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Job Purpose:
 Assist individuals with brain injury, intellectual disabilities, and other neurological disabilities in achieving a challenging, stimulating, dignified life by serving as an advocate and liaison for and on behalf of individuals’ rights and benefits.

Essential Functions:
 
Provide supervision, training, and assistance in accomplishing activities of daily living, which includes, but is not limited to, self-care skills, social skills, recreation skills, community skills, and domestic skills for two 28 year old males. Both like to be out and about in the community.

Schedule:

• Full time role
• Monday - Friday
• Weekends and holidays

Pay Rate:
Pay up to $25 an hour

Location:

Rochester, NY

Education and Experience:

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred; one-year experience in the human service field preferred.

Qualifications:

• Maintain a valid New York State driver’s license; a vehicle is required to perform the job

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds

• Must be trained in all required trainings within 90 days of being hired and maintain current certifications with all required trainings

• Must demonstrate effective verbal and written communications skills

• Must be 18 years or older

• Applicants cannot have the same address as person supported

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to lift, transfer, and move at least 50 lbs.

• Must be able to talk, hear, stand for extended periods of time, walk, sit, twist, bend, use hand to finger, stretch with hands and arms

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include

• Close vision

• Ability to adjust focus

While performing the duties of this position, the employee travels by automobile and will be exposed to changing weather conditions.

OSHA Category 1:

This position requires tasks that involve exposure to blood or body fluids that requires specific training for the employees’ safety.