Direct Care Professionals

This is an exciting opportunity to help create a welcoming, supportive home where clients can build independence, strengthen daily living skills, connect with their community, and work toward their personal goals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will do more than provide assistance—you will build meaningful relationships and help clients create lives that feel safe, fulfilling, and their own.

• Support clients with daily routines, household responsibilities, personal care, and medication needs.
• Teach and reinforce skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, shopping, transportation, and appointment management.
• Help clients participate in employment, education, recreation, relationships, and community activities.
• Follow each client’s individualized service plan while adapting support to their needs and abilities.
• Encourage clients to make informed choices, advocate for themselves, and become increasingly independent.
• Respond calmly and appropriately when clients are experiencing emotional or behavioral challenges.
• Maintain a safe, clean, respectful, and home-like environment.
• Complete required documentation accurately and on time.
• Communicate and collaborate with clients, families, case managers, coworkers, and other members of the support team.

The strongest candidates will be:

• Compassionate and committed to treating every person with dignity and respect.
• Dependable and able to follow through on responsibilities.
• Patient, emotionally mature, and comfortable supporting people with varying needs.
• Able to balance safety with client choice and independence.
• Flexible and able to respond calmly when plans or needs change.
• Strong communicators who can work independently and as part of a team.
• Willing to learn, accept feedback, and consistently apply training.

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet applicable driving requirements.
• Ability to complete required background checks and training.
• Basic computer skills and ability to complete electronic documentation.
• Experience supporting people with disabilities or behavioral health needs is helpful but not required.

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