Direct Support Professional - Adult Care - IRA and other locations

About the role

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) plays a crucial role in supporting individuals to enhance their independence and create a safe, therapeutic environment. This position offers evening and overnight shifts with a shift differential, and full-time, part-time, and per diem positions are available.

Responsibilities

• Care of Individuals
• Employs procedures to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Provides direct care to individuals according to agency policy.
• Implements appropriate supervision to assigned daily schedules, including routines and life skills activities.
• Completes required documentation in compliance with Agency, Medicaid, and OPWDD standards.
• Dispenses medication per agency policy.
• Safely transports individuals as assigned, adhering to level of supervision required.
• Affords assistance with specific tasks as designated by individual treatment plans.
• Participates in the treatment team or recommendation process.
• Assists in personal care of individuals.
• Ensures appropriate boundaries.
• Adheres to the DSP Code of Ethics.
• Demonstrates the ability to meet the OPWDD Core Competency standards.
• Successfully completes all required trainings.
• Maintains current with all required trainings.
• Policies and Procedures
• Learns and practices agency policies and procedures.
• Learns and implements each individual treatment plan, including physical interventions, and documents and makes proper notifications according to procedures.
• Provides coverage as assigned.
• Remains on-duty until properly briefed and appropriate parameters are met.
• Supervision
• Actively participates in supervision.
• Participates in agency and other staff development opportunities as assigned.
• Attains and actively participates in all assigned trainings.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings.
• Agency Responsibilities
• Engages in all living unit, service, and/or department planning and goal attainment.
• Participates in activities and committees.
• Changes work location to meet agency needs.
• Adheres to redeployment assignments.
• Maintains appropriate attendance and punctuality.
• Communication
• Reviews and signs off on all logs and thoroughly completes briefing.
• Completes all necessary communications, documentations, and loggings.
• Properly notifies and/or consults with the Administrator on Duty (AOD).
• Proactively and effectively liaises with other disciplines, internal and external Service Providers, and families as appropriate.
• Utilizes the chain of command as assigned and completes section of monthly report.
• Maintains professionalism.
• Engages in appropriate workplace conversations.
• Environment of Care
• Completes assigned cleanup procedures, checklists, and schedules.
• Proactively and effectively liaises with Maintenance, House Manager, Coordinators, Direct Support Supervisors, and Directors.
• Runs routine in the absence of other team members when necessary.
• Supports Quality Assurance Quality Improvement directives.
• Other Responsibilities
• Completes other responsibilities as properly assigned by supervisor or designee.
• When required, assures and assists with supervision of all individuals served.
• Promotes and supports cultural diversity and competence and is strength-based.
• Abilities and Working Conditions
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to be mobile in a multiple story building, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.
• All positions including overnights are AWAKE positions.
• Basic knowledge of computer systems and ability to use basic computer systems (email, internet, data collection).
• Ability to deal positively with changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Display a positive, professional, and proactive attitude to accomplish quality work that is in line with the agency’s mission statement.
• Seek opinions, alternative viewpoints in decision making.
• Understand and respect the expertise and experience of others, appreciate the different views, and the perspective and limitations of other individuals.
• Exhibits a professional, courteous demeanor with internal and external constituents.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean MVR to ensure ability to drive agency vehicles.
• Medication certified within the provisional period.
• Ability to write legibly.
• Ability to communicate effectively with other disciplines and individuals served.
• Ability to perform physical interventions.
• Basic computer skills.

Benefits

Vanderheyden is committed to the National Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community.

Pay

$18+ an hour based on experience and education.

Schedule

Full-time, part-time, and per diem positions are available.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vanderheyden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.