Lead Habilitation Services Assistant (Day Hab)

Overview

Works with HSC to ensure meaningful community related opportunities for the volunteers as well as ensure all required documentation is appropriately completed and maintained.  Transports volunteers to volunteer job opportunity locations or other community outreach based activities.

This position embraces diversity in all its forms and strives to create an inclusive, welcoming environment where every individual feels valued. They demonstrate cultural awareness and actively support a culture of equity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety of program volunteers while at program site and during community based activities.
• Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities.
• Assumes responsibility of overseeing overall functioning of site in the absence of HSC including supervising HSA’s.
• Works with HSC scheduling all program activities and volunteer opportunities.
• Works with HSC to maintain accurate written records as needed.
• Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities and to interact appropriately with peers and with persons in the community.
• Assists HSC in maintaining communication with parents/correspondents, advocates and/MSC of volunteers regarding progress, problems and all pertinent information that needs to be disseminated.
• Acts a liaison between voluntary job site staff and program volunteers.
• Reports volunteers success/satisfaction and/or problems/concerns encountered during day activities to volunteer’s HSC.
• Ensures protection of volunteer’s from neglect/abuse during program hours. Reports incidents to administration in a timely fashion.
• To promote and reinforce all agency philosophies including the guiding principles.
• Required to successfully complete and maintain all mandated trainings/certifications as determined by the needs of program volunteers/site.
• Performs additional duties as requested by supervisor.

Personal outcome measures’ training is required prior to completion of evaluations and assessments.

Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee. Responsibilities and tasks may evolve or change at the discretion of the organization.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Good oral and written communication skills. 
• A valid NYS Driver's license and needs to be and remain a qualified driver
• AMAP/First Aid/CPR/SCIP-R Training preferred
• Minimum 6 months experience working with people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities but 1 year is preferred

Physical Aspects: May include, but are not limited to, lifting and transferring of an adult volunteer.

Transportation/Driving as needed, inclusive of wheelchair vehicle/lockdowns

Responsibilities

- Ensure safety of program volunteers while at program site and during community based activities.
- Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities.
- Assumes responsibility of overseeing overall functioning of site in the absence of HSC including supervising HSA’s.
- Works with HSC scheduling all program activities and volunteer opportunities.
- Works with HSC to maintain accurate written records as needed.
- Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities and to interact appropriately with peers and with persons in the community.
- Assists HSC in maintaining communication with parents/correspondents, advocates and/MSC of volunteers regarding progress, problems and all pertinent information that needs to be disseminated.
- Acts a liaison between voluntary job site staff and program volunteers.
- Reports volunteers success/satisfaction and/or problems/concerns encountered during day activities to volunteer’s HSC.
- Ensures protection of volunteer’s from neglect/abuse during program hours. Reports incidents to administration in a timely fashion.
- To promote and reinforce all agency philosophies including the guiding principles.
- Required to successfully complete and maintain all mandated trainings/certifications as determined by the needs of program volunteers/site.
- Performs additional duties as requested by supervisor.
Personal outcome measures’ training is required prior to completion of evaluations and assessments.
 
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee. Responsibilities and tasks may evolve or change at the discretion of the organization.