Direct Support Professional

Position Type: Community/Direct Support Professional

Date Posted: 7/19/2021

• $1500 for new full-time employees
• $750 on completion of 3 months of employment
• $750 on completion of 6 months of employment

Multiple shift options available: part time, full time and on call.

We seek employees who are energetic, creative, and caring, and who always see the opportunity in a challenging situation.

Join a Team Where Your Contributions Make a Positive Difference in Someone's Life!

Direct Support Professional (DSP) plays an integral role in the lives of the people we support. The DSP will provide direct assistance in all aspects of daily living, enabling the greatest level of independence possible and the best quality of life as one is able to experience. Depending on the needs of the individual, tasks could include providing direct personal care or assistance with: hygiene, housekeeping, laundry, cooking, medication and appointments, behavioral interventions, etc.

• HS/GED
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive the agency van
• No prior experience required (paid training)

Pay: $15.50-$19.00 per hour.

Our mission is to foster independence, integration, individualization and productivity while enhancing the quality of the lives for the people we serve. Our goal is to enable each and every individual to reach his or her maximum potential in the least restrictive environment by selecting and promoting educational practices that are grounded in research and science—particularly Applied Behavior Analysis—and to assist each and every individual in identifying and realizing his or her own goals.

We have multiple locations within Westchester. Hiring for full time, part time, over nights, and on call.

• Directly accountable to the Residential Manager
• Indirectly accountable to the Supervisor of Community Programs

• Directly responsible for specific group assigned.
• Responsible for implementation and collection of data of daily and weekly programs as assigned by supervisor for each consumer in assigned group.
• Assists in any clerical work (daily attendance, requisitions, trip lists, graphing data).
• Responsible for carrying out daily schedules as developed and planned.
• Instruct consumers daily in proper hygiene habits.
• Assists in accompanying consumers to medical appointments and other services needed.
• Participates in the floor management program which includes the following responsibilities:
• Working with consumers on house and room maintenance to include writing of work orders if needed.
• Ensuring daily evaluations are collected and handed in at the end of the day.
• Assisting the Unit Coordinator in the inventory and requisition of clothing and ADL supplies.

• Participates in training sessions and in-service meetings.
• Ensures that program areas are kept in order.
• Participates in Activities of Daily Living Program.
• Assumes additional responsibility when assigned to maintain the quality of care for all individuals.
• Participates in and becomes certified in the following: CPR, First Aid, SCIP, Medication Administration.
• Follows established Hawthorne Foundation, Inc. and Residential Services policies and procedures.
• Assumes additional responsibilities as stated in training program.
• Implements clothing control by making sure each room in the house is clean and dressers are well organized.
• Participates in all recreational programs.
• Assures the safety and welfare of all individuals.
• Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.

• Sitting, standing, bending, lifting, and moving intermittently during work hours.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must possess sight and hearing senses, or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of the position can be fully met.
• Must function independently, have personal integrity, be flexible and able to work effectively with other personnel.
• Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.