Habilitation Specialist/Caregiver/Home Aid (320 Pontiac ave, Pittsbugh, PA)

Habilitation Specialist/Caregiver/Home Aid (320 Pontiac ave, Pittsbugh, PA)

02 Jun 2024
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh 00000 Pittsburgh USA

Habilitation Specialist/Caregiver/Home Aid (320 Pontiac ave, Pittsbugh, PA)

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We are hiring right away. We are looking for a caregiver/home aid (Service Support Professional) to enable a 26 y/o male client, with special needs, to develop living skills so that he may successfully live independently outside of his parents home. Caregiver is to function as companion, teacher, enabler, and mentor to the client. Client is highly functional, very verbal, usually easy going, never physically aggressive, intelligent, creative, with a great sense of humor; but can be challenging to motivate.

Hours and Schedule: 4 to 12 hrs a week. Need to fill shifts on Wed afternoons, evenings, and week ends.

Pay: Pay rate is $21.65 an hour (before withholding).

Job Description: Job entails working out of clients home and in the surrounding community, being a friend to the client, developing trust, building up client's coping skills, and developing clients daily living skills. Many of these skills would include cleanliness of living spaces, dog care and training, telling time, interpersonal communication, maintaining reading, writing and math skills; developing coping methods for depression and anxiety, shopping, use of electronic devices, personal appearance, doing laundry, cooking/preparation of meals, scheduling and transporting client to activities and appointments, and managing client's health care and medicine intake. Job also entails regular participation in client's interests including: Anime, card games (YuGiOh, Magic, Pokémon), in order to maintain clients reading, comprehension and math skills, as well as model building, hiking and fishing, and viewing Anime, Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movies. Some paperwork is required.

Skills needed: Must be punctual and reliable, a non-smoker with a reliable car and current driver's license; be "pet-friendly," and have experience working with special-needs people. Must live within a reasonable driving distance. Must be able to work independently and be teachable with input and direction from client's employer/parents. Must be pro-active, patient, easy-going, flexible, with excellent communication skills, and have a great sense of humor. Must be an English speaker, have some computer skills, have access to a computer with email, and PA CRC clearances.

Education; Two years of college required; 4 years preferred.

Location: Client lives with his parents close to CCAC North Campus on Rt 19 in the North Hills, McCandless Township, just south of Wexford. If interested, you can email us at lucindawiebe@gmail.com, or call John at 412-367-1510. Leave a message if there is no answer.

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