DSP COMM HAB (Orange County) Middletown and Newburgh
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Wraparound Services of the Hudson Valley
NY
Summary
Provide community habilitation services to individuals with disabilities to increase their independence and community integration. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living skills, personal care, and teaching navigation of public transportation.
Job Description
NO NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS OR MANDATES!!! MAKE YOUR OWN HOURS
Wraparound Community Services is a community habilitation program that offer people with disabilities choice and freedom to participate in community activities. This ever expanding program is dedicated to providing quality community based services to the individuals we serve. Comm Hab is designed to increase independence and community integration for people with disabilities. DSPs in this program will require reliable transportation as services will be performed within the community and transportation to and from the client's home will be necessary.
WSHV is seeking to hire team orientated staff for immediate opportunities in Newburgh, Middletown and throughout Orange County.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist with daily living skills - health and personal safety, personal care and money management
- Support opportunities to work on personal skills in the community
- Travel train - teach people how to navigate in the community successfully
- Health and wellness - encourage healthy eating and exercise
- Self-advocacy and making informed choices
- Social skills and development - support people with learning appropriate social skills
- Money management
- Food preparation
- Safe use of public transportation
REQUIREMENTS
- Valid NYS Driver's License required
- Reliable transportation required - mileage reimbursement
- Prior experience as DSP/HHA/PCA or CNA preferred
Additional benefits and compensation:
- Fulltime, part time and flexible scheduling
- No nights, weekends, holidays or mandates - although we do have evening and weekend hours available
- Positions 30+ hours per week offer a complete benefits package
- 20 hour per week positions offer some benefits and time off including holiday pay
- Additional $0.50 per hour for staff with 5+ years experience
- Additional $0.50 per hour with an up-to-date Defensive Driving certificate
CURRENT HOURS AVAILABLE - can be combined
Newburgh/New Windsor area -
- Mon thru Fri day time hours
- Mon thru Fri 23p-6p
Middletown
- Mon - Wed day time hours
- Wed/Thurs/Fri - afternoons after 3pm
Wraparound Services of the Hudson Valley partners with communities throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley to empower people with disabilities to achieve their highest potential by providing innovative community, educational and residential services.
Originally founded as the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Ulster County in 1951 by a local pediatrician, Dr. Henry Bibby, and Rabbi Herbert Bloom, and a group of dedicated supporters, the organization remains dedicated to ensuring that persons with disabilities lead full and rich lives.
Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County is committed to providing a wide variety of services to meet the individualized needs of children and adults with disabilities throughout the Hudson Valley Region including the following counties: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester. Although originally founded to serve children with cerebral palsy, we now serve hundreds of children and adults with a wide range of disabilities each day.
With a dedicated staff of over 250 individuals, we provide services to those persons who have developmental or acquired disabilities to help them achieve increased independence and maximize their potential.
Founded
1951
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lake Katrine, New York
Wraparound Services of the Hudson Valley partners with communities throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley to empower people with disabilities to achieve their highest potential by providing innovative community, educational and residential services.
Originally founded as the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Ulster County in 1951 by a local pediatrician, Dr. Henry Bibby, and Rabbi Herbert Bloom, and a group of dedicated supporters, the organization remains dedicated to ensuring that persons with disabilities lead full and rich lives.
Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County is committed to providing a wide variety of services to meet the individualized needs of children and adults with disabilities throughout the Hudson Valley Region including the following counties: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester. Although originally founded to serve children with cerebral palsy, we now serve hundreds of children and adults with a wide range of disabilities each day.
With a dedicated staff of over 250 individuals, we provide services to those persons who have developmental or acquired disabilities to help them achieve increased independence and maximize their potential.
Founded
1951
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lake Katrine, New York
