Activity Aide​/Direct Support Professional; Dsp

Full Time Rockford, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Position Summary:

The Activity Aide / Direct Support Professional (DSP) is responsible for working with people served to help them achieve their personal goals and create and maintain a fulfilling life. While this position maintains the responsibilities and training requirements of a Direct Support Professional, its primary focus is working within the Activity Department to plan, prepare, and implement meaningful activities, community outings, and opportunities that promote participation, socialization, learning, independence, and enjoyment.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

The Activity Aide / Direct Support Professional (DSP) position requires the ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, fine motor manipulations, talk, hear, and complete repetitive motions. The Activity Aide/ Direct Support Professional position can entail standing for significant periods of time. The Activity Aide/ Direct Support Professional requires the ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The position involves working in indoor and outdoor environments. The position involves supporting people served in the home and in the community and involves frequent driving.

• The Activity Aide/ Direct Support Professional must possess a high school diploma or GED.
• Must be at least 21 years old. Unless an exception has been made for an employee under 21 years old to work in the adult CILA program.
• Must take and successfully pass the TABE test.
• Demonstrate sufficient communication and writing skills to complete required documentation.
• Must be able to meet Department of Human Services Division and Developmental Disabilities and Goldie
  
  B. Floberg Center requirements to administer medications to people served.
• Must successfully pass all required background checks and not be convicted of any crime that violates DHS or DCFS requirements for employment with the Goldie
  
  B. Floberg Center.
• Must be able to complete data entry using an iPod, iPad and basic desktop computer.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Must be able to meet the physical demands described in the Working Conditions & Physical Demands section of this profile.
• Must possess a valid driver's license in good standing and meet agency requirements to transport people served.
• Must be comfortable transporting people served during daytime and evening hours, including driving on highways and in varying weather conditions.

Essential Job Functions:

• To ensure that you are supervising assigned persons served according to the Person Served Supervision Policy #300 of the Program Manual, or other applicable policy, unless specified differently in their Person Centered Plan.
• To accurately implement all written treatment plans for assigned clients and record data on the written treatment plans reliably and precisely immediately following the implementation of the program.
• Perform life skills training with clients that lead to the development of greater independence for our clientele using established behavioral principles and techniques.
• To complete all required programmatic and medical documentation within the designated time frames.

Examples include but are not limited to:

• Plan, prepare, and independently lead meaningful activities based on the interests, abilities, and needs of the people served.
• Actively engage with people served during activities and encourage participation, socialization, learning, independence, and enjoyment.
• Assist with organizing daily and weekly Activity Department programming.
• Therap T-logs for each client to be completed every shift including general and programmatic information, as well as medical information pertaining to each person served;
• Learning programming and activities of daily living charting to be completed every shift;
• Accounting and documentation of the funds of people served in accordance with Financial Management Policy #400;
• Controlled substances must be counted and documented within 30 minutes of each shift beginning, after every medication administration per Medication
• Management Policy #200.
• Completing the Medication Administration Record as medications are administered per Medication Management Policy #200.
• To remain up to date on progress of people served at assigned sites and on policies memos related to…