Rehabilitation Assistant - HCL Global Systems Inc.
Nashville, TN 37214
About the Job
On Site
The Department of Disability and Aging (DDA) is seeking candidates for the Behavioral Therapy Specialist (BTS) position at the Harold Jordan Center.
DDA operates the Harold Jordan Center located in Nashville. The Harold Jordan Center is a facility that provides 24-hour residential care to support and maintain the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional capabilities of people with an intellectual disability. In addition, the Harold Jordan Center offers a residential program that provides specialized in forensic and behavior stabilization services to persons with an intellectual disability.
The Harold Jordan Center is primarily responsible for ensuring the daily health, safety, and welfare of people who reside there while also providing for their daily services and supports. The services typically provided are personalized care, self-help training, ambulating, communication and socialization skills, intensive care for personalized habilitation training in self-help, language development, and motor skills for people with intellectual disabilities.
Job Overview
Under immediate supervision, performs vocational, Behavioral Therapy Specialist technical work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required. An employee in this class works at a developmental center or community home providing vocational, habilitation training, therapy, and supervision for intellectually and developmentally disabled clients.
Essential Job Duties
Follows the individual support plan to ensure that the needs and the active treatment requirements of persons served are met
Communicates with families, conservators, and employers of persons served and the public to share information and meet active treatment requirements. –
Analyzes medical treatment and training data to detect changes in needs, behavior, and abilities.
Analyzes environmental data to ensure the safety and appropriate environment for persons served.
Promotes teamwork and working together.
Trains other staff on active treatment interventions to meet the requirements of individual support plans of persons served.
Schedule
Three (3) – 12.5-hour shift per week
Rotating schedule with Weekends, Nights, and Holidays required
Overtime
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from high school and experience equivalent to one year of full-time work in teaching, business sales, and marketing, or providing services for disabled persons.
Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional college or technical coursework with at least nine quarter hours in education, a social or behavioral science, industrial arts, nursing, or mental health or human services field from an accredited college, university, or technical school may be substituted for the required experience.
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator's license will be required for employment in this position.
All necessary training is provided on-site.
Pre-employment Drug Testing and a Criminal Background Check is Required.
| Shift 1 | 6:30 AM | 7:30 PM | Yes | |||||
| Shift 2 | 6:30 PM | 7:30 AM | Yes |
| Skills | Others | Ability to Work Independently | Yes | |||||||||
| Skills | Others | Activities of daily living (ADLs) | Yes | |||||||||
| Skills | Others | Basic Life support (BLS) | No | |||||||||
| Skills | Others | Handling Difficult Personalities | No |
The Department of Disability and Aging (DDA) is seeking candidates for the Behavioral Therapy Specialist (BTS) position at the Harold Jordan Center.
DDA operates the Harold Jordan Center located in Nashville. The Harold Jordan Center is a facility that provides 24-hour residential care to support and maintain the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional capabilities of people with an intellectual disability. In addition, the Harold Jordan Center offers a residential program that provides specialized in forensic and behavior stabilization services to persons with an intellectual disability.
The Harold Jordan Center is primarily responsible for ensuring the daily health, safety, and welfare of people who reside there while also providing for their daily services and supports. The services typically provided are personalized care, self-help training, ambulating, communication and socialization skills, intensive care for personalized habilitation training in self-help, language development, and motor skills for people with intellectual disabilities.
Job Overview
Under immediate supervision, performs vocational, Behavioral Therapy Specialist technical work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required. An employee in this class works at a developmental center or community home providing vocational, habilitation training, therapy, and supervision for intellectually and developmentally disabled clients.
Essential Job Duties
Follows the individual support plan to ensure that the needs and the active treatment requirements of persons served are met
Communicates with families, conservators, and employers of persons served and the public to share information and meet active treatment requirements. –
Analyzes medical treatment and training data to detect changes in needs, behavior, and abilities.
Analyzes environmental data to ensure the safety and appropriate environment for persons served.
Promotes teamwork and working together.
Trains other staff on active treatment interventions to meet the requirements of individual support plans of persons served.
Schedule
Three (3) – 12.5-hour shift per week
Rotating schedule with Weekends, Nights, and Holidays required
Overtime
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from high school and experience equivalent to one year of full-time work in teaching, business sales, and marketing, or providing services for disabled persons.
Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional college or technical coursework with at least nine quarter hours in education, a social or behavioral science, industrial arts, nursing, or mental health or human services field from an accredited college, university, or technical school may be substituted for the required experience.
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator's license will be required for employment in this position.
All necessary training is provided on-site.
Pre-employment Drug Testing and a Criminal Background Check is Required.
Source : HCL Global Systems Inc.