Job Description
Working directly as a home health and companion caregiver, you will be able to assist in a residential, group home or day program setting. Residential Coordinators provide support services and assistance to individuals in their homes or in the community. Candidates will have a desire to create lasting positive impacts on people's lives and enjoy coaching, mentoring, and encouraging others to reach their goals. The ideal candidate should have experience working with individuals with disabilities and must possess strong leadership skills.
Responsibilities Include:
- Coordination of aspects in the home like: safety, health care/nutrition, and general household operations and individual services such as: individual finances, community integration, program planning/assessment/implementation, family involvement, and education/vocational programs.
- Communicating with the Program Director, Nurse, Consumer Benefits Coordinator, Health Service Coordinator, and maintenance staff
- Assist in training, follow up, and coaching with program staff
- Carrying out responsibilities and duties of the Program Counselor during all direct care shifts
- Sincere desire to provide supports to persons with developmental disabilities
- Ability to make sound judgments
- Ability to work as a team member to maintain consistency and quality in services and exchange support, feedback, and ideas with co-workers and team members
- Flexibility in working various days, hours, sites and with various individuals
- Leadership ability