0028 Adaptive Skills-Adaptive Skills Trainer

Location: Chatsworth,CA
Schedule: Monday - Wednesday 9:00am-2:00pm + weekends flexible
Job Description: Adaptive Skills Trainer
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Supervisor, the Adaptive Skills Trainer will provide individualized Instruction, assistance, and support to assigned individuals in support services as determined by the Adaptive Skills Administrative and Clinical Teams. This role includes community engagement with neurodiverse individuals, and families to build relationships. The Adaptive Skills Trainer should have excellent communication skills which are essential to support a team that delivers high-quality, person-centered services.
Responsibilities:
* Implement individualized adaptive skills training plans developed
* Provide direct, hands-on instruction in identified skill areas, including:
* Safety skills and community navigation
* Hygiene, dressing, and grooming routines
* Toileting and feeding skills (including picky eating and sensory-based food issues)
* Housekeeping and home management
* Food purchasing and meal preparation
* Technology access and use
* Communication and social functioning
* Choice-making and self-advocacy
* Assist individuals with challenges as directed by the supervising professional
* Deliver services in the individual’s home, workplace, and/or community settings, as authorized.
* Promote generalization of skills across settings, people, and situations
* Apply evidence-based instructional strategies aligned with consumer needs and IPP goals.

Documentation/Compliance piece:
• Adhere to JNCS’s mission, values, and all DDS/Regional Center compliance requirements.
• Maintain service records which include daily notes, progress data, and incident documentation, in compliance with JNCS policies and Regional Center standards.
• Submit session documentation within required timeframes to support billing under the assigned Regional Center authorization (service code 605).
• Complete Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) requirements for all in-home service delivery sessions.
• Support progress report preparation for Semi-Annual reviews by providing consistent, measurable data on the Individuals goals.
• Maintain regular communication with the supervising Adaptive Skills Training Professional regarding Individual progress, barriers, and plan adjustments.
• Collaborate with Service Coordinators, family members, and other care team members to ensure consistency of support across environments.
• Participate in IPP meetings and training sessions as requested
Key Responsibilities:
• Implement the individual’s Support Plan as developed.
• Provide support and supervision commensurate with the assigned individual’s identified support needs.
• Provide the necessary accommodations to support an individual with various challenges (behavioral, physical, communication, etc.) within their home and community.
• Support the individual to establish a daily/weekly schedule of activities.
• Assist the individual to participate in age appropriate, culturally normative activities within the individual’s home and community to promote meaningful participation, a sense of belonging, and membership.
• Provide feedback and intervention as specified in the Individual Support Plan.
• Act as a mentor and role model for socially acceptable and culturally valued ways to interact and support each other to be successful.
• Participate hands-on in all activities.
• Document individual’s progress towards identified outcome indicators through data collection and anecdotal notes.
• Maintain ongoing meetings with the Supervisor, at a minimum of once each month.
• Assist and support the person to maintain their own personal safety and well-being.
• Introduce the assigned individual to new activities and people within the context of the Support Plan.
• Provide information to family members about the unique needs of the individual to assist in the building of a more cohesive family unit.
• Understand cultural and family dynamics as they interplay with developing and meeting instructional milestones.
• Utilize appropriate non-invasive, non-intrusive methods of support.
• Cooperatively develop with Supervisor an Individualized Training Plan to further personal growth and skill development required to support individuals with complex support needs.
• Complete all documentation comprehensively in accordance with Supervisor requirements.
• Submit all required documentation in accordance with specified timelines.
• Attend all scheduled meetings.
• Comply with all policies and procedures of the organization and public locations of activities.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

About us: Jay Nolan Community Services is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to provide individualized support to children, teens, and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities so that they may live, work, and thrive in their own homes and in their community. We are an inclusive, supportive, and community-oriented workplace.
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Jay Nolan Community Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.