116-13 Direct Support Professional

Schedule

Saturday 9 am – 11 pm

Part-Time: 14 hours

Pay

$17.50 – $19.00 per hour – Paid training provided by Venture!

SIGN ON BONUS: $1,000 for new full-time employees

About the role

The Direct Support Professional reports to the Residential House Manager (or the Assistant Residential House Manager) and is responsible for the daily care, supervision, and safety of developmentally disabled individuals in both residential and community settings. Ensuring overnight awake coverage is alert and responsive to individuals’ needs.

Responsibilities

• Monitor individuals for health and safety
• Safely evacuate individuals from residence in the event of fire or disaster
• Physically assist individuals, as needed, in transfer and carries, both ambulatory and non-ambulatory
• Physically escort/restrain individuals during emergency situations or behavioral episodes
• Physically assist individuals, as needed, in bathing and personal hygiene tasks which may include lifts and support to individuals with body weights of 150 – 250 pounds
• Educate, supervise, and monitor individual self-medication programs
• Educate and train individuals in goals and objectives specified in ISP and behavior plan
• Assist with medical appointment scheduling/transportation
• Educate and assist individuals with meal preparation and food shopping
• Educate and assist with individual finances, banking, receipts, purchasing, and maintain records
• Educate, transport, accompany, and provide supervision to individuals in/to their place of worship
• Maintain records and document daily data
• Responsible for daily housekeeping and cleaning of residence to include laundry, dishes, mopping, sweeping, snow shoveling, report repair and maintenance needs
• Overnight awake staff will assume primary responsibility for cleaning common areas and bathrooms
• Overnight asleep staff will be available for direct care duties for the morning routine
• If overnight asleep staff are required for assistance during overnight hours they will be paid the direct care rate if they have not had five uninterrupted hours available for sleep
• Writing, evaluating, and assessing individuals for programmatic planning
• Implement agency policies and procedures as defined in the Agency Policy and Procedure Manual
• Maintain confidentiality and positive demeanor while successfully juggling multiple priorities simultaneously
• Coordinate and assist with planning of leisure time
• Provide emergency coverage to include overnight
• Perform duties of individual advocacy
• Assist persons served during end-of-life reflective of palliative care and hospice-based supports and services
• Ability to remain on duty after scheduled hours if not relieved by oncoming staff
• Attend weekly staff meeting and participate both verbally and in writing
• Part-time Direct Support Professional is not required to attend staff meetings but must attend all mandatory training

Direct Care staff assignments

• Advocate: All full-time staff will have advocate responsibilities for one of the people living in the home; responsible for preparation of advocate agenda for staff meetings and leading discussion concerning the person; prepare all data and documentation for end-of-month submission; ensure all records are complete, neat, and in proper order; assure all medical, dental, personal, and social needs are met
• Safety Officer: Perform safety check of home, van, and grounds utilizing safety checklist and report at staff meeting; attend Safety Committee meetings quarterly; bring report back to safety meeting regarding general and seasonal safety issues; maintain ongoing focus on safety and best practice within the program
• Healthy Eating Officer: Comply with agency standards set forth in the Nutritional Healthy Eating Policy and Procedure, agency training, and all duties outlined in the Direct Care/Healthy Eating Officer job description; participate in “Food for Health” training; prepare weekly menus in compliance with dietary orders/needs of the individuals; lead staff meeting discussions around healthy eating; take primary responsibility for preparing shopping lists and maintaining healthy pantry/freezer items in the house; role model healthy eating practices (e.g., meal preparation and demonstrations)

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Maintain First Aid, CPR, MAP & PABC certifications
• Complete agency orientation
• Ensure the program maintains the standards outlined in the Department of Developmental Services, the agency Mission Statement, the Survey and Certification Tool, and requirements of Performance Based Objectives
• Obtain and maintain certification in Applied Non-Violence
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on programmatic coverage, weekends, holidays, and program emergencies
• Will not engage in actions that jeopardize the care and safety of individuals at any time
• Ability to advocate and establish rapport with the disabled population, their families, co-workers, and service providers

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Must be 21+ years old
• Valid driver’s license
• Daily use of a car on site (preferred but not required)
• Available by telephone for daily contact