PT Direct Support Professional (DSP​/Caregiver

Position:PT Direct Support Professional (DSP/Caregiver)

Location: SLC, UT

Job :240

# of Openings:1

Job Title:PT Direct Support Professional (DSP/Caregiver)

Location: Salt Lake City

Part Time

Pay: $19.25hr

Columbus Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that has been transforming the lives of individuals with disabilities through employment, training, day programs, and housing since 1968. For part-time employees we offer:

• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) w/ Employer Contribution
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A Diverse Workforce
• Ability to accomplish something great every day!

We are looking for compassionate, patient, and dependable people to become Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). This job offers challenging and rewarding work! We want DSPs that can develop a rapport with individuals with disabilities to nurture safe and supportive relationships. Positivism, teamwork, and collaboration are essential!

The DSP would support and guide the individual, in a residential setting, in ways that most people would take for granted. You would assist with tasks that the individual cannot do for themselves and teach tasks that they can do for themselves. It is a great sense of accomplishment, for you and the person, when they learn to complete a new task!

You would also assist lower functioning clients with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as showering, bathing, toileting, or feeding. Higher functioning clients, you would teach daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, and shopping.

• Provide direct support to individuals with developmental disabilities in a residential setting.
• Assist individual with activities of daily living such as showering, bathing, toileting, or feeding as needed.
• Provide assistance and support with daily activities which include household chores, meal preparation, recreational activities, learning activities, and physical fitness activities.
• Accompany individuals on routine errands, and provide assistance as needed in accomplishing tasks.
• Represent the needs, wants, and interests of individuals served or supported by the program.
• Provide input on program planning and implementation for individuals.
• Document in accordance with policies and procedures and all pertinent laws and regulations.
• Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other staff, families, and the general public.
• Drive clients to appointments, grocery stores, activities, and other locations based on client and department needs.

• Must be able to drive clients to and from locations for their personal needs, in a personal or Columbus-provided vehicle.
• Must be 18 or older
• Must drive and have a valid driver's license
• Acceptable driving record based on motor vehicle record (MVR)
• Must be able to lift 40 lbs, push, pull, bend, kneel, stand or sit for sustained periods of time
• Experience supporting people with disabilities is preferred but not required, we will train
• Must speak, read and write English

We are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status
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