Respite Coordinator
Position Title: Respite Coordinator
Location: 133-14 41st Avenue, 7th Floor, Flushing, NY 11355
Schedule: Full-Time
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Provide recreational, educational and habilitative activities to individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Recreation includes arts and crafts, singing and dancing.
- Education includes financial literacy (coin/dollar recognition).
- Habilitation includes skills of daily living such as basic food preparation (example: sandwiches), proper hygiene (example: handwashing) and community safety.
- Lead individuals with developmental disabilities on community outings, for example trips to malls, museums and parks.
- Provide cultural programming to individuals with developmental disabilities including Lunar New Year festivities, Thanksgiving celebrations and Halloween Trick-or-Treating.
- Foster healthy and meaningful communication and socialization among individuals with developmental disabilities including appropriate greetings, respect for personal space and social etiquette.
- Partner with parents/caregivers to promote the growth of their children with developmental disabilities.
- Document service provision as per regulations and policy of New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bilingual in Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) and English.
- Excellent inter-personal skills.
- Experience with health promotion and the arts including basic physical exercise and dance.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience.
How to Apply:
Please send resume and cover letter to Coco Lin clin2@cpc-nyc.org and Michelle Liu mliu@cpc-nyc.org
Location:
Queens Community Center
Post date:
January 6, 2017