Direct Support Professional

Job Title :
Direct Support Professional - $500 sign on Bonus - Crookston
Hourly Rate : $15.75 / hr
Shifts Needed :
Full Time or Part Time - M-F 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Saturday and Sunday AM's and PM's
Work Location :
Crookston, MN

As a proud member of Redwood Family Care Network,
Eagles Wing takes pride in delivering compassionate care and support for every individual. The Direct Support Professional (DSP) plays a vital and compassionate role in empowering individuals with developmental disabilities, complex medical needs, mental illness, and/or substance use disorders to achieve fulfilling lives.

This position is dedicated to ensuring each individual’s health, safety, and overall well-being, while fostering independence, inclusion, and personal growth. You’ll be an essential part of a team that enriches lives through world‑class, person-centered support, delivered within positive and life‑enriching environments.

As a DSP, you will not merely support daily needs you will embody and elevate Eagle's Wing/Redwood Family Care Network’s mission, vision, and values through your compassionate care and commitment to excellence.

• Comprehensive benefits options, including medical, dental, vision, life, LTD, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA
• EAP (Employee assistance program)
• Employee discount program
• PTO (Paid time off)
• Dayforce Wallet Daily Pay
• Pre-Tax 401(k)
• After-Tax Roth
• Tuition discount through Capella University
• Sick Time
• EAP (Employee assistance program)
• Employee discount program
• Dayforce Wallet Daily Pay
• Tuition discount through Capella University

Direct Services:Staff provide direct services to residents by implementing the support plan created by the resident’s team (Direct Care Coordinator, Case Manager, Guardian, Day Program staff).

Program Planning:Staff may assist in the implementation of individual program plans by appropriately communicating with the DC/ADC and offering constructive feedback during staff meetings.

Documentation:Staff are responsible for documenting, participating in, and following through with all individual programming. Accurate documentation is essential for demonstrating progress toward each individual’s outcomes and needs.

Daily Progress: Staff gather and record information about resident progress on a daily basis. This is an important part of showing measurable outcomes for the individuals served.

Areas of Support: DSPs must be willing to participate in all aspects of their role. Staff provide training, counseling, and assistance to residents in the following areas:

• Personal hygiene and grooming, including incontinence support
• Care of clothing and personal belongings
• Understanding and exercising rights in the community
• Fulfilling responsibilities in the community
• Personal awareness
• Routine health care
• Community orientation
• Recreation and leisure activities
• Meal preparation and planning
• Dietary oversight
• Housekeeping and home maintenance
• Developing interpersonal relationships
• Emergency procedures
• Behavioral intervention
• Addressing medical needs

Resident Routines:Staff must follow through with each resident’s established routines.

Resident Rights:Staff must always ensure that resident rights are protected and observed.

Training and Meetings: All staff meetings and scheduled trainings are mandatory. Participation is required to maintain employment.

Environment: Staff must create and maintain a homelike, nurturing environment. This is the residents’ home, not the staff’s, and must be respected as such.

Health, Safety, and Welfare: Staff are responsible for protecting the health, safety, and overall well-being of each resident.

Policies and Procedures:Staff must follow all policies and procedures as outlined in…