Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist jobs in Virginia

Priority Love Community Engagement is seeking applicants for the position of Direct Support Professional in the Hopewell area who are compassionate, hard working and love what they do.

We prioritize creating a family focused environment that promotes love, genuine care, individuality, empowerment and long lasting relationships for loved ones in our care.

Direct Support Professionals are responsible for maintaining a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment which fosters growth and rehabilitation and facilitates the development of the individual’s ability to reach his/her highest level of independence. The coordination of services includes assistance in daily living skills, providing proper means and nutrition, upkeep/ maintenance of the residence, medication management, and transportation for individuals.

Performance Standards will include:

• The employee consistently demonstrates a positive work ethic and commitment to the organization demonstrating leadership and team player qualities.
• The employee successfully ensures all necessary documentation is completed by for daily duties and tasks.
• The employee demonstrates proper medical care for each individual including medication management, medical appointments, and proper documentation and upkeep of medical records.
• The employee thoroughly maintains and upkeeps the residence.
• The employee provides support to each individual supervised by implementing their annual plan of support, goals, and objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: Documentation, Individual medical needs, maintain the physical environment of the home, Individual Support and Customer Service.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:The employee must have a high school diploma or equivalent degree (GED) and at least one year of experience working with individuals with disabilities or in the human services field (nursing, CNA, rehab services, hospital care) is preferred. The employee must also have a valid driver's license and clean driving record.

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

The employee must have:

• Knowledge of the medical field and terminology which includes working directly with doctors, nurses, therapists, and pharmacists.
• Demonstrates organizational and problem solving skills.
• Ability to be flexible.
• Completion of TOVA, First Aid and CPR, Medication Management, Human Rights/ID Waiver, Emergency Preparedness, Person Centered Thinking upon hire.
• Knowledge of regulatory agency Standards such as DBHDS and DMAS.

Job Types: Full-time

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Health care: 3 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Temperature screenings
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Morning shift

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)
• CPR Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person