Direct Support Assistant

Duties Description

Office for People With Developmental Disabilities prioritizes the health and safety of 128,000 individuals with developmental disabilities. As a Direct Support Assistant, you will provide supports and services, advocate, encourage, guide, and teach individuals in expressing personal choices. You will ensure community integration, assist with personal hygiene, dining, dressing, meal preparation, lifts, and transfers. You will coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills, maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable environment, and work with other staff to carry out care plans and record them.

• Administer medication in accordance with special instructions.
• Work with other staff to carry out care plans and record care plans.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.
• Coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills.
• Ensure community integration.
• Assist individuals with personal hygiene care, toileting, dining, dressing, meal preparation, lifts and transfers.
• Provide supports and services.
• Advocate, encourage, guide, and teach individuals in expressing personal choice.
• Help individuals participate in games and recreational programs.
• Administer medication in accordance with special instructions.

Minimum Qualifications

You must have a high school diploma or an equivalency, such as a GED or a Direct Support Professional (DSP) Certificate from an accredited public or private organization. You must have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State. You will be required to maintain a valid driver's license throughout your employment as a DSA. You must meet physical and agility standards.

Additional Comments

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). HELPS Program titles may be filled via a non-competitive appointment. This means that you do not need to take an exam to qualify, but you do need to meet the minimum qualifications of the title. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), employees hired under NY HELPS are expected to have their permanent non-competitive employment status converted to permanent competitive status. You will not have to take an exam to gain permanent competitive status. Please note that starting salary for this title reflects the increased hiring salary and geographic pay differential. Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000).