Direct Support Professional

NATURE AND SCOPE OF POSITION

Assists in providing self-care training and therapeutic treatments to residents of ICF/IID facility, working under the direction of Lead DSP, Case Manager, and programmatic staff, by performing the following duties.

PRIMARY QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: High School diploma or GED, preferred.
• Work Experience: Previous experience with developmentally disabled adults preferred.
• Certification or License: Current Louisiana Driver’s License required, Current Automotive Insurance Coverage required, Current CPR certification, Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.

JOB FUNCTIONS

To perform successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

• Maintains knowledge of and follows individual’s goals and objectives as reflected in the Individual Service Plan (ISP).
• Accompanies and supports clients in the home and/or community as necessary to assure safety of self and property and to achieve goals set forth in plan of care.
• Accompanies clients to shower rooms, and assists them in bathing, dressing, toileting, and grooming.
• Affords clients assistance in becoming accustomed to group home routines and encourages participation in social and recreational activities.
• Takes clients in the community (library, church services, movies, etc.).
• Supports individuals with daily living skills as needed (i.e., meal preparation, personal hygiene and appearance, household chores, laundry, etc.).
• Actively engages with clients throughout the shift to provide leadership and camaraderie.
• Affords assistance to individuals with physical and mobility needs as needed.
• Observes clients to prevent wandering from group home areas or grounds.
• Observes and documents resident’s behaviors, such as speech production, feeding patterns, and toilet training, to facilitate assessment and development of treatment goals.
• Feeds clients or attempts to persuade them to eat, and notes and records reasons for rejection of food.
• Monitors diet compliance and incidents of choking hazards.
• Observes clients to detect unusual behavior and aids them to prevent injury to themselves or others.
• Documents shift reports daily and other required forms (census, seizure, behaviors etc.).
• Documents Active Treatment Goals.
• Reports needed repairs to the case manager.
• Attends required training to improve knowledge and skills.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND DEMANDS/ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell.
• The employee may be required to lift and/or transfer clients as an essential function of this job.
• The employee may occasionally be required to lift and/or transfer clients; clients weighing over 100 pounds require a two-person lift or the use of a lift system.
• Specific vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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