The RA works as a new team member who is receiving training, providing active treatment according to an active treatment schedule which includes: provision of activities, promoting the growth, development and independence of the people served, following habilitation plans and specific behavioral interventions, providing and training the people served in skills of daily living and as appropriate - personal hygiene, grooming and personal care, health maintenance, self-preservation and safety, self-direction, communication skills, social skills and training in community orientation. The physical demands include: the ability to walk, bend, twist, push, pull, sit, drive and ride in vehicles; lift 50 pounds or 1/4 of your weight, whichever is less, push loaded wheelchairs, run van lifts and use tie-downs, transfer people in mechanical lifts, reposition people and bathe them in tubs or showers, pick-up and clean bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas and other related duties as assigned.