Respite Worker
The Jewish Board

Make a bigger difference

Respite Support Professional

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

The Respite Direct Support Professional (DSP) supervises and supports an individual with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the home setting in the absence of the usual caregiver. The Respite DSP is required to understand and follow the Code of Ethics, ensuring the client's health and safety, promoting independence, person centered decision making and demonstrating good judgment at all times.

Key Essential Functions:

• Responsible for the overall care, safety and well-being of the individual during the absence of the usual caregiver(s).
• Understand and follow Individualized Service Plan (ISP- OPWDD treatment plan) safeguards for the individual.
• Responsible to assist in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) for the individual as needed.
• Report to supervisor and family any unusual medical, behavioral or other occurrences.
• Complete and submit OPWDD documentation monthly.
• Complete all trainings as required.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Compassion, empathy, patience, and genuine desire to make a positive impact on individual's lives.
• Excellent client engagement skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attentiveness to individuals and colleagues.
• Adaptability to address situations.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships.
• Ability to adapt to changing situations and work effectively as part of a team.
• Demonstrating professionalism.
• Support good health.
• Supporting safety.

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED (List all that is required to achieve this position):

• Must be at least 18 years old no educational requirements.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities preferred.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Basic computer skills preferred.

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• Submit OPWDD documentation monthly.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT:

This position may entail lifting/physically assisting individuals using mechanical devices, positions of clients pushing wheelchair

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

Other details

• Job Family Direct Care [200s]
• Pay Type Hourly
• Employment Indicator 8857 - Case Worker - Social Services - Traveling
• Min Hiring Rate $17.45
• Travel Required No
• Required Education High School

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