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Direct Support Specialist

 

If you are passionate about making a difference in others’ lives, West Mont wants you on our team! We are looking for compassionate and dedicated people to work as Direct Support Specialist providing assistance for disabled clients helping them to lead a self-directed life and contribute to the community.

Learn, and teach, valuable skills in a dynamic community-based work environment that is never boring or predictable!

Duties and Responsibilities: Assisting the program manager clients with daily activities, accompanying them to doctor appointments, cooking and serving meals, performing light housekeeping duties, running errands, encouraging attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion, and providing companionship.

FTE: Full-time, part-time, and regular (per-diem) positions are available.

 

Shift time: 6a-2p; 2p-10p; 10p-6a

Pay Rate: $11 per hour/DOE

Benefits: Health, vision, dental, retirement, vacation, and sick-leave benefits are available to eligible full-time employees.

Requirements: You must be 18 years or older and be able to pass a criminal background check. Some positions require a valid driver’s license. We will train you in American Red Cross First Aid/CPR, Medications, Preventing Abuse and Neglect, and Crisis Management. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable you to perform essential functions if necessary.

We will provide you with a 3 day Orientation, during which you will be trained in these and other skills. Additional on-site training is conducted, and off-site training is supported as well.

LPN

 

West Mont is a Helena, Montana 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that has been caring for Montanans since 1973.  We offer a wide variety of services for people with disabilities.

 

West Mont has had a big impact on the Helena community by broadening the understanding about the abilities of people with special needs and expanding our services to meet their needs.  We continue to maintain our strong commitment to develop and provide service options to help them reach their maximum potential.

 

We are looking for compassionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).  As an LPN, you will administer nursing care to our clients in a group home setting and work alongside the group home manager and direct support staff.

 

Job Type: 

  • Full-time; non-exempt

Shift:  6a-2p and 2p-10p

Days:  will vary

Qualifications: 

  • Licensed in the State of Montana as an LPN and be in good standing.
  • CPR certified and maintain current certification throughout employment.
  • Two (2) years LPN experience in a healthcare environment.
  • One (1) year of experience working with I/DD individuals (preferred).
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Understanding of psychiatric illness and its treatment, and psychotropic medication.
  • Excellent communication and assessment skills.
  • Strong advocate for and commitment to the issues related to the care of our clients.
  • Strong documentation skills.
  • Sensitively to the unique needs of clients with I/DD and their families.

Benefits:

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401(k) with a match up to 5%
  • Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Assistance Program

How to Apply:

 

  1. Submit your application on-line at: www.westmonthelena.com; or

 

  1. Stop by 2708 Bozeman Ave, Helena, MT to pick up an application.

Benefits

Benefits

West Mont is proud to provide you with a summary of our benefits program. West Mont recognizes that benefits are an important part of a total compensation package, and because of this, we give our employees the opportunity to make selections that best meet their benefit needs. We strive to provide benefit choices that allow employees to custom tailor their benefits.

 

Eligibility
Eligible employees and dependent children of eligible permanent employees also qualified for Health Insurance, Health Savings Account, Supplemental Life Insurance, and AD&D after a 60-day period. All employees, regardless of full or part-time status are eligible upon date of hire to contribute to our 403(b) plan and after 90 days will begin to accrue personal leave and sick leave.

 

Pretax Advantage
An added advantage of pretax is that premium payments you contribute for your benefits are automatically paid on a pretax basis. When you pay for your benefits with pretax dollars, you are reducing your taxable income.

  • Health Insurance
  • Supplemental Life Insurance and AD&D
  • Dependent Life Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • 403(b) Retirement
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Mileage reimbursement (post-tax)
  • Personal leave (post-tax)
  • Sick Leave (post-tax)
  • Direct Deposit

 

Most benefit programs require contributions from employees, but many are primarily paid by the employer.

 

Health Insurance Plan Options

When you are eligible, you can enroll yourself and eligible dependents in a health insurance plan, with a term life insurance policy, that comes with a Health Savings Account Option.  West Mont pays a portion of premium costs for the health plan chosen.

 

Supplemental Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance

Health Insurance enrollment includes Life Insurance and Accidental Death or Dismemberment disability benefits.  An employee must carry dependent health insurance coverage in order for his or her dependents to be eligible for the life insurance benefit.

 

Health Savings Account

A Health Savings Account is an account that is owned by the individual and created from pre-tax contributions that can be used tax free as long as the distributions are used for qualified medical expenses.

 

403(b) Retirement

West Mont is committed to helping you succeed not only at work, but in retirement with a 403(b) Retirement Plan.  Pre-tax contributions are automatically taken from salary which gives your plan the potential to generate earnings, tax-deferred.  West Mont will match up to 5% of contributions after 2 years of employment. At that time any money that West Mont puts in to the employees account is for them to keep, meaning at 2 years the employee is 100% vested.

 

Flexible Spending

West Mont allows employees to contribute a maximum of $2,650/year to a flex account to be used for medical purchases. This flex account is different than a Health Savings Account because you are only allowed to use the funds within the year you’ve elected, it does NOT carry over. You can choose to either utilize flexible spending or a Health Savings Account.

 

 

 

 

Training

West Mont has developed an extensive training program in order to assure the safety and well-being of its clients and employees, in addition to assuring quality care.  All required training and testing will be completed at the employer’s expense and will be ongoing throughout employment at West Mont.

 

Personal Leave/Sick Leave

Personal Leave is designed primarily for your rest and relaxation. This program allows you to manage your own time away from work. Personal Leave is available after completing three months of employment and accrues according to length of employment and/or work hours granted.

Holidays

Employees are provided with six premium paid holidays each calendar year.

 

Direct Deposit

West Mont offers all employees the convenience of direct deposit. Employees are encouraged to have their bi-weekly paycheck direct deposited to the bank of their choice. Direct deposit is a safe, hassle free way to get checks deposited and avoid standing in line at the bank!

 

Other Benefits

Other benefits for which you may be eligible include:

  • Family/Medical Leave
  • Leave of Absence
  • Military Reserve Training Leave
  • West Mont paid Training
  • Transitional Return to Work Program
  • Social Security/Medicare Contributions
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Workers’ Compensation Insurance
  • Capital City Health Club discount
  • Verizon Wireless Discount

 

A Human Resources representative can provide you with more information on these and other programs.

 

This information contains the highlights of the benefit options available through the West Mont. This information is intended to be only a summary to help you in understand the benefits available. Not all plan provisions, limitations and exclusions are included here. In the event of any conflict between the information contained in this document, the documents’ summary and descriptions and insurance contracts will govern.

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Thank you for your interest in working with West Mont. West Mont’s contract with the Department of Public Health and Human Services Developmental Disabilities Program requires a criminal background check of all applicants through the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) exclusion list. Applicants with any type of conviction are required to be reviewed and approved by Human Resources prior to being selected. Please see West Mont Policy 400.01 Screening and Hiring of Applicants for questions or contact Human Resources at 406-447-3100.

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