DSP - Direct Support Professional

Be among the first 25 applicants. This range is provided by Loveland Center. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$18.00/hr - $18.00/hr

Loveland Center, Inc. Equality Through Opportunity.

Sign on Bonus: $250.00

Schedule: Day Shift, Monday thru Friday - No Weekends.

Make a difference in some's life. Provide the expertise, knowledge, and skills necessary to organize and supervise Loveland Center participants in the classroom, on campus, and/or in the community.

Direct service professionals must be 18 years or older and possess a valid Florida driver's license.

Using a curriculum, educate, encourage, and empower participants to reach their goals through hands‑on Practical Skills Training as they apply to everyday life. Services are to be provided on campus as well as in the community.

• Fully adheres to Loveland Center's Code of Ethics and Unifying Values.
• Maintain professional standards of the highest quality with regard to health, safety, classroom management, and public relations.
• Acquire and maintain a proficient level of technological skills as applied to job requirements and industry standards within the designated area of instruction.
• Implement an age‑appropriate curriculum, utilizing state‑of‑the‑art teaching methods and materials, including computers, iPads/tablets, various applications as well as written and unwritten materials.
• Work within prescribed individualized implementation plans and behavior plans for each participant; monitoring progress and giving input on setting annual goals.
• Transport participants as assigned by the Adult Day Training Manager.
• Perform all other duties not specifically identified, as assigned by the Adult Day Training Manager, Chief Operating Officer, or President/CEO.
• While performing the duties of this job, a DSP is regularly required to talk, hear, and see; frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands.
• The DSP is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; as well as stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Continued employment remains on an "At‑Will" basis.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Other

• Individual and Family Services

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