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- larche-portland.org
Description
Full-time, Part-Time, & overnight opportunities available. Full-Time Live-In opportunities also available!
General Responsibilities:
• Work cooperatively with the other L’Arche assistants to create community and support the growth and wellbeing of each member of the home
• Assist core members (adults with intellectual disabilities) with basic hygiene and health needs, which include toileting, showering, and laundry assistance
• Assist core members with daily recreational and financial activities and support them in personal growth
• Share household responsibilities including cooking, maintenance of house and yard, upkeep of community vehicles, transportation for core members, record keeping
• Help plan leisure activities, trips, prayer, community nights, retreats, one-on-one outings with core members
• Welcome guests and visitors into the home
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings
• Develop supportive relationships with friends and families of core members, and professional human service workers (case workers, health care providers, etc.)
Requirements:
- At least 21 years old
- Ability to communicate clearly and work cooperatively
- Ability to lift at least 50 pounds
- Current driver’s license preferred
- Criminal record check (completed as part of the application process)
- Multnomah County DD Qualifying Test (completed as part of the orientation process)
- Current Basic First Aid and Adult CPR certification (completed as part of the orientation process)
Benefits:
- Wage - $17.00/hr ($18/hr for nightshift)
- Generous PTO
- IRA - 5% contribution after one-year of full-time employment with L’Arche Portland
- Night shifts include the ability to rest or sleep when not supporting core members and when other responsibilities are complete