Spanish Speaking Caregiver ( Solano

Spanish Speaking Caregiver (Solano County)

At A Bright Future, Inc., we strive each day to ensure that our company's goals, values, and beliefs are to provide top-notch service to our clients as well as our employees. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We provide consistent leadership and on-the-job training to assist our employees with personal and career growth and development.

Description: Community Living Instructors provide necessary instruction to participants as well as to assist them with maintaining their independence and safety in the community.

What we offer:

• Paid comprehensive initial and ongoing training program of 40 hours consisting of classroom training, online training, and job shadowing/observation
• Paid Sick/Leave Time
• Opportunities for career advancement
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and life insurance for qualifying full-time employees who work at least 30 hours per week or more
• Comprehensive training including in-field observations, coaching, and ongoing monthly training.
• Mileage reimbursement and paid drive time.
• Paid time off.
• Regular social events, sporting events, and company-sponsored volunteer activities

Qualifications:

• An appropriate combination of experience and education may be substituted for some part of the qualifications.
• Some evidence of competency in training areas we teach.
• Reliable and safe transportation and auto insurance.

Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be vaccinated and boosted for COVID 19
• Must have a driver's license and clean DMV record
• CPR and First Aid training, or willingness to be trained within 30 days of employment.
• TB clearance within 30 days of employment.
• Department of Justice fingerprint clearance (prior to employment).
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug screening (prior to employment).
• IHSS provider certification in the county(s) of placement within 30 days of employment.
• Prefer behavioral training, knowledge of Regional Center System servicing developmentally disabled.
• Referrals from previous employment necessary.
• Willingness to update any and all personnel certifications, clearances, and reports as required by agency policy or licensing/Regional Center Requirements.

Duties:

• Directly deliver individual and group learning experiences to assist each participant served in obtaining his/her IPP objective for which A Bright Future is responsible.
• Participate in participant assessment, planning, and evaluation processes.
• Prepare teaching material for Independent Living Skills Training and Support Service sessions.
• Schedule participant session time and programming according to their Individual Service Plan and the Training domains.
• See Individual participants in their home to train, teach, and provide support in: money management, nutrition, cooking, comparison shopping, emergency procedures, community education, medical procedures, counseling, and crisis intervention, and housing.
• Provided training in rations determined by current vendorization, and in accordance with the least restrictive environment philosophy (1:1 staff; client ratio, unless otherwise specified)
• Coordinate participant training programs with other programs with which they are involved.
• Keep participant files up to date at the home of the participant.
• Assist participant in coordinating with other programs, services, and benefit systems, such as Social Security, AFDC, WIC, Food Stamps, counseling, Planned Parenthood, etc.
• Attend monthly staff meetings, and monthly individual meetings with supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to talk and hear; regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach within arm’s length; lift and move objects weighing up to 40 pounds; possess visual acuity; and possibly drive during their assigned work shift.

A Bright Future, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are a federal contractor or subcontractor and have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities.