Direct Support Staff (Home Care)

This position is home care service in New London, CT.

Hours: Varied- according to Recovery Plan

Duties

• Recovery Assistant services of at least 15-minutes duration provided to the participant in his/her home and in other community settings.
• These services include: Performing the following tasks if the participant (by reason of physical or psychiatric disability) is unable to perform them, or assisting, or cueing the participant to perform them: Meal planning and preparation, shopping, housekeeping (e.g., changing linens, washing dishes, vacuuming/dusting, laundry, mending clothing repairs), basic household tasks (e.g., regulating home temperature, storing food appropriately, resolving issues about bill paying).
• Dressing, personal grooming and hygiene (e.g., bathing, dressing, and oral care).
• Appropriate use of emergency medical services.
• Assisting or cueing the participant to perform or become engaged in: Family, social, and recreational activities.
• Appropriate use of natural community supports (e.g., social clubs, faith-based supports).
• Appropriate use of routine medical/dental services.
• Use of medications as prescribed, including self-administration of medications.
• Healthy habits (e.g., healthy diet, exercise, and behaviors designed to alleviate stress).
• Fulfillment of personal commitments, and adherence to scheduled appointments/meetings (e.g.,clinical, vocational, educational, and judicial/court).
• Assisting or cueing the participant to avoid: Risky behaviors (e.g., unprotected sex, smoking/excessive use of tobacco products, unsafe driving/driving without seatbelt, unsafe relationships, criminal activities).
• Substance abuse.
• Overspending.
• Unnecessary conflicts.
• Supportive and problem solving-oriented discussions with the participant.
• Establishing and maintaining a helpful, supportive, companionship relationship with the participant that involves such activities as: Escorting the participant to necessary medical, dental, or personal business appointments; Reading to or for the participant; Engaging in or discussing recreational, hobby, or sport-related activities; Other activities directed at reducing disability, restoring participant functioning and achieving independent participation in social, interpersonal, family, or community activities and full community re-integration and independence; Participation in waiver Recovery Plan development and quarterly Recovery Plan update meetings, if requested by the DMHAS Support Coordinator Travel with a participant when the Recovery Assistant is also engaged in a qualifying waiver service activity.