Habilitation Support Professional
Company: The Jewish Board
Location: New York
Posted on: March 16, 2025
Job Description:
1358 56th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA Req #25074Wednesday,
February 5, 2025Make a bigger differenceHabilitation Support
ProfessionalAt The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference -
we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every
year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities
across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a
difference you can make.The Habilitation Support Professional (HSP)
supports individuals with Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities in the Home and Community Based Setting (HCBS) and the
Day Habilitation programs. The HSP is required to follow the
Individualized Service Plan (ISP) and/or the Day Habilitation Plan
promoting independence and person-centered decision making.Reasons
you'll love working with us:
- If you have a particular age range or population you're
interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our
clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and
include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender
expressions, and sexual orientations.
- We're committed to supporting your career development by
encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types
and jobs.
- With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work
close to where you live.
- Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve
a healthy work/life balance.
- We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable,
high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.
- You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality
supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education
team, and an education benefit.PURPOSE:The Mishkon Division of The
Jewish Board provides supports and services in a healthy and safe
environment for individuals with intellectual/developmental
disabilities living in residential programs and in community
settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe
environment that promotes person-centered planning, community
integration, and close collaboration with families and the
community.POSITION OVERVIEW:The Habilitation Support Professional
(HSP) supports individuals with Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities in the Home and Community Based Setting (HCBS) and the
Day Habilitation programs. The HSP is required to follow the
Individualized Service Plan (ISP) and/or the Day Habilitation Plan
promoting independence and person-centered decision making.KEY
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Responsible for clients in the home or day habilitation setting
ensuring safety of the clients, promoting independence, and working
in a person-centered manner to meet the needs and choices of the
client.
- Responsible to tend to personal hygiene needs of the
client(s).
- Work with client, guardian/advocate, and supervisor to help
identify valued outcomes for the individualized habilitation
plan.
- Implements the valued outcomes on a daily basis using agency
documentation procedures.
- Develop and implement activities with clients and their primary
caregivers.
- Accompany clients on trips and outings and supervise
activities.
- Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team at
treatment planning meetings to review progress and plan valued
outcomes for the next six months.
- Shares and documents experiences and observations of the
client(s) with treatment team during in-person supervision, phone
calls, and utilizing the electronic health record, including
contacting supervisor for any medical or behavioral occurrence that
is outside the baseline of the client.
- Understand all safeguards listed in the individuals' treatment
plan and follow accordingly.
- May be called upon to dispense medications (specific to Day
Habilitation) should medication administration be needed during
these hours.
- Complete OPWDD documentation requirements including monthly
checklist and summary on a monthly basis.
- Follow agency guidelines for timekeeping through Dayforce, as
well as completing mandatory agency trainings.
- Complete ongoing OPWDD and other trainings as required.CORE
COMPETENCIES for the position include:
- Compassion, empathy, patience, and genuine desire to make a
positive impact on individuals' lives.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Attentiveness to individuals and colleagues.
- Adaptability to address situations.
- Building and Maintaining Positive Relationships.
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and work effectively as
part of a team.
- Demonstrating Professionalism.
- Supporting Good Health.
- Supporting Safety.EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:
- High School diploma or a minimum of 1 year experience working
with the IDD population and must be at least 18 years of age. AMAP
certification required for the Day Habilitation setting during
probationary period.
- A current Motor Vehicle license in good standing.EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:
- Experience working with individuals with Intellectual
Disabilities preferred.COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Basic computer skills required including agency software
programs and Electronic Health Record.VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:
- The candidate must be able to review treatment plans and
document daily logs.
- The candidate must be able to have the dexterity to pick up
small items to work with clients on a variety of activities.WORK
ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:
- The position may entail lifting clients using a mechanical
device, positioning of client, pushing client in wheelchair, and
transferring client physically where prescribed.If you join us,
you'll have these great benefits:
- Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and
sick days.
- Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans.
- 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension.
- Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness.
- Free continuing education opportunities.
- Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation.
- 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program.
- Life and disability insurance.Who we are:The Jewish Board
delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health
and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are
unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to
children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve
people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender
expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building
diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our
mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically
marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.More on Equal
Opportunity:We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal
opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage,
citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity
or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation,
marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic
information, or any other status protected by applicable federal,
state, or local law.This applies with respect to recruiting,
hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation,
termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to
facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of
employment as well as general treatment during employment.We will
endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical
or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities,
without regard to any protected classifications, unless the
accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of
our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their
job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact
human resources.
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