Relief Staff

Overview

Starting Rate : $17 / hour

Relief Direct Care Staff is responsible to supervise individuals’ activities of daily living (ADLs), providing ongoing support, guidance, and role modeling on a consistent basis. Facilitate individual growth in the areas of personal responsibility, social skills, and community living skills. Promote community inclusion and self-advocacy.

Advocates promotes a healthy work-life balance and offers many generous perks of employment and room for advancement. We are a strong-knit community that values the ideas and contributions from our staff.

Are you ready to make a difference?

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma / GED

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support, guidance and role modeling for individuals.
• Provide individual, informal counseling with individuals to discuss concerns and develop goals as needed.
• Assist residents with home management and community activities, self-advocacy, decision-making and empowerment, following goals appropriately.
• Assist residents with all ADLs, including showering, dressing, grooming, toileting, mobility, feeding, taking medications, and Range of Motion (ROM) exercises, both in the home and in the community as needed.
• Assist with weighing program participants, take vital signs, gathers and records other data as needed.
• Assist with teaching appropriate social and independent living skills and being a positive role model
• Encourage program participants to perform tasks as independently as possible, assisting them to participate in all activities as appropriate.
• Attend and actively participate in resident, family, team and staff meetings and supervisions.
• Assist program participants with taking medications in accordance with MAP regulations.
• Accurately document observations and shift notes using computer database.
• Alert Program Management in the event of a program participant’s change in status or behavior.
• Complete all documentation and Incident Reports within program timelines.
• Ensure a clean, safe and home-like environment for clients.
• Remain alert at all times throughout scheduled work shift.
• Participate in core training and maintain current certification of required trainings (CPR / First Aid, crisis management, MAP) and maintain certification of required trainings
• Provide crisis intervention and access emergency services as needed.
• Perform physical intervention in the event of a client crisis.
• Transport individuals using Advocates vehicles, including wheelchair lift-equipped vans as well as employee’s personal vehicle as needed.

Qualifications

Advocates is committed to cultivating a diverse and welcoming community where everyone feels respected and valued. Advocates fosters a culture of inclusion that celebrates and promotes diversity along multiple dimensions, including race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, partnered status, age, national origin, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, culture, and experience.