Life Skills Professional (PT, Dayshift-Sun / Mon)

Life Skills Professional

Part-Time : Day Shift Sun / Mon

Position Summary :

The Life Skills Specialist is responsible for collaboratively and actively assisting and supporting participants in the development of life skills, facilitating groups, and the establishment and attainment of goals identified in the individual’s Behavioral Health Treatment Plans.

Essential Duties and Functions :

• Support / assist the program participant with the development and maintenance of necessary daily living skills to live independently within their community, i.e., cooking, shopping, household chores, seeking employment and education opportunities, medication management, interpersonal relations, utilizing community resources, vocational, budgeting, banking, accessing transportation, meal preparation, etc.
• Assess program participants’ strengths, differing skills, and abilities to determine the best approach and learning style that can help increase the skill development of each program participant.
• Model appropriate social skills to help the program participant develop positive relationships, cope with interpersonal conflict, and successfully participate in social, recreational, and cultural activities in-home and while out in the community.
• Complete required documentation comprehensively and accurately, i.e., observation checks, assessments, group notes, MARs, daily shift notes (within 24 hours), mileage logs, incident reports (if applicable), and vehicle incident reports (if applicable).
• Monitor participant medication as prescribed (after completion of Medication Administration Training) and complete all corresponding documentation.
• Operate agency vehicles in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Provide emergency medical procedures as needed, including Basic First Aid, and CPR (after completion of CPR Training).
• Responsible for attending supervision, clinical meetings, monthly staff meetings, and mandatory training to remain current with best practices.
• Promotes a healthy environment for consumers and staff.
• Staff are required to stay on shift until coverage is obtained.
• To spend 90% of scheduled time in direct, face-to-face interactions with residents while consumers are awake. The Life Skills Professional should only be in the office or any other location, not directly interacting with the consumers when :

Writing shift notes

Essential Duties Addendum :

Qualifications :

Lifting Requirements :

Reporting Relationships :

Direct Supervisor : Site Supervisor

About Company :

Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision by exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations’ stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment.

Apis Services, Inc. and affiliates provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy / childbirth, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. This policy extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.

About Resources for Human Development :

Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment.

Apis Services, Inc. and affiliate’s provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy / childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.