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Support & Recovery Advocate 

Category Healthcare  
Description

Summary

The primary role of the Support & Recovery Advocate (SRA) is to encourage personal growth through recovery-based support as well as providing daily living support to KIM clients in their home and in the community. SRA’s will strive to motivate and encourage clients toward Community Protection (CP) graduation as they follow their therapist’s Treatment Plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Acknowledge and advocate for the needs, wants, and rights of clients with dignity and respect.

Teach useful emotional and behavioral regulation techniques.

Identify areas of change as outlined in their therapist’s Treatment Plan that clients on their caseload are working toward.

Collaborate with clients to achieve goals resulting in graduation from the CP Program by developing action plans based on their Treatment Plan and suggesting different actions when necessary.

Evaluate clients’ advancement toward goal actualization.

Collaborate with the client, therapist, and CP Program Manager to identify triggers that could lead to relapse.

Encourage continued and sustainable progress.

Coordinate goal setting and report progress with clients and management team.

Coordinate individualized programs for clients and document activity thoroughly.

Assist with client money management such as petty cash, receipts, checkbook and EBT’s.

Supervise clients to ensure adequate safety.

Keep all hazardous materials, medications, etc. in the designated secured location.

Implement a safe and clean environment in which our clients live.

Report promptly instances of injuries, behaviors, abuse, and safety hazards, etc. to management, following the Chain of Command.

Ensure adequate health care for each client.

Ensure clients have access to regular meals.

Transport and accompany clients to and from all agency outings, activities, and health appointments, and/or arrange transportation services as appropriate.

Provide appropriate documentation for each appointment to management in a timely manner.

Communicate with medical offices and pharmacies.

Administer medications to clients and document accordingly (if applicable).

Assist client with daily hygiene as outlined in care plans, including personal care such as brushing teeth, bathing, hair washing, toileting, etc. (if applicable).

Maintain client confidentially.

Maintain appropriate staff/client relationships.

Safeguard all company and client property.

Maintain an ongoing inventory of client’s personal property.

Complete all forms, reports, and data sheets for caseload.

Be aware and abide by all agency policies, procedures, and practices.

Maintain open communication with supervisor and management team to report any concerns with clients, scheduling, and/or other staff.

Report to work on time.

Remain awake and alert while on duty.

Abstain from partaking of or possessing any illegal drugs or alcohol while on duty.

Perform other responsibilities as defined by management.

Education and Experience

Minimum age of 18 years.

Current criminal background check cleared by DSHS before working alone unsupervised with the clients.

Valid driver’s license or Washington State ID.

High school graduate or equivalent.

Ability to follow instructions, organize and set priorities, and the ability to work well with other staff and clients, exhibit job-related competency and ability to make independent judgments.

Intermediate experience supporting developmentally disabled adults.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations

None required

Skills & Qualifications

Ability to encourage introspection, connection, and ambition (required)

Outstanding verbal communication skills (required)

Being able to motivate others.

Having understanding of human psychology.

Having understanding of recovery best practices.

Being a good listener.

Having interpersonal skills.

Being patient.

Having organizational skills.

Being able to work with people from different backgrounds.

Being able to engage in critical thinking.

Knowledge and Abilities

Language Skills: Excellent reading comprehension and written communication skills required.  For example:  ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, reports, technical specifications, governmental regulations, and correspondence.  Ability to apply proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format to communications. Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to management and staff. 

Mathematical Skills: Ability to do simple math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication. Know how to handle cash and keep a running balance of cash on hand.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve a wide range of practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete and complex variables; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form; and ability to deal with multiple variables.

Computer Skills: Ability to operate related computer applications (i.e. word processing and spreadsheet applications), and business equipment including personal computer, copy machine, fax machine, and telephone. 

Physical Demands

Talking: Able to convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Average Hearing: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.

Finger Dexterity: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.

Repetitive Motion: Movements frequently and regularly required using the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Average Visual Abilities: Average, ordinary visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products or operate machinery.

Physical Strength: Frequently required to sit, stand, and walk and occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Your Work Place

Internally, work is normally performed in a home setting, where exposure to conditions of extreme heat/cold, poor ventilation, and fumes are very limited.  Noise level is moderate and may include sounds of normal household equipment (furnaces, telephones, etc.).  No known environmental hazards are encountered in the normal performance of job duties.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals.  However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

 
Position Requirements

Education and Experience

  • Minimum age of 18 years.

  • Current criminal background check cleared by DSHS before working alone unsupervised with the clients.

  • Valid driver’s license or Washington State ID.

  • Home telephone or Cell phone.

  • High school graduate or equivalent.

  • Ability to follow instructions, organize and set priorities, and the ability to work well with other staff and clients, exhibit job-related competency and ability to make independent judgments.

  • Basic knowledge of client plans specific to client.

  • Basic training relevant to basic client care needs and or behaviors.

  • Basic experience supporting developmentally disabled adults.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations

  • None required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Language Skills: Excellent reading comprehension and written communication skills required. For example: ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, reports, technical specifications, governmental regulations, and correspondence. Ability to apply proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format to communications. Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to management and staff.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to do simple math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication. Know how to handle cash and keep a running balance of cash on hand.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve a wide range of practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete and complex variables; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form; and ability to deal with multiple variables.

Computer Skills: Ability to operate related computer applications (i.e. word processing and spreadsheet applications), and business equipment including personal computer, copy machine, fax machine, and telephone.

Physical Demands

Talking: Able to convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Average Hearing: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.

Finger Dexterity: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.

Repetitive Motion: Movements frequently and regularly required using the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Average Visual Abilities: Average, ordinary visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products, or operate machinery.

Physical Strength: Frequently required to sit, stand, and walk and occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 lbs.

Your Work Place

Internally, work is normally performed in a home setting, where exposure to conditions of extreme heat/cold, poor ventilation, and fumes are very limited. Noise level is moderate and may include sounds of normal house hold equipment (furnaces, telephones, etc.). No known environmental hazards are encountered in the normal performance of job duties.

 
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time and/or Part-Time  
Shift Various Shifts  
Salary/Wage: 18.50 - 19.50 Per Hour  
Position Direct Support Professional T2 - Full Time  
Close Date  
Post Internal Days 0  
Number of Openings 3  
Number Filled 3  
Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt  
Open Date 7/18/2022  
Location Corporate-Yakima  
About the Organization Kittitas Interactive Management is a family owned non-profit organization established in 1999. The mission statement of K.I.M is: "Advocating change for a better tomorrow." We provide in-home care, rehabilitation, personal care and community access opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities. We pride ourselves on being open, honest, fun, friendly and involved in the client’s lives.

Our services follow the “CHIRPS” Values acronym: Competence, Health & Safety, Integration, Relationships, Power & Choice and Status. We tailor our care to each client’s abilities, wishes and personal choices. By combining our fundamental values with our mission, we seek to earn the right to be viewed as one of the most trusted supported living provider in Washington State.

We employ staff that embody empathy and honesty and can promote our core values every day. Sick pay is available for all employees after 90 days of employment. For full time employees, we offer a full benefits package including medical, vision, and dental insurances.
 
EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.  
supervisorUID None Specified 

Schedule Weekday 

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