Location: Grand Junction,CO, USA
Health Care Services Trainee - Grand Junction Regional Center (Western Slope)
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Health Care Services Trainee - Grand Junction Regional Center (Western Slope)
Salary
$1,427.20 Biweekly
Location
Grand Junction, CO
Job Type
Full Time
Job Number
IJB 00769 11/20/2024
Department
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division
OAADS - Grand Junction Regional Center
Opening Date
12/03/2024
Closing Date
Continuous
FLSA
Determined by Position
Type of Announcement
This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Primary Physical Work Address
3199 D Road, Grand Junction, CO 81504
Department Contact Information
Joel Drahos - ...@state.co.us
How To Apply
Please submit an online application for this position at Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
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Department Information
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details! (
Grand Junction Regional Centers
This work unit exists to provide a comprehensive training to trainee residential staff to be competent employees and successfully complete all training requirements. This work unit exists to provide quality health care, personal hygiene maintenance, achievement of personal outcomes and a therapeutic milieu in a home-like environment for up to 12 individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
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Description of Job
No experience is necessary, only a strong desire to learn!
Are you looking for a rewarding career in healthcare?
Do you enjoy helping people reach their full potential?
Are you interested in learning how to support adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities to live fulfilling and independent lives?
Advancement Opportunities and Ability to grow in the position!
About the Position:
Health Care Service Trainee positions give hands-on direct care to our clients who are individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These positions exist to provide quality health care, personal hygiene maintenance, achievement of personal outcomes and a therapeutic milieu in a home-like environment for up to 12 individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
Duties in this role include:
+ Receive and understand training provided in areas such nursing skills, medication administration, intellectual and developmental disability theory and practice, human growth and development, behavior management, and supports and services
+ Support individuals by implementation of behavior programs and positive redirection techniques
+ Communicate with individuals who are elderly or have impaired physical capacity
+ Provide Infection Control, Safety and emergency procedures
+ Prevent and report abuse and/or neglect
+ Apply knowledge and techniques in residential areas of providing care and instruction in daily activities, including meal preparation, eating; bathing, personal hygiene; social skills; recreation activities; housekeeping and laundry; safety and transportation, all with a training approach to ensure personal outcomes
+ Apply knowledge and techniques when provided a posting of duties, and safely provide daily activities during a specified time frame
+ Apply knowledge in implementing assigned individualized supports and services for people including behavior, social, recreation, work, and specialized therapies
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Experience:
+ None
OR
Education and Experience:
+ None
Conditions of Employment:
+ CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults - Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
+ GJRC is a 24/7 facility, must be available to work any shift, any day and/or any area, to meet the a agency needs
+ Must have valid unrestricted US Driver License.
+ Travel: Drive state car, van or bussette to various group homes, programming, admin & in community
+ Must be at least 18 years of age
+ A Tuberculosis Test (TB) will be required upon hire.
+ Requires influenza and other vaccinations as required by the state.
+ You must be willing and able to work shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays.
+ Must be able to exert force and/or lift patients.
+ Must be able to frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, push, pull and reach.
+ Must be able to report to work to provide essential services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
Appeal Rights:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (...@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.###.####) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department's action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) ###-####; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
Supplemental Information
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For additional recruiting questions, please ...@state.co.us
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services ( (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:
+ Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
+ Medical and dental health plans
+ Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
+ Paid life insurance
+ Short- and long-term disability coverage
+ 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
+ BenefitHub state employee discount program
+ Employee Wellness program (
+ Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
+ Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
information, go to .
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans .
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at ...@state.co.us or call 1-800-###-####.
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Toll Free Applicant Technical Suppor
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+ I am unable to access the links with this information on the job posting. (If you select this option, please contact the recruiter, whose information is listed on this announcement, so that they can send this information directly to you.)
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Your legal name is used in the hiring process for background checks. Did you use your full legal name in your application? If not, please update your information before submitting your application.
+ Yes
+ No
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If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997...). Failure to provide this requested information may render your application incomplete, and you may no longer be considered for the position.
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Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.
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Do you possess, and are you willing to maintain a valid US unrestricted License, as required by this position?
+ Yes
+ No
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Are you willing and able to report to work during inclement weather?
+ Yes
+ No
07
Are you willing and able to work any shift or day of the week that you may be assigned including nights, weekends, holidays and back-to-back shifts?
+ Yes
+ No
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The person in this position will work with vulnerable populations. Pre-employment screening, which may consist of fingerprinting and physical assessment will be conducted as part of the selection process. Are you willing to meet this requirement?
+ Yes
+ No
09
Are you willing to work with people who may display confrontational, manipulative, violent, and/or assaultive behavior?
+ Yes
+ No
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Are you willing to physically intervene with people when necessary?
+ Yes
+ No
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Using a paragraph format please explain why you are interested in working with individuals that have intellectual/developmental disabilities.
12
During the summer months, do not leave the hose running all day in your yards. Flush your toilet only when necessary. Please try to take a shallow bath instead of a shower in the morning. The main idea of this passage is:
+ Hygiene
+ Toilet Training
+ Water Conservation
+ Time Management
+ Obedience to Authority
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The scientist did not know how to get himself out of this nodus. He knew if he revealed the discovery to his bosses, they would use it to unleash destruction on mankind. And yet, in the right hands, it could do much good as well. Based on this passage, a nodus is what?
+ A cramp in the neck
+ A vegetable shaped like a turnip
+ A pair of hair combs made of tortoise shell
+ A difficult situation
+ An elevator that goes sideways
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Please calculate the percentage for the following number sets. a. 11 of 60 b. 10 of 100 c. 15 of 75
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How many years of experience do you have in teaching basic life skills?
+ 0-6months of experience
+ 6 months to 1 year of experience.
+ 1- 2 years of experience
+ 2-3 years of experience
+ Over 3 years experience
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How many years of Customer Service experience do you have?
+ I have no customer service experience.
+ 6months to 1 year of Customer Service Experience
+ 1-2-years of customer service experience
+ 2-3 years of customer service experience
+ Over 3 years of customer service
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