One on One Full-Time Residential Care Professional

One on One Full-Time Residential Care Professional GIL "Grounded In Love" Foundation Inc. is a private nonprofit organization celebrating 35 years of compassionate care and services for community residents with Intellectual Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, and Autism in Connecticut. Full-Time Schedule: Sun- 2pm-10pm Mon- 2pm-10pm Tues- 2pm-10pm Wed- 2pm-10pm Thurs- OFF Fri- OFF Sat- OFF * Overtime available weekly to pick up open shifts What a Residential Care Professional will be doing: Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks. Fosters positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served. Ensures client safety and maintaining a safe environment. Reminds and assists clients with self-administration of medications (with proper training).

Encourages self-help activities. Reports changes in client’s condition or family situation to administrators and supervisors. Documents services provided. Performs home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning. Plans meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up.

Accompanies clients to scheduled appointments and transports clients or running errands for clients. Assists with toileting, including bedpans, urinals, and commode chairs as necessary. Participating in monthly staff meetings and contributing to a successful team process. Paying close attention to detail and being comfortable working with a computer, which is necessary to support our clientele’s needs (training is provided).

Providing for the safeguard & protection of individual’s personal property, rights, and privacy. Performing various assignments and demands of a physical nature, which may include the lifting and transferring of heavy weight – at times in excess of 100 pounds, with, or without the use of adaptive or mechanical equipment, or staff assistance.

Other duties as assigned. The following certifications will need to be obtained and approved within company policy guidelines : State Medication Administration Certification (Group Home Workers Only) First Aid for Accidents CPR – Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation PMT – Physical Management Techniques (Group Home Workers Only) Part Time Positions Available : (typically 12-hours to 24-hours over 7-days per week) includes weekday (early hours), weekend, and evening hours in a residential based home for Adults with Disabilities.

Overtime is available.

Benefits

We Offer Meaningful, Life Changing Careers Enhanced Compensation for Weekends Enhanced Compensation for Holidays Employee Paid Time Off Employee Medical Health Benefits – 100% Employer Paid for Worker based on CORE plan (3 Plans: Buy Down, CORE, Buy Up) Dependent Medical Health Benefits – 97% Employer Paid for Dependents based on CORE Plan (3 Plans: Buy Down, CORE, Buy Up) Dental & Vision Benefit Plans (1 Plan each available for employee’s & dependents) Salary Based Life Insurance Voluntary Life Insurance Health Savings Account Plans – HAS, FSA, DCA Supplemental Benefit Plans – Aflac STD & ACC, Revero Enhanced Compensation for FT Employees who waive Medical Benefits 401(k) Employee Retirement Plans Employee Referral Incentive Plan Opportunities for Overtime Location Available: Cheshire, CT 06410