Residential Counselor; Developmental Disabilities

Job Title

Provide individual and group support to persons served in a residential program.

Teach skills to enhance independence and quality of life. Ensure a safe, secure and clean residential environment. Assist individuals in becoming fully integrated into their communities. Teach skills to enhance independence and self-advocacy, and support choices that contribute to living a good and meaningful life. Ensure a safe, secure, and clean residential environment. Assist individuals in becoming full participants in their communities, develop and maintain friendships and strengthen family engagement and partnerships.

• Assist individuals in the home in becoming fully integrated into their communities and develop and maintain friendships.

• Assist individuals to access community-based support and resources.

• Plan recreational and social activities that promote social inclusion and the emotional well-being of individuals in support of living a good life.

• Empower and support individuals in the home to make choices, be a self-advocate, and be fully involved in making decisions in determining the directions of their supports and lives.

• Support individuals in the home with access to assistive technology and adaptive equipment as a means to augment communication, access their communities, and generally live more independently.

• Supports individual in securing, maintaining and growing in work, volunteer, and other community engagement opportunities.

• Support individuals in the home to be more independent, be self-advocates, and make choices that define the direction and their vision for living a good life.

• Encourage and support individuals and their involved families in maintaining strong partnership with staff and other interested parties.

• Provide training and support to individuals in the home. This includes rehabilitative interventions, behavioral interventions and monitoring, fire & safety regulations, appointment scheduling, money management, ADLs, grocery shopping, meal planning and cooking, household chores, use of generic resources and other related areas.

• Perform hands-on tasks in the program as required in order to facilitate implementation of support plans.

• Provide transportation, as necessary.

• Assess the physical and emotional status of individuals in the home and report changes to supervisor.

• Monitor individual funds, as needed.

• Maintain records for individuals in the home. Collect behavior and academic data and maintain progress notes. Document all information related to incidents, programs, and routine activities in a communication log.

• Procure, store, administer, document, and dispose of medication for individuals consistent with MAP requirements, funding source regulations, and Company policy.

• Communicate with and provide information to interested parties such as program nurse, case managers, and Visiting Nurses Association.

• Participate in all mandated training and staff meetings as directed by the supervisor.

• Ensure compliance with all internal and external regulatory policies, procedures, and standards.

• Ensure home safety and maintenance as necessary at all times. This includes general housekeeping, snow shoveling, and trash removal.

• Comply with all corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including safe work practices, workers' compensation, universal precautions, and exposure control.

• Complete various paperwork and logs including communication logs, community membership logs, and activity schedules.

• Provide shift coverage, as necessary in other homes/programs as assigned by supervisor.
• Function as human rights advocate. Provide physical intervention and/or First Aid in the event of behavior or medical emergency. Serve as a reporter to the Disabled Persons Protections Commission.

• Assist in developing, implementing and documenting treatment including ISP/PSTPs and clinical programs.

• Perform other related duties, as required.

• Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques

• Knowledge and use of different communication styles

• Knowledge of empowerment and self-advocacy techniques

• Knowledge of participatory…