Location: Marianna,FL, USA
Requisition No: 837934
Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Working Title: RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST- LEAD WORKER - 67011863 - SUNLAND - UNIT 3 CONNALLY
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 67011863
Salary: $38,992.98 - $42,892.27
Posting Closing Date: 11/28/2024
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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
POSITION: Residential Unit Specialist Lead Worker - Career Service
POSITION NUMBER: 67011863
OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY
This posting may close before the posted closing date.
The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.
CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.
This advertisement is for Unit 3 - Connally
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:
* Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
* Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
* State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
* Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
* Flexible Spending Accounts.
* Tuition waivers.
* And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
* Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.
The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.
This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency's mission.
* Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and see resume will not be considered an acceptable response.
SALARY RANGE
$38,992.98 - $42,892.27 Annually $1,499.73 - $1,649.70 Bi-weekly
Position Summary
The primary function of this position is to assist in the development and the implementation of behavioral training programs for the residents in the area of personal independence. Ability to document and ensure documentation is completed as required.
The Work You Will Do
Implementation of personal independence training; acquisition or reduction programs to assist individuals to accomplish goals and objectives identified in the Individual Program Plan( IPP). Provide significant hands on training of residents.
Provide stimulating leisure activities that are of interests to individual residents to promote a stimulating environment/routine to reduce maladaptive behaviors.
In the area of personal independence, the Residential Unit Specialist Lead Worker will assist in the development of functional assessments and develop objectives for active treatment plans. In the absence of the Human Services Senior Supervisor SES, the Residential Unit Specialist Lead Worker will be responsible to perform regular written summaries of progress, addendum's to IPP's and discharge summaries as directed.
Provide supervision/assistance of residents and oversight to ensure that designated personal independence training and behavioral reduction procedures are followed.
Perform direct care duites as assigned to ensure resident safety and adequate care, appropriate treatment, and maintain residents living area and possessions according to policy and procedure. Act as person in charge in the absence of the HSSS to ensure that the home operates and functions according to policy and procedure.
Assists in maintaining required logbooks, progress notes and other regulatory documentation as indicated.
Completes all required training. Maintain Sunland's current crisis management prevention and intervention certification as required. Monitor and tracks to ensure assigned staff complete required training and maintain certifications as required.
Attends meetings as required, including annual IPP meetings, active treatment meetings, staff meetings, etc.
Maintain timesheet, ensuring accuracy and submit timely in accordance with policy and procedure.
Assists in monitoring overall cleanliness and maintenance of training areas, including developing work orders as directed.
Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
At least one year of professional experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities in a residential setting
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
* Knowledge of the principles and techniques of self-care program activities.
* Ability to lift forty pounds
* Ability to make behavioral assessments.
* Ability to plan, organize and coordinate activities.
* Ability to develop and monitor self-care behavioral modification prescriptive treatment plans, activities and programs.
* Ability to teach and apply behavior modification principles.
* Ability to evaluate client services for compliance with program objectives.
* Ability to communicate effectively.
* Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Additional Information
Profile Completion
To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year.
Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.
Retiree Notice
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.
Direct Deposit Program
As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program. Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.
Background Screening Requirement
It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.
No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.
Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.
Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.
APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government's employment eligibility verification program (E-verify), which electronically confirms an employee's eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).
All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-###-####.
Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.
Recruiting Contact:
Lizzie Holland
Human Resource Specialist
Recruitment Manager
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Sunland Center - Marianna
3700 Williams Drive
Marianna, FL 32446
E-mail ...@apdcares.org
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-###-####). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Location:
MARIANNA, FL, US, 32446 MARIANNA, FL, US, 32447 MARIANNA, FL, US, 32448