Direct Care Support; PRN

To assist adults with developmental and/or physical disabilities with their identified interests and needs which maintain or increase adaptive capabilities, independence, personal health and hygiene, or integration and participation in the community.

• Familiarize self with client rights and ensure those rights are maintained at all times through appropriate verbal and physical interactions.
• Implement activities as directed in the Person Centered Support Plan relative to the Adult Day Services, including social and recreational activities, life skills training, community inclusion, environmental awareness/stimulation, work readiness (prevocational) activities, and mobility training.
• Assist clients with activities of daily living such as toileting, feeding, dressing and hygiene activities using appropriate lifting and transferring techniques when needed.
• Observe and promote client health and safety status and communicate information to appropriate personnel and/or support persons.
• Administer medications and perform procedures necessary for client physical wellbeing under the direction and supervision of the nurse.
• Participate in Person Centered Support Plan (PCSP) meetings, staff meetings, therapy treatment plan review meetings, and other meetings as directed by the Floor Manager or Director.
• Communicate pertinent information about client to members of their support team.
• Support client behavior and community integration in a manner consistent with the client’s Person Centered Support Plan and Behavior Support Plan.
• Accompany and assist client during community recreational or prevocational outings.
• Represent CPRF with professionalism and advocate for client while in the community.
• Complete daily paperwork and necessary documentation relative to client participation in Adult Day Services activities.
• Maintain documentation essential to agency operations (i.e. attendance sheets, time cards, bus records, etc.).
• Perform other duties as directed by Floor Manager or Director.

• Education:High School Diploma or equivalency
• Experience:One or more years experience in personal care and with a variety of physical/developmental disabilities. CAN certification and experience preferred.
• Skills: Familiarity with computer; CPR and First Aid certified.
• Supervisory Responsibilities
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  None
• Typical Physical Demands: Requires sitting, standing, bending, and reaching. May frequently lift up to 50 pounds. Must be able to lift and transfer client using safety precautions. Must be able to use mechanical lifts. Bending and lifting is often required. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate machines such as computers, telephone, and cooking appliances. Requires normal range of hearing and vision.
  
  Must be physically able to evacuate clients in the event of an emergency.
• Typical Mental Demands
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  Requires creativity to analyze methods and procedures to compare client program status to PCSP goals. Personal maturity and sensitivity is an important attribute. Must be able to organize time well. Must be able to exercise good judgment and discretion in handling confidential information.
  Requires adherences to CPRF values regarding diversity and inclusion.
  Requires appropriate handling of diverse work problems on a daily basis.
  Requires personal maturity and sensitivity regarding diversity/inclusion issues
• Working Conditions:Rarely more than 40 hours per week. Multiple activity environment – may be noisy at times.

CPRF provides Kansans with disabilities of all ages the customized services, support, and technology they need to meet their personal and economic independence goals.

Over the last 50 years, CPRF has evolved from a grassroots organization into a recognized leader in the community. We are focused on improving the day-to-day lives of people with disabilities and work to eliminate independence barriers in the home, workplace, and community.