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SalarySUMMARY: Provides attendant care for persons with disabilities in the consumer’s home or community by performing the following duties.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
- All duties must be carried out in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws. All activities must reflect the Independent Living Philosophy.
- The attendant will abide by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- The attendant will comply with the policies and procedures established by Disability Options Network in the Employee Handbook.
- The attendant will perform services in the consumer control manner whenever they are related in the consumer’s service plan. This means that the attendant will ask the consumers for direction in all activities and perform those activities in the manner requested by that consumer.
- The attendant will provide Personal Care and homemaking tasks in the consumer’s home or community as assigned by Disability Options Network staff and the consumer.
- Tasks
- may include bathing, escorting, reading and others as assigned.
- The attendant will accompany consumer outside the home when directed by the consumer and by Disability Options Network when included in the service plan.
- Assists consumer in work or leisure activities.
- Performs variety of miscellaneous duties as requested such as obtaining household supplies and running errands.
- The attendant will report in writing any problems encountered on the job or any suggestions to the consumer’s service plan.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Have the required skills to perform attendant care services as specified in consumer’s service plan;
- Possess basic math, reading, and writing skills;
- Possess a valid Social Security Number;
- Be willing to submit to a criminal records check;
- When required by the consumer, the attendant must be able to demonstrate the capability to perform health maintenance activities specified in the consumer’s service plan or be willing to receive training to be able to provide the health maintenance activities specified in the consumer’s service plan.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. References stating that person can competently perform this work will be required.
- The consumers themselves may have specific requirements for qualifications and these requests will be honored.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
About DON Services Inc.:
DON is a dynamic group of non-profit and for-profit entities, centered around the core non-profit Disability Options Network (DON). DON companies work in disability rights advocacy, in-home non-medical Personal Care, affordable housing construction, and economic development initiatives. Headquartered in New Castle, PA, DON is seeking a candidate able to support the diverse human resource needs for all DON companies and programs.
