Family Support Caregiver Part-time

Community Living Direct Support Professional

Pro Berco is recruiting for Community Living Direct Support Professionals to join our team! Pro Berco is excited to offer a $2,000.00 New Hire Sign-On Bonus. Salary starting at $17.00 hourly, now offering shift differentials! Competitive benefits include paid holidays, health and prescription benefits, company paid dental and vision benefits, company paid life insurance, 401k enrollment, and PTO and sick time available after 90 days.

About Pro Berco

Pro Berco's employees have been making a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities for 49 years. Our mission is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities and their families by providing innovative community participation, community living, and employment supports. Our corporate culture is based on the principles of accountability, communication, and trust. The values of compassion, dignity and respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and justice, innovation, inspiration, aspiration, and teamwork form the foundation for our code of conduct.

Our program activities are carried out on-site at multiple locations throughout Berks County.

Position Summary

This hourly position will provide in-home, recreational, and habilitative services to individuals residing with their families or independently in the community. Hours of work will vary, depending on the needs of the service recipients. This position will be responsible to implement outcomes, follow the policies and procedures of Pro Berco, and cooperating with the specific requirements of each service recipient and/or their representative.

This position will, at all times, demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and compassion while fulfilling the mission of Pro Berco.

Requirements

Minimum requirements include a high school education and a demonstrated ability to support adults with special needs in a community setting. A PA Driver's license is required. Experience implementing outcomes and experience with documentation is also required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide scheduled services in community settings and/or the service recipient's home. Services may include skill development in activities of daily living, educational skill development or maintenance, communication skill development, sensory/motor skill development, adaptive behavior skill development, social skill development or maintenance, recreational activities, and/or transportation to required appointments and activities. Services will be provided in a supportive, caring, and safe manner and individual needs and differences will be respected.

Independence and growth will be promoted. Follow each service recipient's ISP as written. Attend to physical needs as required for each service recipient, including those requiring specialized training or procedures.

Competencies

Maintain confidentiality. Communicate effectively with all team members as well as with those serviced by the corporation. Exhibit objectivity and openness to other points of view. Adapt to changes in the work environment, change method of approach to fit the situation. Manage time effectively. Ask for assistance when necessary.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee may be required to lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Safety precautions are observed in order to reduce incidents of risk factors for typical office environment which are adequately lighted, heated and ventilated.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception. This job will primarily be performed inside under typical homelike conditions. The employee will occasionally perform the duties of this job outside in typical seasonal weather conditions. The employee will occasionally perform the duties of this job in an office setting and in other community resource settings such as restaurants and movie theaters.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The employee will frequently perform the duties of this job in a car.

Pro Berco is an Equal Opportunity Employer