Direct Support Professional​/Caregiver​/DSP

Assists people supported with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and transferring while encouraging people supported to perform as much self-care as possible.

• Fostering positive relationships between individuals served and their housemates.
• Drives people supported to daily appointments, work, day programs, recreation events and stores as needed.
• Maintains records in accordance with company policy and procedures. This includes documentation related to service delivery, progress notes, change in health and emotional condition or other significant events.
• Completes all documentation accurately and timely.
• Ensuring client safety and maintaining a safe environment.
• May assist people supported with medication or assists or supervises people supported who self-administer medication. Completes medication records and counts.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for the people supported. Performs general housekeeping and teaches/supports client to perform housekeeping.
• Understands and follows proper physical safety and emergency protocols.
• Encouraging self-help activities.
• Reporting changes in client's condition or family situation to the office.
• Performing home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning.
• Planning meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up.
• Accompanying client to scheduled appointments.
• Understands and utilizes adaptive equipment including wheelchairs and belts/locks, Hoyer lifts, etc. and be able to securely load and unload clients.
• Completes all trainings including new hire, on the job and annual trainings within the designated timeframe.
• Other duties as assigned.