Direct Support Professional ​/ Group Home Caregiver

Direct Support Professional

At All Ways Caring Home Care our Direct Support Professionals at our Wasilla Group Home, play a critical role in delivering compassionate and individualized hands-on care to those we serve. It is our goal to identify individuals who are empathetic, detail-oriented, and ready to be an essential part of the life-changing care we provide, #Difference Maker.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Great company culture
• Set shift schedules available with consistent hours
• Competitive pay with Daily Pay options available
• Tuition reimbursement and campus partnerships
• Paid DSP and client specific training
• Referral bonus
• Benefits, Supplemental Plans, EAP, and 401(K) participation
• Career growth and development opportunities

While no two days are exactly the same, here are some things you will be responsible for:

• Performing personal care tasks, including feeding, ambulation, and medical monitoring
• Assist with fostering positive relationships between individuals served and their housemates
• Ensuring client safety and maintaining a safe environment
• Encouraging self-help activities
• Accompanying clients to scheduled appointments

Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Ability to work in a group home, home-like setting
• Ability to communicate (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external

What you will need:

• No prior experience necessary (orientation and paid training provided)
• Responsible, trustworthy, and able to maintain confidentiality
• Emotionally intelligent with a high level of empathy and professionalism
• Willing to learn medical equipment use and follow care protocols
• Able to work assigned shifts with consistency and integrity
• Successful pass company and state required pre-employment background checks
• Availability to work weekends and holidays (as needed)

Physical Requirements:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, however, the physical demands must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job to include, but not limited, to the following:

• Sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms
• Talk and listen
• Close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision
• Lift and/or move heavy objects up to 50 pounds with or without assistance
• Ability to type on a computer keyboard
• Noise may be moderate to loud
• Temperatures in home-like or office settings may vary

Salary Range: USD $22.25 - $23.25 / Hour