Direct Care Asst , CI Part-Time Contractual

Introduction

We at the Potomac Center/SETT facility provide quality person-centered support to adults with intellectual disabilities at our campus in Hagerstown, Maryland. Our aim is to partner with the community to help our residents achieve their goals.

The Potomac Center is a 62-bed licensed Intermediate Care Facility (ICF). This program focuses on using therapeutic interventions to empower residents as they learn the skills they need to successfully return to community living.

The Secure Evaluation and Therapeutic Treatment (SETT) Program, located within the Potomac Center campus, is a 32-bed licensed Forensic Residential Center that provides services to individuals with intellectual disabilities and court involvement within a safe and secure environment. The program provides assistance as they resolve their court involvement and work toward transitioning to a less secured environment. The SETT utilizes active treatment as well as providing evaluation, assessment and competency attainment education.

ASTD
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1380 Marshall St.
Hagerstown, MD 21740

This part-time contractual position will be responsible for the following:

• Helping each person served meet their personal outcomes
• Successfully completing all in-service training modules inclusive of classroom, demonstrated competencies and CNA related
• Full compliance with applicable policies and procedures relating to both Individual care as well as identified outcomes and measures in place in furtherance of same
• Provision of quality services in such representative areas as equipment utilization, data collection, personal hygiene, and programming
• Matching newly-acquired skills to enhance growth and development of persons served per their Individualized Plan (IP) goals
• Discharging all duties and conducting oneself at all times per all relevant Regulations, Standards, Policies and Procedures including:
  Departments of Budget and Management and Mental Health and Hygiene;
  Title 17 CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS;
  Office of Health Care Quality; ICF-;
  Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; CNA Certification/statutory requirements;
  The Mandt System; and Potomac Center/SETT

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Six months of experience in work assisting in the care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation of patients and/or clients that are aged, physically ill, have behavioral health diagnoses, or have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

• Applicants may substitute experience in patient or client direct care on a year-for-year basis for up to four years of the required education.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in Hospital Corpsman classifications or Health Care Specialist and Medical Services specialty codes in the health related field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

The desired candidate should possess the following:

• Experience completing hand written reports and documents
• Experience working with developmental or intellectually disabled populations

• Candidates for positions in this classification must possess a current certificate as a Nursing Assistant from the Maryland State Board of Nursing OR within sixty days from date of hire and prior to performing delegated nursing tasks, must have successfully completed a Board of Nursing approved Nursing Assistant training program and received certification as a Nursing Assistant from the Board of Nursing.
• Employees in this classification located in facilities that provide long term care for the aged may be required to possess or obtain a Geriatric Aide certificate.
• Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.
• Some employees in this classification may be required to operate vans which require a specific motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.
• Employees in this classification may be required to successfully complete training in and maintain current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification.

• Employees in this classification must have successfully completed a direct care training course or…