Individual Support Community Habilitation - Guardian Angel Senior Services

 Our Mission: Is to provide home care service with love; to enhance the quality of living through our attentive yet subtle style of care; to maintain their dignity and their independence while serving their needs with honor and integrity. After all, it is their home!

The ISCH staff will provide Individual Support to Massachusetts Waiver Contracted Individuals – regular or intermittent services designed to develop, maintain, and/or maximize the participant’s independent functioning in self-care, physical and emotional growth, socialization, communication, and vocational skills, to achieve objectives of improved health and welfare and to the support the ability of the participant to establish and maintain a residence and live in the community.

Responsibilities:

The ISCH Worker accepts responsibility for his/her own actions and:

• To empower participant to make informed contribution towards any decision about their overall independence.
• To assist Participants with booking, tracking, and attending medical appointment as needed
• Assist with transportation scheduling and/or transporting individuals in their own vehicle.
• Educating participant on basic budgeting skills and financial management
• Empower and assist participants to build neighborhood relations and community engagement.
• Assist with benefits applications such as SNAP and documentation renewals as needed.
• To work with participants on goals and objectives set in the individual service plan.
• Completes required documentation on generations accurately and on a timely basis.
• Assist with attaining community resources needed to enhance overall independence.
• Attends agency orientation, in-service education programs and staff meetings as required. 
• To be familiar and work within the policies and procedures of the service
• Utilize effective time management techniques to ensure tasks are prioritized, and agreed deadlines are met.
• To undertake other duties commensurate with this post.

• Minimum of high school diploma or advance human service-related field preferred.
• Experience with ABI or TBI clients or Prior home care experience preferred.
• Knowledge on person cantered care is a plus but not necessary.
• Ability to research community resources or prior knowledge of local community support system. 
• Have good IT skills, including electronic documentation and communication.
• Have good listening and communication skill.
• Be able to travel around the borough independently, preferably by car.
• Be flexible around working hours and be prepared to work some evenings or weekends as reasonably required by this role.
• Be impartial and non-judgmental.
• Committed to the rights of seniors and disabled people to live dignified lives.
• Is flexible, sensitive to the needs of others, reliable, and able to cope with emergencies.

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Daily Pay Options
• Employee discount
• Unlimited Referral program
• Professional development assistance
• Medical/Aflac Insurance (30hrs average)

Pay Types:

• $250 Signing Bonus.
• Mileage/travel time reimbursement between clients.

Guardian Angel Senior Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

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