Job Description Requirements
- Eighteen (18) years old and has a high school diploma or GED; or
- Twenty-one (21) years old;
- Meets the personnel and training requirements established in Section 3 of this administrative regulation;
- Has the ability to: • Communicate effectively with a participant and the participant’s family;
- Read, understand, and implement written and oral instructions;
- Perform required documentation; and
- Participate as a member of the participant’s person-centered team if requested by the participant; and shall be provided by a direct support professional.
Job Description
- Personal Assistance Providers will ensure the following regulations and job descriptions are followed:
- Shall enable a participant to accomplish tasks that the participant normally would do for himself or herself if the participant did not have a disability;
- Shall be available only to a participant who lives in the participant’s own residence or in the participant’s family residence;
- May be participant-directed and, if participant-directed, may be provided by an immediate family member, guardian, or legally responsible individual of the participant in accordance with Section 10 of this administrative regulation;
- Shall include:
- Hands-on assistance (performing a task for a participant);
- Reminding, observing, guiding, or training a participant in activities of daily living;
- Reminding, observing, guiding, or training a participant in instrumental activities of daily living;
- Assisting a participant in managing the participant’s medical care, including making medical appointments and accompanying the participant to medical appointments; or
- Transportation, which is not otherwise available under the Medicaid Program, to access community services, activities, and appointments