Direct Support Professional

Schedule

Monday-Friday 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM Part-time Position

Pay

This position has a fixed starting pay of $21.50 per hour. All staff have opportunities for pay increases and promotions. The median income for full-time Jubilee employees is $66,000 per year.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-person daily support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their homes and communities according to their person‑centered plans, including assistance with participating in social and community activities, developing relationships and communicating with friends, family, and community members, celebrating life successes and meeting life’s challenges, working through anxiety, frustration, and emotions, making decisions, shopping, cooking, cleaning, and home upkeep, dressing, bathing, and personal hygiene, medical and dental visits, taking medications, walking, rolling, and moving around safely with or without adaptive equipment, exercise, sports, and fitness, managing money, planning spending, and keeping receipts, and transportation in public, private, and Jubilee vehicles.
• Presence: Arrive on time for scheduled work assignments and remain fully engaged with the people you are supporting and your Jubilee work throughout the time you are working.
• Communicate as early as possible with your supervisor about anticipated absences, late arrivals, and early departures.
• Clock in and out in real time using Jubilee’s timekeeping systems.
• Community Engagement: Provide regular opportunities for community engagement by encouraging participation in community and family activities, Jubilee‑sponsored activities, and activities connected with the person’s faith community; assist people in developing relationships and helping people overcome barriers to participation.
• Training and Professional Development: Complete and maintain all required training and certifications according to Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) and Jubilee requirements, including first aid and CPR, Mandt, Certified Medication Technician (CMT), and training specific to each person you support; pursue additional professional development opportunities.
• Service Plans: Skillfully follow each person’s service authorization, person‑centered plan, behavior support plan, and nursing care plan.
• Documentation: Document services, medication administration, progress on goals, medical visits, incidents, and behavior according to Jubilee’s policies.
• Communication: Maintain regular, open, and positive communication with your supervisor, colleagues, and family members of the people you support; check Jubilee email and any voicemail at least once each day you work; learn and practice culturally sensitive communication.
• Organizational Participation: Regularly attend team meetings, all‑staff meetings