Coordinator – Community Living

Coordinators provide support to adults with medical and/or physical and developmental disabilities. We strive to help our clients live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. Depending on the needs of the clients, Coordinators provide assistance with living skills development, health maintenance, medication administration, personal care and behavioral development.

Qualifications: Must have a High School Diploma or GED, a valid Driver's License and pass required background checks. Three (3) years experience working with persons with developmental disabilities. Three (3) years of supervisory experience preferred.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Ensuring that the clients receive the highest quality of support and services is the focus of the Coordinator and supporting and training the DSPs to provide the same supports and service. Peak Community Services has an uncompromising commitment to quality and integrity – employees are expected to perform their duties and responsibilities to this high standard of quality.

Health Maintenance –Provides care and assistance to promote good health; helps clients receive medical care and communicates with medical professionals; administers medications according to physician instructions. Track medical appointments, follow-up appointments.

Personal Care –Supports clients with eating, grooming dressing, bathing and toileting; assists clients with their mobility including lifting them from a seated or lying down position and helping them walk and maintain stability.

Life Skills Development –Supports clients to develop living skills such as cooking, money management, household shopping, doing laundry, personal hygiene, etc.; teaches work-related skills and job preparedness; record progress on skill development and achievement.

Behavior Development –Serve as a role model and mentor, demonstrating the desired behaviors and coaching the client using approved techniques and strategies.

Professional Behavior –Acts in a professional manner and communicates effectively with others; completes all required training programs.

Supervisory Responsibility – Responsible for training and working directly with all new hires or transfers on the department procedures and complete and submit training checklist.

Scheduling – Responsible for scheduling staff to cover hours and those hours that would be most beneficial to the client and the hours the client would want to work with staff in their home.