Plan (IP) for each resident by participating in the biannual assessment and development of new goals.
• Provide services and implement goals in accordance with the Individualized Plan for each individual supported.
• Communicate with the Interdisciplinary Team as needs change.
• Demonstrate competence and good decision making in traumatic situations including medical emergencies, physical aggression, or other maladaptive behavior.
• Assist individual residents with physical and personal care as identified in the Individualized Plan (IP).
• Assist non‑ambulatory residents with physical transfer as necessary, including, but not limited to, pushing wheelchairs, assisting someone in standing from a seated or lying position and entering and exiting vehicles.

• Review necessary documentation at start of shift and enter necessary documentation at by the end of shift per MVDS policies and procedures.
• Read emails and respond accordingly in a timely manner.

• Communicate with the Program Manager and/or the Medical Office about observed medical, physical and emotional resident needs in a timely manner.
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