Summer Program ; Greenwood

Summer Program Staff

Department:
Attendant Care

Created: 1/23/2023

Reports to:

Program Director

Revised: 9/20/2024

FLSA Status:
Non-exempt

EEO - 1:
Service Workers

Position Type:
Part Time, seasonal/temporary

Travel:
Regular travel within service area is required.

Work Hours:

Work hours vary by program location

Positions Supervised:
None

The Summer Program Staff position supports the summer program by providing quality one to one direct support and supervision to agency clients, with the intent to assist individuals in developing social and behavioral skills for successful functioning, attending, and succeeding in educational endeavors, and preventing or reducing out-of-home placements and hospitalizations.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provides direct psychosocial group services to child clients, up to the age of 18 years of age, in an effort to teach individuals to develop appropriate behaviors and personal attitudes for successful functioning at home, school, and in the community. Services will focus on skill-building related to communication skills, self-esteem, anger management, and emotions.
• Monitors all clients in the group of approximately twenty children for appropriate behavior and safety, with close guidance and supervision to the approximately four clients assigned specifically to his or her care.
• Assists program staff in facilitating weekly trips to off-site locations.
• May transport individuals to and/or from various locations as required by specific work assignment.
• Designs, prepares, and leads the program curriculum for a specific developmental skill to be taught to the children during one week of the program.
• Attends and participates in weekly and as-needed supervision and training meetings.
• Maintains accurate and complete records of all client services, as defined by state licensing agencies, funding agencies, and Cross Winds standards and requirements. Submits daily appointment sheets, progress notes, treatment plans, client status reports, timesheets, and all work-related paperwork in a timely manner and in acceptable format as determined by agency requirements. assignment.
• Possesses the ability to drive to locations within agency’s multi-county service area to provide services to clients. Staff will have reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, current vehicle insurance, and a motor vehicle record with no more than two moving violations in the last three years and no violations deemed as Type A, which include driving under the influence and driving while license is suspended or revoked.
• Motivates program clients to achieve and improve individual social skills by creating a positive model for them to emulate.
• Observes and actively supports agency policies.
• Establishes and maintains a positive working relationship and professional demeanor with clients, external community partners, Cross Winds staff members, and visitors.

This job operates in a community setting, as well as in a professional office setting. This position primarily works with clients in a group setting and within the agency’s residential facilities. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; handle objects; grasp and reach for items with hands and arms;

manipulate hands and fingers; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. The employee is required to become certified in Managing Aggressive Behaviors (MAB), which includes training in proper restraint/physical intervention techniques to be utilized as a last resort. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color…