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Volunteer Staffing Direct Support Staff in Cookeville, Tennessee
If you've been looking to change your career path or want to get involved in health care. This is the job for you!!! Most employers don't encourage fun, but at The Access Program we do. We want to see our clients enjoy themselves and you can make that happen. See below for a brief description of the job:
We have part-time and full-time night positions available at this time. All of our persons served live in their own homes normally with roommates. The majority of our homes have two staff members, based upon the level of need, so you may have assistance throughout your shift and community involvement is always encouraged. Our persons served level of need spans from high functioning and others that need more personal care. No matter the case you have extensive training before working a shift as a Direct Support Staff.
Our Direct Support Staff works with individuals/clients that are Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled, as well as physical disabilities. You would encourage the clients to become as independent as possible by choosing activities of interest that includes integrating them into the community, from scenic drives to visit parks, or friends and even vacationing with them.
You will complete all duties related to the Individual Service Plan by assisting with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, promoting healthy eating, accompanying to doctor appointments, assisting with medication administration, upon certification, assisting with household chores, shopping and completing and maintaining all paperwork in a timely manner along with reporting any issues to management all while maintaining a professional attitude and appearance.
We have an excellent benefits package that includes 10 hours of paid days for the first 3 years of employment. The best part of this is after 90 days you will already have 30 hours of paid days off in your account and after 3 years the PDO time increases. As a full-time employee with benefits, you also have six paid holidays, and your birthday paid, bereavement pay, free $20,000 life insurance policy, and you may choose to accept or decline our health, dental and vision insurance. We also have an air evac policy that covers your entire household as well as additional supplement insurance you may choose from.
Potential work days, Monday - Sunday Shifts, 7pm - 7am, 5pm - 7am
COME JOIN OUR TEAM!!!