Residence Counselor

Residential Counselor

Provides care for individuals with developmental disabilities who reside in Agency's residential program.

1. Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team and assists in evaluating and implementing goals/outcomes. Actively implements individual programs and staff action plans by following prescribed methodology. Regularly communicates and relays pertinent information to clinical team members, supervisors, co-workers and other appropriate agency personnel.

2. Based on the needs of people supported, assists with activities of daily living including but not limited to: bathing, grooming, oral hygiene, toileting and hygienic care, dressing lifting/transferring activities,

3. Ensures the well-being and care of people we support by appropriately using specialized adaptive equipment, responding to changes in conditions, participating and assisting in fire drills, etc.

4. With input from the people we support and under the direction of the management team, participates in recreational activities in the home and accompanies people to community-based activities.

5. In accordance with Precision Care procedures, enters daily data for each person based on their individualized plans (changes in behavior, responses to staff action plans. goal progress, community activity, vital signs, blood sugar readings, bowel regimen, etc.).

6. Maintains recordkeeping practices for each assigned residence in accordance with agency policies including but not limited to: cash journals, ledgers, medication counts, household logs and fire drill records. Follows appropriate protocols for tracking and replenishing of funds, conducts medication inventory, monitors personal possessions and specialized adaptive equipment etc. and notifies supervisor of any discrepancies.

7. Prepares meals for people supported by following each person's individualized diet and menu plan and cooks accordingly based on recipe. Encourages each person to participate mealtime preparations to the extent possible.

8. Maintains cleanliness and safety of the residence by performing general housekeeping duties on a daily basis such as mopping/dusting floors and surfaces, laundering individuals' clothes, changing bed linens and making beds, cleaning kitchen cabinets and appliances, as well as monitors each person's personal possessions including any adaptive equipment.

9. Administers medications and/or treatments and documents accordingly on each person's Medication Administration Record (MAR). Communicates pertinent information regarding medical and behavioral concerns to appropriate team clinical team member. If not electronically sent, ensures that the Clinic Visit Summary (CVS) accompanies the individual to his/her medical appointments.

10. Accompanies each person as needed to their medical appointments.

11. Attends, and actively participates in and successfully completes all required training sessions. Maintains certifications as needed.

12. Knows, understands and follows the DSP Code of Ethics. Meets the expectations and standards of the DSP Core Competencies.

13. Performs variety of miscellaneous duties as assigned, such as shopping for household supplies, and going to Pharmacy and Laundromat etc.

Registered Behavior Technician:

1. Assists in the use of the Functional Assessment to assess severe problem behavior.

2. Assists in the use of Skill-Based Treatment to teach communication, toleration, and cooperation in an effort to eliminate severe problem behavior.

3. Assists in the use of Universal Protocols to increase joy among clients and students, to prevent escalation to severe problem behavior, to teach clients that staff are not adversarial but rather are there for them, and to increase job satisfaction of staff.

4. Assists in the use of behavioral data systems are implemented to allow for the continual evaluation of behavior plans and the achievement of individual goals and objectives.

5. Assists in the use of regular treatment integrity checks of student programming.

6. Ensures proper implementation of empirically based teaching and behavior change procedures under the supervision of a BCBA.

7. Teaches program staff on the proper implementation of educational and clinical behavior programs and plans, data collection systems and all necessary monitoring and reporting systems.

8. Documents performance feedback, as necessary.

Essential

Physical Requirements:

1. The ability to coordinate the movement of the arms, legs, and torso together in activities where the whole…