Assistant Habilitation Specialist

7 days ago

Queens, United States WellLife Network Full time $17 - $18
Position Summary: The Assistant Habilitation Specialist assists with the operation of the classroom. We are hiring for multiple shifts Monday - Friday.

Essential Accountabilities:
  • Responsible for ensuring that all unit activities enhance and support each person’s social responsibility, independence, dignity, and continued growth.
  • Implement goals designed to maximize each participant’s level of independence, as determined by the IDT.
  • In addition to providing training in activities of daily living, the Assistant Habilitation Specialist may be required to perform these activities for individuals requiring total support. Specifically, staff may need to perform all aspects of the task (shaving, toileting, hand washing, tooth brushing, etc.).
  • Monitor participants’ progress by collecting and documenting performance data.
  • Serve as a positive role model for participants in a variety of program and community settings.
  • Provide behavioral interventions when necessary, following the least restrictive OPWDD approved techniques, required by the situation.
  • Must successfully complete and perform all techniques required in AMAP, SCIP, CPR, First Aid.
  • Implement the established activity schedule for each consumer.
  • Must have an understanding of all paperwork required and be able to complete all paperwork in the absence of the Habilitation Specialist. This may only occur with direct support from the Supervising Habilitation Specialist.
  • Ensure that the unit is clean, safe, stimulating, and appropriately decorated at all times.
  • Supervise participant’s lunch periods. Essential functions may include, but are not limited to, feeding participants, assisting in the unwrapping of food items, opening containers, and providing verbal and physical support.
  • Participate in various appointments (medical, psychiatric, etc.) for assigned participants as required.
  • Must be able to physically interact with the program individuals, negotiate the environment independently including assisting in all SCIP interventions, emergency CPR, AMAP, and/or first aid techniques and fire drills.
  • Maintain Confidentiality at all times
  • Caseload and location are subject to change.
  • Other duties as requested.

QualificationsHigh School Diploma/GED required and experience working with people with developmental disabilities preferred. Valid NYS driver’s license required for driving roles.

About WellLife Network:

ABOUT US: Since 1980, WellLife Network, has been meeting the growing challenges of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and mental illness. Our multidisciplinary approach and centralized referral process help to ensure that each person we serve receives the appropriate range of services and level of care, with an individual treatment plan, coordinated by highly competent and supportive case management professionals. In its early years, WellLife Network operated and maintained community residential facilities for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness, and provided programs of care, service, habilitation, rehabilitation, and social and recreational activities, in a home-like environment. Partnerships Make It Happen For almost four decades, WellLife Network has changed, evolved, and expanded, while remaining true to its mission of meeting the diverse needs of New York communities, businesses, and society and assisting those we serve to achieve greater personal and economic independence. WellLife Network has a long and valued tradition of working in partnership with the government, the business community, private philanthropy, and our colleagues in the nonprofit sector to offer proactive responses to society’s social and economic challenges. Since its founding, the WellLife Network culture has been marked by program growth and organizational development. A Network of Services - A Culture of Caring and Best Practices Today, with an annual operating budget of $100 million, a workforce of 1,800 staff, interns, and volunteers, and an affiliate subsidiary company, WellLife Network delivers critical services in the areas of behavioral health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, housing, co-occurring substance abuse behaviors, family support, vocational training, and care management. These services meet the pressing needs of more than 25,000 individuals and families annually, some 2,000 New Yorkers every single day. A culture of caring, best practices models, a spirit of innovation, and a commitment to measuring results and producing high returns on investment drive our work. A key element to our successful growth is our focus on technology, financial viability, and quality assurance – critical infrastructure supports that enable WellLife Network to deliver services with cost-efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability in a manner that mirrors the standards of high-performing business enterprises.

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