House Assistant

Direct Support Professional – Adult Services

This role participates in the direct care and plan implementation for clients, as prescribed by physician and treatment teams. They provide supervision, safety and crisis management for the client population; complete documentation of client behavior and participation in programming; adhere to the scheduled activities; role model positive, mature behavior; utilize proactive behavioral strategies to minimize client crisis and maximize success.

Community Living Coach – House Assistant

This position is designated in each adult group home. It is still in ratio and performs regular DSP duties, but has additional administrative responsibilities to support the Program Operations Manager with monthly paperwork needed for licensing, budgeting, waiver notes, and other reporting requirements.

Health, Safety and Wellness of Clients

• Ensures medications are delivered accurately and on time.
• Provides for the well‑being and safety of clients.
• Supports client health and hygiene.
• Utilizes infection control procedures.
• Reports serious incidents, participates in reviews and implements follow‑up measures, as applicable.

Individual Plan Implementation

• Knows the SNAP (strengths, needs, abilities and preferences), goals/objectives/outcomes and treatment strategies from the current Plans (Treatment Plan, IEP, ISP) of assigned clients.
• Promotes clients’ achievement of behavioral goals by implementing the behavior strategies and teaching alternative behaviors, as indicated in the Treatment Plan/IEP/ISP.
• Actively instructs assigned clients so they can achieve education/residential goals and objectives or r outcomes.
• Collects and documents behavioral and instructional data, accurately and reliably.
• Documents services delivered, accurately and in a timely manner.
• Maintains a high level of engagement with and monitoring of clients. Implements planned activities throughout the work day.

Provides a Supportive and Solution–Focused Environment

• Builds trusting, respectful relationships with clients and helps clients do the same.
• Demonstrates knowledge about the symptoms and supports associated with diagnoses of assigned clients and a trauma‑informed care approach.
• Manages behavioral crisis safely.
• Collaborates with the Treatment Team to provide continuity of support and care, by communicating and contributing to team discussions and decisions.
• Exhibits exemplary customer service with guardians, agency personnel and visitors.

Site Management – Housekeeping, Nutrition, Transportation, Finances

• Ensures a safe residence / classroom environment.
• Assures a clean and organized residence/classroom.
• Promotes good nutrition and, in group homes, assists with meal preparation.
• Provides transportation / community mobility.
• Assists with purchases and is accountable for program and client money, as applicable.

Teamwork and Commitment to the Mission, Values and Vision of Grafton

• Demonstrates knowledge of organization.
• Demonstrates the core values of personal integrity and accountability.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Additional

Job Duties

• Acts as primary administrative contact for House Manager and prepares paperwork needed to support operations of group home.
• Manages the completion and implementation of activity schedules within the home.
• Ensures new employee training protocol is followed.
• Manages the ordering of protective equipment and supplies needed in the home.
• Manages the completion of the weekly medication inventory.
• Completes qualitative documentation audits and ECR audits and follows through with employees’ accountability to completion of paperwork.
• Completes and collects household paperwork and submits to proper recipient; this includes van logs, fire drill records, MARS, receipts and any other administrative items.
• Assists with purchases and is accountable for monies; ensures all receipts are turned in promptly.
• Communicates with appropriate personnel any areas requiring attention, repair, etc.
• Other administrative duties as assigned by House Manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• Demonstrates moderate computer skills - how to…