Direct Care Staff/Caregiver Mornings & Evenings

Reports to

Lead House Service Coordinator

Starting Pay

$18.50

Position Summary

Under the direct supervision of the House Service Coordinator (HSC) and QIDP, the Residential Aide shall be responsible for providing direct supervision of consumers, participating in and executing activities of daily living and active treatment in the houses, engaging consumers by using various levels of prompting techniques, encouraging consumer participation in all aspects of programming, supervising consumers ongoing throughout the shift, and participating in pool/Jacuzzi activities (as assigned), various other duties as listed below.

*Please be advised that you may be reassigned, during your shift, to another house or to accompany a client to the hospital.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide training, teaching, and direct supervision of consumers.
• Assist and positively interact with consumers in a home setting with training/acquiring skills in the following areas: grooming/hygiene and self-care including feeding and toilet training; fine motor skills; gross motor skills; sensory exploration including tactile, auditory, oral-motor.
• Learn and implement all consumers’ behavioral intervention plans.
• Learn the diets for the house and each consumers’ special dietary needs using cooking equipment and preparing meals following the dietician’s guidelines for proper food safety protocols.
• Assist with behavioral problems as they arise with any consumer as appropriate.
• Complete delegated nursing tasks in accordance with nursing protocols, specified training, and regulatory requirements; to include: medication passing, g-tube feeding and catheters’ maintenance.
• Learn and assist in reinforcing consumers’ orientation and mobility training.
• Assist consumers when needed, even if they are not your assigned consumer.
• Know duties and assignments for the shift’s activities.
• Ensure all required documentation and Incident Reports are completed within TLC prot...