Employment Skills/Direct Support Professional

1 month ago


New York, New York, United States AHRC NYC Full time
Job Title: Employment Skills/Direct Support Professional

AHRC New York City is seeking a Full-Time Employment Skills/Direct Support Professional for our Staten Island and Bronx Day Program.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Support individuals with disabilities in leading self-directed lives.
  • Enhance participant employability by instructing work behaviors and skills.
  • Drive vans to pick up and drop off individuals from home to job site and vice versa.
  • Use formal and informal methods to learn about the needs, interests, and desires of individuals.
  • Collaborate with individuals and others to plan and implement supports that build upon individual strengths, choices, and capabilities.
  • Develop and expand meaningful community opportunities.
  • Work with the supervisor on developing and implementing an effective plan and ensure compliance with OPWDD regulations, agency policies, and agency values.
  • Help build the self-esteem and assertiveness necessary to lead a self-determining life.
Qualifications:
  • Personal and/or professional experience working with individuals with disabilities is preferred.
  • Ability to communicate both orally and in written form in English.
  • Ability to establish and maintain a working relationship with program participants, families, staff, and community agencies.
  • Reasonable flexibility in work hours and ability to respond to the scheduling needs of the individual.
  • Knowledge of Home and Community-Based Waiver and the ability to keep up to date pertaining to such knowledge and interpret same.
  • Understanding of Person-Centered Planning.
  • NYS Driver's License Required.
  • High School diploma or GED is required.


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