SENIOR ADULT DAY CARE CENTER WORKER

Code: 06437 Local Competitive

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Examples of work

• Plans and prepares written activities schedule for the Adult Day Care participants for the review and approval of the supervisor.
• Provides guidance to other Adult Day Care Center Workers as required in order to enable them to effectively carry out their work assignments.
• Provides assistance to other workers in resolving problems related to the scheduled activities.
• Informs other workers of the work assignments issued by the supervisor.
• Assumes responsibility for the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of assigned participants.
• Serves meals to participants and assists those unable to help themselves.
• Provides whatever assistance is required by the participants to assure adequate standards of personal hygiene.
• Maintains an adult care program in the Day Care Center setting with particular emphasis on self- help and social development to the limit of the individual's ability.
• Maintains active recreation and social programs and participates in outdoor and indoor recreation activities with participants.
• Assists those in charge in carrying out special health or informational programs for the participants.
• Sees that proper measures are taken at all times to eliminate actual and potential hazards to the safety of the participants.
• Escorts participants to recreation, activity areas, and other center areas as may be required.
• Notifies the Day Care Center Supervisor when irregularities, suspicious conditions, accidents, illness, and/or fires occur.
• May drive a vehicle to and from the day care center.
• Prepares factual reports.
• Keeps records with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related unit.

Experience

Two (2) years of work experience in the direct care and/or supervision of activities of the elderly or disabled in an institution, day care center, or other related community program.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of the specific problems encountered in the non-professional care of persons attending adult care centers.
• Knowledge of the housekeeping, safety, and sanitation problems likely to be encountered in a center, and of the procedures, methods and equipment required for their solution or alleviation.
• Knowledge of the techniques used in helping individuals in the area of self-care and drawing them into social and recreational activities.
• Knowledge of the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the elderly and the disabled and of the procedures and methods required to provide for such needs.
• Ability to organize assigned center training work, analyze problems, and develop appropriate work methods.
• Ability to assist with and participate in outdoor and indoor social and recreation activities.
• Ability to provide assistance required by the elderly and disabled and to maintain prescribed standards of personal hygiene.
• Ability to assist participants at meal time.
• Ability to lift and transfer patients who are not ambulant or semi-ambulant.
• Ability to keep rooms and other areas in a clean, neat and orderly condition.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret to persons in the neighborhood of varying ethic groups, economic status, and educational levels the purpose of the Adult Day Care Program.
• Ability to notify the proper supervisory officers when unusual cases, irregularities, accidents, fires, and/ or illnesses occur.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

<b>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS</b>:

The function of a Senior Adult Day Care Center Worker is typically characterized by the performance of most of the following leadership responsibilities on a regular and continuous basis.

Distributing and balancing the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization, assuring timely accomplishment of the assigned workload and that each employee has enough work to be kept busy.

Observing the status and progress of the work and making necessary adjustments in accordance with established priorities, notifying the supervisor as to the work's progress and status and requesting advice or needed information regarding problems that arise, passing on to the other workers the instructions received from the supervisor, demonstrating proper work methods.

Answering questions of other workers regarding procedures, policies, regulations, and instructions, and instructing them in specific tasks and job techniques.

Checking on work in progress and completed to see whether the supervisors' instructions have been carried out properly.

Answering questions of the supervisor regarding overall work operations and problems.

Giving on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices, and informing them of available services and agency regulations.

Resolving simple informal complaints of employees and referring all others to the supervisor.

Informing supervisor as to the progress and training needs of employees and making suggestions as to disciplinary matters, promotions, reassignments, dismissals, and other personnel problems.

In addition to taking the lead over other Adult Day Care Center Worker(s) in the performance of their duties, positions in this class also perform the tasks described in the Examples of Work section.

Thirty college credit hours in education or psychology may be substituted for one year of experience.