Direct Support Mentor​/Lakewood

Direct Support Mentor / Lakewood / FT / 40 – RHA Health Services, LLC

Type: Regular

We are looking for a positive and personable individual to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, mental health issues, and substance use challenges. Join our team at RHA Health Services!

• Assists people supported to identify personal outcomes that best suit his or her personal interests, cultural background, and desires for the future.
• Assists the Interdisciplinary Team in identifying supports needed for personal outcomes to be realized.
• Understands and promotes the people supported’s goals, as well as personal dignity, respect, individualism and quality of life.
• Provides opportunities for choice, and encourages people supported to make choices, and to exercise control over themselves and their environment.
• Reports all incidents of people supported abuse, neglect or exploitation immediately.
• Ensures and assists with the cleanliness of group home by completing Environmental Assessments, work orders for maintenance needs, monitoring cleanliness of company vehicles and keeping home and grounds clean.
• Supports people supported in eating, resting, dressing, bathing, grooming, toileting, playing, and working, according to each person’s abilities and interests.
• Helps people supported develop healthy personal and social habits.
• Prepares, assists and instructs people supported in food preparation and cleaning of residences and vocational program areas.
• Supports people supported in identifying and acquiring valued social roles in integrated community settings, including, but not limited to opportunities for membership in local groups, clubs, and organizations.
• Instructs and assists people supported using techniques and strategies designed to improve sensory motor and perceptual motor development, perception, memory, language, cognition, and social and emotional development.
• Works with each person receiving services to increase motivation; provides consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning, and continuous feedback to each individual for all learning activities.
• Trains people supported in self‑medication administration according to company policy.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties I will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or I am directed to perform a specific task by my supervisor. When I have questions about my responsibilities and/or my job duties, or when I see or hear things that I do not understand, I will consult my supervisor, other members of management.

• Ideal candidates for this mid-level position are patient, compassionate, nurturing and have a calming demeanor in times of stress.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Prefer experience working with IDD individuals.
• Least one year of experience working with the population served.
• Must have a valid driver’s license (this is a condition of employment) including personal vehicle insurance coverage.
• Must maintain proficiency in company-sponsored training and certifications and privileging as required.
• Maintain CPR and First Aid certification, Med Tech and NCI certifications and other core competency training that may be specified and/or required by future company regulations or service definitions of service being provided.
• Depending on service being provided must be clinically supervised by a qualified professional according to supervision requirements as specified by licensure or certification requirements of appropriate discipline or service being provided.
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from floor level. Practicing CPR skills will require you to work on your hands and knees, bending, standing and lifting.
• Must meet conditions of employment by agreeing to criminal record check, pre‑employment drug screening, healthcare registry check, and motor vehicle registry check.

• Complete criminal background.
• Name checked in the registries (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse…