Direct Support Specialist - Adult Abilities Center

Job Highlights

• Shift: Various day shifts available, no weekends!
• Unit: Adult Abilities Center
• Pay: Starting at $17/hour
• Rate increases based upon years of experience
• Retention Sign-on: $750

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Job Summary & Deliverables

The Direct Support Specialist provides evidence-based practices to develop clients’ individual skills in providing supported services across life, social, and job skill areas as indicated by the person-centered support plan to meet individualized goals. The Direct Support Specialist is responsible for utilizing evidence-based practices, meeting fiscal responsibilities, and ensuring that regulatory and organizational standards are met.

Essential Functions

• Utilizes information gathered from the person-centered process to identify client strengths and weaknesses and develops collaborative goals with each client and their family for lifelong learning
• Develops client’s individual skills in providing supported services across life, social, and job skill areas
• Uses evidence-based practices to teach pre-employment and employment skills in clinical settings
• Assists clients with self-help/independence skills which can include toileting, feeding, and basic hygiene routines
• Works cohesively with treatment team to ensure the delivery of high quality support and care
• Assists with facilitating a safe and developmentally-focused environment in the center and community
• Develops data collection tools, collects data, and enters into online data collection system to document client progress
• Completes required documentation in Electronic Health System

Benefits

• Medical, dental (including orthodontics), and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with a company match
• Family Building benefits
• 401(k) with a 5% company match
• Insurance plans including life insurance, short and long-term disability, accident, critical illness, auto and home, and pet insurance
• Time off including 15 days of accrued PTO (accrual increases by one day for each year of service), 10 paid holidays, and 2 wellness days
• 10 days of Paid Parental Leave for all new parents for birth or adoption
• Volunteer paid time
• Employee Assistance Program and discounted mental health therapy
• Education Assistance including tuition, new license, specialized training, and conference reimbursement, student loan assistance, continuing education reimbursement, and paid training time.
• Ongoing in-house clinical training with Valley Academy
• Scheduling flexibility and benefits coverage for part-time, 30-hour/week status
• Career growth opportunities within Valley’s diverse clinical programs, or with our operations or administrative teams

• High School diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience providing job coaching skills to adult clients with disabilities