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Behavior Support Direct Support Professional

Access Services · Malvern, PA · 1 wk ago
On-siteHealthcare$17/hrPart-time

About the role

Access Services is seeking a Behavior Support "Enhanced" DSP (Direct Support Professional) to join our Home and Community Supports team in Malvern, PA. This enhanced case has a schedule of Monday-Friday 9:00AM-4:00PM and will be worked primarily in the community. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the open shifts.

Responsibilities

  • Assist individuals with developmental intellectual disabilities in the region where you serve.
  • Provide creative support through a variety of tasks and activities in the community.
  • Utilize approved interventions to provide support as outlined in the individual's plan of care, including safe crisis management techniques, emotional support, and positive reinforcement.
  • Maintain appropriate case notes for the individuals served.
  • Engage in supervision, training, and professional development.

Requirements

  • Candidates must meet all qualifying and ongoing job criteria including background checks, physical examination results, and driving clearances.
  • Enhanced DSP candidates must meet one of the following criteria:
    • A Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Education, Special Education, Counseling, Social Work or Gerontology.
    • A High School Diploma/GED equivalency with one year (1000 hours) of experience as a Direct Support Professional, and completion of NADD Certification with the support of Access Services.
    • Other accepted degree/certifications (current or active): NADD Competency Based Clinical Certification, NADD Competency-Based Dual Diagnosis Certification, or NADD Competency-Based Direct-Support Professional Certification.
    • A Registered Behavior Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant, or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.

Skills

  • Creative problem solving and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to teach basic daily living skills.
  • Ability and willingness to provide personal care.
  • Knowledge of basic family dynamics.
  • Ability to establish effective working relationships with individuals, their families, case managers and the general public.
  • Ability to express ideas clearly with the individual and family.
  • Ability to express ideas verbally and document clear and precise outcomes as documented in the PSP.
  • Demonstrated commitment and sensitivity to the family atmosphere.
  • Commitment to Resident Rights and individuality of the person being served.
  • Ability to manage time and work independently within provided guidelines.
  • Skills acquired from training on autism spectrum disorders, experience in managing medical needs, or behavior management.
  • Proficiency in, or ability to learn and use, workplace applications, platforms and technologies.

Essential Working Conditions/Physical Demands

  • Work in program sites and the community routinely providing direct care and support with individual(s).
  • Stand, sit or run by self, or to provide proper care and supervision with an individual.
  • Able to move and stay with an individual to keep them safe, both in home environment and community, both at near and far distances, even when an individual may struggle to meet identified expectations.
  • Able to assist an individual who has fallen, regardless of weight or size.
  • Walk, climb stairs by self, or to provide direct care ensuring individual's safety, or to complete household and community tasks.
  • Perform household tasks or tasks within the community such as laundry, cleaning, completing meal routines, shopping or dining out and, at the same time, ensuring individual's safety and proper direct care and compliance with ISP.

Benefits

  • Compensation and schedule: The base rate for the Enhanced Direct Support Professional position starts at $17/hour with an additional $5/hour incentive rate for a starting rate of $22/hour for enhanced case shifts. Increases to the base rate are based on education and experience.
  • The enhanced rate position is available based on program openings. Currently, this position has availability for the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00AM-4:00PM. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the above shifts!
  • All Employees Receive The Following Benefits:
    • Mileage Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Referral Bonuses
    • Discounts on various services, perks with local Credit Unions, college tuition discounts
  • If Working 20 Hours Or More, Benefits Also Include Paid Time Off, Tuition reimbursement, 401k match.
  • If working 30+ hours per week, benefits also include:
    • Health, Vision, Rx, & Dental insurances
    • 401k match, Tuition Reimbursement and college tuition discounts
    • 20 Days Paid Time Off plus additional time with continued service.
    • Paid Holiday Time.
    • Catastrophic Sick Leave (CSL)
    • Company Paid Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability

Pay

The base rate for the Enhanced Direct Support Professional position starts at $17/hour with an additional $5/hour incentive rate for a starting rate of $22/hour for enhanced case shifts. Increases to the base rate are based on education and experience.

