PERT Residential Staff (Wage) - #WWRH2003

Title: PERT Residential Staff (Wage) - #WWRH2003

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: Minimum Starting Salary is $15.03/Hr commensurate with experience.

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn

Agency Website: https://www.wwrc.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

If you want to work with a dynamic team that is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have opportunities to compete for and enjoy high quality employment, then this is the place for you!

Job Duties:

The Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) is currently seeing an individual to serve as a PERT Residential Staff (Wage). The incumbent in this position will direct student services as well as handle direct service documentation and team communication related to student programming and observation. Additionally, the incumbent will be an Independent Living Skills Facilitator, and will be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have:

Knowledge/Experience - Training in principles and techniques of residential programming and/or behavior intervention techniques desirable. Characteristics of adolescent behaviors and positive intervention techniques; characteristics of diverse disabilities and implications for residential programming; needs of youth with disabilities and their families in the transition from school-to-work; and group dynamics.

Skills/Abilities - Demonstrated skills in the application of positive intervention strategies to challenging behaviors which may be presented in a residential setting; use of appropriate restraints in emergency situations; client-focused advocacy; effective oral/written communication. Demonstrated abilities to anticipate and respond immediately to individual and group crisis/emergency situations; enforce disciplinary measures while retaining respect and confidence from PERT participants and PERT/WWRC staff; balance workload responsibilities with competing organizational priorities; and complete work assignments under the direction of full-time Residential staff and as an effective team member.

This position is scheduled to work a combination of day, evening, and weekend hours, on a rotating basis, dependent on when PERT participants are on campus and in consideration of identified resource and coverage needs.

Additional Considerations:

Direct experience in a residential education and/or rehabilitation setting with youth with disabilities. A combination of training and experience will be considered.

Special Instructions:

This position is designated to provide first aid, CPR and AED only as a collateral duty to routine work assignments, responding solely to injuries resulting from workplace incidents, generally at the location where the incident occurred, until emergency personnel arrive on the scene. The incumbent understands that pre-exposure hepatitis B vaccination is not being provided, but that post-exposure hepatitis B vaccination will be provided, and s/he will complete annual bloodborne pathogens training in accordance with the OSHA standard.

• This has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2-1201.1.
• A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the finalist candidate. 
• The selected candidate must complete a Statement of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment (Va. Code § 2.2-3114).
  
  

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.

Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, Americorp, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

To Apply:

Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. PageUp provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully.  You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Email: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.