Job Details

Position Summary: Provide direct support services to assigned individual with developmental disabilities. Coordinate village-based services, assist individual in accessing resources, work with Traditional Council to assure individual is safe and well. Meet regularly with individual and family to assist in successfully addressing issues of self-sufficiency.

Position Qualifications: Experience and/ or education in special education, child/ family health and development, counseling and/ or community development, preferred, not required.

• Minimum Education: High School diploma or equivalent/GED. Experience and/ or special education, child/family health and development, counseling and/ or community development, human services, social services, liberal arts education, sociology, psychology preferred, not required.

• Minimum Experience: One year experience preferred. Prefer Associates (AA) degree. Two years of progressively responsible experience working with consumers with special needs, mental retardation, co-occurring disorders, developmentally delayed, and/or substance abuse involvement.

• License, Certification, Registration: Valid State of Alaska Driver's License or ability to acquire a driver's license. Tuberculin clearance at time of employment and annually thereafter. CPR, First Aide required or willing to complete the class.

• Equipment/Tools: Office equipment (i.e. computer, multi-line telephone, fax machine, copy machine).

• Specialized Knowledge and Skills: Ability to operate photocopy machine, fax machine, shredder, and heat laminator. Ability to fill and proofread documents for accuracy. Have excellent human relations skills as well as written communication skills required.

• Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Benefits Include:

• Generous PTO - starting at 4.5 weeks per year, accrued over time
• Eleven paid holidays
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement plans
• Employee Wellness Center
• Plus More!