Schedule

The enhanced rate position is available based on program openings. Currently, this position has availability for the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00AM-4:00PM. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the above shifts!

Benefits

  • Compensation and schedule: The base rate for the Enhanced Direct Support Professional position starts at $17/hour with an additional $5/hour incentive rate for a starting rate of $22/hour for enhanced case shifts. Increases to the base rate are based on education and experience.
  • The enhanced rate position is available based on program openings. Currently, this position has availability for the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00AM-4:00PM. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the above shifts!
  • All Employees Receive The Following Benefits:
    • Mileage Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Referral Bonuses
    • Discounts on various services, perks with local Credit Unions, college tuition discounts
  • If Working 20 Hours Or More, Benefits Also Include Paid Time Off, Tuition reimbursement, 401k match.
  • If working 30+ hours per week, benefits also include:
    • Health, Vision, Rx, & Dental insurances
    • 401k match, Tuition Reimbursement and college tuition discounts
    • 20 Days Paid Time Off plus additional time with continued service.
    • Paid Holiday Time.
    • Catastrophic Sick Leave (CSL)
    • Company Paid Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability

Qualifications

Candidates must meet all qualifying and ongoing job criteria including background checks, physical examination results, and driving clearances.

Skills

  • Creative problem solving and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to teach basic daily living skills.
  • Ability and willingness to provide personal care.
  • Knowledge of basic family dynamics.
  • Ability to establish effective working relationships with individuals, their families, case managers and the general public.
  • Ability to express ideas clearly with the individual and family.
  • Ability to express ideas verbally and document clear and precise outcomes as documented in the PSP.
  • Demonstrated commitment and sensitivity to the family atmosphere.
  • Commitment to Resident Rights and individuality of the person being served.
  • Ability to manage time and work independently within provided guidelines.
  • Skills acquired from training on autism spectrum disorders, experience in managing medical needs, or behavior management.
  • Proficiency in, or ability to learn and use, workplace applications, platforms and technologies.

Benefits

  • Compensation and schedule: The base rate for the Enhanced Direct Support Professional position starts at $17/hour with an additional $5/hour incentive rate for a starting rate of $22/hour for enhanced case shifts. Increases to the base rate are based on education and experience.
  • The enhanced rate position is available based on program openings. Currently, this position has availability for the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00AM-4:00PM. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the above shifts!
  • All Employees Receive The Following Benefits:
    • Mileage Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Referral Bonuses
    • Discounts on various services, perks with local Credit Unions, college tuition discounts
  • If Working 20 Hours Or More, Benefits Also Include Paid Time Off, Tuition reimbursement, 401k match.
  • If working 30+ hours per week, benefits also include:
    • Health, Vision, Rx, & Dental insurances
    • 401k match, Tuition Reimbursement and college tuition discounts
    • 20 Days Paid Time Off plus additional time with continued service.
    • Paid Holiday Time.
    • Catastrophic Sick Leave (CSL)
    • Company Paid Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability

Pay

The base rate for the Enhanced Direct Support Professional position starts at $17/hour with an additional $5/hour incentive rate for a starting rate of $22/hour for enhanced case shifts. Increases to the base rate are based on education and experience.

Schedule

The enhanced rate position is available based on program openings. Currently, this position has availability for the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00AM-4:00PM. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the above shifts!

Benefits

  • Compensation and schedule: The base rate for the Enhanced Direct Support Professional position starts at $17/hour with an additional $5/hour incentive rate for a starting rate of $22/hour for enhanced case shifts. Increases to the base rate are based on education and experience.
  • The enhanced rate position is available based on program openings. Currently, this position has availability for the following schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00AM-4:00PM. We are open to full-time or part-time staff filling the above shifts!
  • All Employees Receive The Following Benefits:
    • Mileage Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Referral Bonuses
    • Discounts on various services, perks with local Credit Unions, college tuition discounts
  • If Working 20 Hours Or More, Benefits Also Include Paid Time

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