Role OverviewThe Department of Developmental Disabilities is a trauma-informed care agency focused on implementing core values and providing support to people with developmental disabilities. Therapeutic Program Workers assist residents with daily living skills and help them become more independent.
What You Will Do
Key tasks include assisting with eating, bathing, toileting, personal hygiene, and communication, as well as implementing active treatment activities, planning and shopping activities, and completing daily documentation.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will possess kindness and empathy, collaboration, transparency, quality innovation, inclusiveness, and accountability, and will be able to work in a fast-paced environment with unpredictable resident behavior.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid driver's license with 5 or fewer points
- Formal education in arithmetic, reading, writing, and speaking common English vocabulary
Benefits
- Medical Coverage
- Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
- Education and Development Opportunities
- Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
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