Direct Support Professional; DSP - Part Time

Description

Under supervision, Direct Support Professionals (DSP) provide services to adults with Developmental Disabilities, Mental Illness, and/or Chemical Dependency in the residents’ home, ensuring that programs are implemented properly to meet the individual goals of residents. The incumbent will carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, applicable to federal, state, local standards, guidelines, and regulations as directed by the House Supervisor.

*** Must be willing to do a minimum of 2 shifts per month to remain an active employee***

• Assist residents with achieving personal goals; work on behalf of residents to overcome barriers.
• Help residents participate in activities of their choice; respects resident’s personal beliefs, choices, and interests.

• Provide care and assistance to promote good health; help residents receive medical care and communicates with medical professionals.
• Administer medications according to physicians’ instructions; records information regarding health events, conditions, and status.
• Provide CPR/First Aid and seek emergency medical care when needed.

• Help residents with eating, grooming, dressing, bathing, and toileting.
• Assist residents with their mobility including lifting them from a seated or lying down position, helping them walk and maintain stability.

• Help residents develop living skills such as cooking, money management, household shopping, doing laundry, personal hygiene, etc.
• Teach work-related skills and job preparedness; support residents in job search process and maintaining job performance.
• Record progress on skill development and achievement.

• Serve as role model and mentor, demonstrate the desired behaviors, and coach the residents using approved techniques and strategies.
• Use approved physical intervention techniques when necessary to protect residents and others.

• Maintain cleanliness of program.
• Drive company vehicle to transport residents to their activities.
• Complete tasks that are beyond the resident’s abilities.
• Follows policies and procedures for handling money.

• Act in a professional manner and communicates effectively with others.
• Complete training programs; attends required House and All Staff meetings.

• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English effectively.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the Direct Support Professional job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the Direct Support Professional job. While performing the responsibilities of the Direct Support Professional job, the incumbent is required to talk and hear.

The incumbent is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The incumbent is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Must be able to life up to 50 pounds.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• The incumbent may be subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, employees, family members and the general public; maybe subject to physically aggressive residents.
• The incumbent is subject to flexible hours including split shifts and varied days and times including mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends depending on program needs.

• High School Diploma, General Education…