Independent Living Skills Trainer; ILST Job Town of Canandaigua New York USA,Healthcare

Independent Living Skills Trainer (ILST)

Location: Happiness House – Community Based

Pay Rate: $28.00 per each billable hour

Employment: Part Time/Itinerant Position (20 hours per week). Monday through Friday – variable days and hours based on participant needs. Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Minimum Qualifications

Licensed Master Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or Doctorate or Master of Social Work, or Doctorate or Master of Psychology, or Licensed Physical Therapist, or Registered Professional Nurse, or Certified Teacher of Students with Disabilities, or Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, or Licensed Speech Pathologist, or Licensed Occupational Therapist, or Master of Gerontology AND a minimum of one (1) year experience completing functional based assessments of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, developing comprehensive treatment plans, and teaching individuals with TBI to be more functionally independent.

Or Bachelor’s Degree with three (3) years of experience completing functional based assessments of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, developing comprehensive treatment plans, and teaching individuals with TBI to be more functionally independent.

Or Associate’s Degree with five (5) years of experience completing functional based assessments of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, developing comprehensive treatment plans, and teaching individuals with TBI to be more functionally independent.

Knowledge of community resources and means of accessing services.

NYS driver’s license.

Experience working with individuals with traumatic brain injury providing functionally based assessments and independent living skills training preferred.

Basic reasoning and writing skills.

Competency Requirements

Communication Proficiency

Customer/Individual Focus

Ethical Practice

Self-motivation and initiative skills

Responsibilities include:

Imparts agency philosophy of “Equal Opportunity, Independence and Realization of Individual Potential” to clients, families, program staff and community resources.

Maintains confidentiality of information relating to individuals and their families in accordance with agency policy.

Provides training to program participants to help them acquire skills, which will enable these individuals to function in more independent living situations.

Provide functional assessments of wide variety of life skills and provide appropriate feedback to program participants with regard to strengths, areas to develop and barriers to independence.

Work collaboratively with Service Coordinators to manage the care of the consumers on your caseload. This includes but is not limited to: advocating for consumer, accessing affordable safe housing, and promote team approach to service delivery.

Use creative problem solving to help participants to overcome barriers to independence.

Develop appropriate service plan goals and objectives to help consumers reach their goals.

Advocate for person centered planning for program participants.

Provides assistance and training to program participants to help them develop necessary problem-solving skills, which will help them to better function in their community living situation.

Accompany program participants to locations in the community to help them learn how to access and utilize community resources, including health and safety resources.

Assists program participants with accessing recreational and social activities, thus enabling them to utilize their leisure time appropriately.

Act as a role model for program participants by interacting with people in a manner which will assist these individuals in developing behaviors…