Direct Support Provider

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PURPOSE & SCOPE: Direct Support Providers (DSPs) are responsible for teaching and fostering the acquisition, retention, or improvement of skills and abilities to prepare an individual for work and/or community participation. Services are usually delivered in the community from the home of the individual.

• Provide one‑on‑one direct support which may include job training, transportation, assistance with activities of daily living, and participation in recreational activities.
• Assist in developing and maintaining friendships of choice and skills for daily interactions.
• Provide support to explore job interests and community activities.
• Provide support to complete work or business activities, including assistance for individuals who own their own business.
• Training and support to increase or maintain self‑help, socialization, and adaptive skills to participate in their own community.
• Develop / maintain or enhance independent functioning skills in the areas of sensory‑motor, cognition, personal grooming, hygiene, and other daily living and social skills.

• Smart, independent, kind, and bubbly young woman looking for someone to work 4 hours a week in Acton, MA.
• Assist with cooking and baking, navigation of public transportation, community activities (dining, movies, library, grocery store), walks, money management, and volunteering.

Candidate must have experience working with young adults with developmental disabilities and be reliable and punctual.

Looking for someone to work 4 hours a week.

Salary: $20–$25 per hour.

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Part‑time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Individual and Family Services