Job Description | People with Disabilities Succeeding

PDS Job Description

Employment & Community Support Facilitator

Wonderful Employment Opportunity:

Great hours, never any weekends or nights. Meaningful direct support position for adults in the community — with job coaching, dance, karaoke, picnics, hiking, sports, exercise, arts and crafts, cooking, dog walking, and fun every day!

People with Disabilities Succeeding (PDS) needs you to help adults with developmental disabilities experience all the joys that life has to offer, such as working, having friends, staying healthy and fit, and participating as productive and accepted members of Marin County.

We strongly promote dignity, respect, freedom, and choice, while also providing the compassion, nurturing, and kindness that this vulnerable population deserves.

People with Disabilities Succeeding is innovative and different from other programs in our field. For instance, our staff-to-client ratio is just 1:2. Read on to discover other ways in which PDS is unique.

During the pandemic, PDS created a beautiful social club called The Friend Zone. This clubhouse, inspired by Monica’s apartment in the show Friends, is a place where folks with and without disabilities can hang out and enjoy a totally inclusive and accepting environment. The large building includes huge TVs, leather couches, a modern kitchen, a coffee bar called “Central Perk,” an art room, 2 restrooms with fancy bidets, and additional rented space for table tennis, dance, and exercise.

Detailed, written schedules are designed to ensure that staff members and clients spend time with a wide variety of people in many different settings, while maintaining a consistent and predictable routine.

The PDS Program Coordinator designs these schedules so our 35 clients and 18 full-time staff members don’t get bored or burned out, while also ensuring structure so everyone knows what they will be doing and what is expected of them each day. Our employees appreciate a schedule with the same hours each day and week, including built-in break and preparation time, with no evenings or weekend shifts.

The heart of the job is supporting our clients at work and during everyday activities, but the day does require driving.

PDS does not use large group transportation. You will need your own car for this position, as you will be picking up 2–3 of our clients at their homes and taking them to and from scheduled activities and employment sites. This role involves significant driving using your private vehicle and/or an adapted, wheelchair-equipped Toyota Sienna between homes, workplaces, and throughout Marin. Please note that bridge tolls and commute costs are not reimbursed. An auto stipend is provided to reimburse work-related driving only.

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HOURS:

Full-time staff work with clients between 8:00 AM and 3:15 PM, Monday through Friday, and attend a weekly staff meeting on Tuesdays from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM, paid at time and a half.

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REQUIREMENTS:

Experience: You do not need prior experience in this field to be successful in this position. Relevant human service experience (such as babysitting or working with children or older adults) is helpful but not required. PDS provides two weeks of training to every new hire.

Expectations: Must demonstrate warmth, patience, stamina, a strong work ethic, compassion, a sense of humor, a desire to help others, commitment to the values and clients of PDS, and enthusiasm for our mission.

Non-negotiable:

• Must be at least 21 years of age

• Possess a valid California driver’s license

• Have a car in good working order that is not a salvage vehicle, has air conditioning, and backseats large enough for passengers to get in and out comfortably, and is preferably less than 10 years old

• Have a smartphone

• Must be able to arrive by 8:00 AM and remain until 3:15 PM on weekdays (and 3:30–5:00 PM on Tuesdays)

• No DUIs within the past five years

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COMPENSATION:

Full-time staff are compensated for 41.5 hours per week, including overtime pay at time and a half for the weekly staff meeting.

• Taxable Wages: $24.00/hour | $192.00/day | $4,394.00/month | $52,728.00/year

• Auto Stipend: $26.00/day | $563.33/month | $6,760.00/year

• Cell Phone Reimbursement: $4.50/day | $97.50/month | $1,170.00/year

• Total Non-Taxable Compensation: $30.50/day | $660.83/month | $7,930.00/year

• Total Taxable + Non-Taxable Compensation: $222.50/day | $5,054.83/month | $60,658.00/year

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BENEFITS:

⭐ 100% employer-paid Gold Plan HMO Health Insurance (Kaiser or other HMO options — currently no employee contribution required)

• At least 10 paid holidays in the first year

• At least 10 paid vacation (PTO) days in the first year

• Delta Dental

• Auto stipend

• Cell phone reimbursement

• Premier AAA roadside membership

• Costco membership

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING:

Please review our organization before applying:

• PDS website: www.pdsmarin.org

• PDS Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/user128581196

• PDS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PDSMarin/videos

• PDS Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PDSMarin/

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PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE QUESTIONS AND EMAIL YOUR RESPONSES TO: lisa@pdsmarin.org

1. Tell us about yourself and why you are interested in the job. ( you can be as detailed as you like)

2. Where do you live? (First pickups at 8 AM are anywhere from Marin City to Novato in Marin County, CA.)

3. Do you have a vehicle in good working order that meets the requirements of the position noted above? What year/make is the car?

4. Any DUIs or driver’s license suspensions?

5. What do you do for work now? If you are unemployed, why/how?

6. Are you able to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 3:15 PM, with staff meetings on Tuesdays from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM? (Hours are not negotiable)

7. This position pays $24.00 per hour. Are you sure this meets your needs? (Salary is not negotiable.)

8. If you plan to work a second job in addition to this position, what would that job be?

9. Are you comfortable driving an adapted, wheelchair-equipped Toyota Sienna as part of the workday, with training provided?

10. What special skills, interests, or hobbies would you enjoy sharing with clients (for example: cooking, gardening, dance, art, music) ?