Extended Support Specialist

Extended Support Specialist – UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago

Provide supportive assistance, personal care & training to consumers in their daily living, social, recreational, day services and community activities, in accordance with the goals & requirements prescribed in each consumer I.S.P. and in a manner that facilitates cross-team collaboration, cooperation and service integration across work unit, department and organizational boundaries.

Qualifications

• Certificate of Proof of Insurance and maintenance of such at minimum amount of coverage required by law.
• Possess or acquire within first ninety days of employment self-administration of medication training. Maintain certification through retraining and annual recertification as required.
• Possess or acquire within new hire training cycle First Aid and CPR certification, updating as required by licensing agency.
• Completion of Department of Human Services mandated training curriculum for DSPs in Illinois within agency designated timeline or within 120 days (whichever is less).
• Certification in Safety Care behavior intervention training within the first month of hire.

Work Schedule

Primarily, four workdays during the week for eight to ten hours per day during business/program hours, with scheduling flexibility to work variable hours as needed to effectively carry out duties and responsibilities. Acts as primary or secondary response to behavioral crisis situations.

Salary: $18.16 per hour

Location:

Chicago, IL