Job description

The Dream Works is a full-line social service agency serving Kansas and Missouri. The agency is also a licensed home health provider. Our mission is to assist the aging and disability communities to maintain an independent lifestyle in the environment of their choosing. Our services include home health staffing services and therapy services. The Dream Works is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Transitional Home & Community Support (THCS) The purpose of a Transitional Home & Community Support (THCS) is to assist our traumatic brain injury customers to develop and/or relearn skills necessary to optimize independence and enhance the individual’s quality of life while restoring the customer to an optimal level of physical, cognitive, and behavioral function within the context of the person, their family and community.

Preferred Skills/Education: High School diploma or equivalent required. Must be organized and possess time management skills. Demonstrate relationship management, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills. Basic MS Office and Excel skills. Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Must have completed training in the Primary Skills from the Direct Care Worker Competency List within six months of employment. Must complete the quizzes on The Brain Injury Guide & Resources web based training on TBI located at http://braininjuryeducation.org. Must complete a minimum of five hours per year of continuing education specifically related to job duties, after the first year of employment.

Duties & Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

Provide customers with assistance in achieving greater levels of independence, to strive towards achieving their personal goals, invest time and skills in a hobby or area of interest within their community and to participate in the community of their choice

To keep and record documentation of all activities and events

Provide community outings and travel

Social interaction and community integration

Evaluating the family/home environment

Identifying strategies that enable the participant to effectively compensate for cognitive
and/or physical impairments that are barriers to the performance of the types of activities
required for independent living and household management. Examples of strategies are:
memory notebooks, systematic calendar notes, alarm watches, timers, tape recorders,
adaptive writing instrument, etc.

Providing instruction/training in acquisition of strategies and skills the participant
requires to independently care for his/her personal needs, to plan, organize and carry out
activities appropriate for lifestyle and family role. Examples of training activities are:
directing personal care, performing household management chores, menu planning,
grocery shopping, meal preparation, budgeting, auto/lawn care, creating and maintaining
a weekly schedule, developing emergency contingency plans, arranging and accessing
public transportation, scheduling and keeping appointments with social service agencies,
attorneys, physicians, etc.

Training shall occur in the home and community settings

Training the key family member/person how to support the participant in acquisition of
habitual use of strategies and self-sufficiency skills; and

Assisting the family to make adjustments to changes in roles by direct training in
techniques, suggesting alternative solutions to common problems, identifying natural
supports, or referring family members to appropriate services.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Referral program

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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