Residential Unit Specialist

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Requisition No:867484

Agency:
Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title:

RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST -

POSITION NUMBER:

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

This posting may close before the posted closing date.

The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.

CANDIDATE POOL:
Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

This advertisement is for Unit 1 & 3 – All homes & shifts.

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click  ).

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

* Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

$34,760.00- $38,235.86 Annually $1,336.92 - $1,470.61 Bi-weekly

The Residential Unit Specialist is responsible for the direct care services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Daily and consistently implements approved and scheduled active treatment and skill acquisition programs for residents, including but not limited to activities of daily living, areas of self-care, socialization, recreation, leisure, speech, community awareness, and vocational/prevocational skills. Utilizing approved protocols and training modules to ensure residents’ safety and privacy. Provides supervision and training at worksite, working with vocational staff to maximize training and attending to residents’ self-care needs as appropriate.

Adhere closely to the residents; daily activity schedule(s). Report’s progression and lack thereof of the residents’ goals and objectives to the supervisor and suggests improvements as appropriate.

Transports and/or escorts residents to and from on-campus activities, community trips and appointments, including emergency visits to the hospital, to ensure their health, safety, and general well-being. Provides care for residents during overnight stays in medical facilities and other locales as needed to provide for the 24-hour care of each resident.

Follows approved individualized behavior support plans utilizing approved strategies. Follows occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, and other appropriate therapy as prescribed.

Implements appropriate recreation, social, and leisure activities for residents in the residential home setting, as well as away from home through center wide activities, community activities, and attending alternative leisure activities.

Performs mealtime procedures by strictly adhering to each residents’ mealtime program with the proper diet and the usage of necessary adaptive equipment. Assures that residents do not eat too fast, food is appropriately cut, and residents are properly positioned to avoid safety issues. Ensures that food is kept at the right temperature and consistency, dates and labels are accurately checked, and that food is properly stored to help avoid health and safety issues.

Review’s mealtime program information to ensure accurate implementation on an ongoing basis.

Assesses and accurately inventories…